This is truly beautiful. I like the swooshing sounds and all of the nice sound effects associated with the graphics. I know this is old now, but this is really nice.
You know, I think they may have made the ABC logo red to blend in with the graphics, as the Action News graphics used around 1997 (when the logo was modified to have the ABC circle) had red stripes.
Hmm. I don't know... I really liked their old graphics package. I like everything about this but the weird bottom thirds... Why do you need like 4 rounded rectangles on top of each other for a bottom third?? Doesn't make sense.
Also, I'm not crazy about the logo. I really liked the red, for no particular reason other than that I'm attached to it, and I really don't like that the 6 is now always going to be in a blue circle. Sometimes? Fine. Always? Why??
@ariw2003net What they're doing with the 6 now is just like they did with the 6 in the 90s - when they always placed it in a blue box. It's just a more contemporary logo treatment - the important part, the logo, is exactly the same.
As for the red ABC ball, I'm surprised it lasted this long. ABC's logo has been a strict black and white since at least 1998, and nearly all of the O&Os have adopted this treatment. It's simply 6 bringing its branding in line with network.
@HulkieG Fair enough... I guess it's not a huge deal. I'll get used to it soon enough, and as you say, the logo itself is the same. What do you think about the look though? I'm really not convinced by the bottom thirds.
@ariw2003net I think the lower thirds are brilliant. I think news graphic design has kind of stagnated a bit and the Jeopardy-esque "bubbles" are a refreshing change. Especially for 6, which more or less used the same lower third design for 12 years.
There's a lot of little touches I love in the graphics too. Like "THE BIG STORY" appearing in not only the OTS, but the lower thirds and doubleboxes as well. It means there was a level of care put into these, which I appreciate.
@HulkieG Got it. I'm sure it'll grow on me quickly; I generally hate any sort of change to something I love, but if it's truly good, I'll come to love it.
I'd kinda like to hear a swooshing sound as the Action News logo flies on the screen in the open, that would be neat, but over-all this is very impressive.
@ctmajka It's not there, but there's swooshing noises for everything else.
Literally.
When a lower third appears, there's a noise. When the OTS animates, there's a noise. It gets annoying after the fifth time and I kind of hope they come to their senses and tone that down a bit.
@FOXSportsFan You're correct. It looks like 6 went back to Giant Octopus, judging by the similarity to their older GO package as well as other recent GO work. I think it might be some of their best stuff in years, but that's helped by 6 having a really really good in-house graphics team.
@HulkieG It's because they changed the ABC logo from red to black (why was it red in the first place?), and the 6 is in a circle, and there's lots less red, so it's kinda moving away from tradition (I mean look at the Big Board, it seems to have supplanted the Weather Outside). WPVI really seems to be moving away, but at least they haven't retired MCTYW yet. I think it's gonna reign until the end of time.
@tmisch64 Weather Outside I'll agree with, though there's still plenty of outdoor weather hits. I guess they wanted to get as much mileage out of the Big Board as they could (and they should).
As for the colors, it's still the traditional Action News red/blue/yellow. The blue is just more prominent this time. I was afraid they'd go monochromatic blue and white ala CBS.
As far as the logo, I'll get to that in the next response.
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WPVIFan147 5 months ago in playlist More videos from HulkieG
Wow, very nice! As long as they don't change anything else (like that ill-faited orchesetral version of MCTYW) then they'll be all right.
newstarcadefan 1 year ago
This is truly beautiful. I like the swooshing sounds and all of the nice sound effects associated with the graphics. I know this is old now, but this is really nice.
Vlad788 1 year ago
You know, I think they may have made the ABC logo red to blend in with the graphics, as the Action News graphics used around 1997 (when the logo was modified to have the ABC circle) had red stripes.
tmisch64 1 year ago
Hmm. I don't know... I really liked their old graphics package. I like everything about this but the weird bottom thirds... Why do you need like 4 rounded rectangles on top of each other for a bottom third?? Doesn't make sense.
Also, I'm not crazy about the logo. I really liked the red, for no particular reason other than that I'm attached to it, and I really don't like that the 6 is now always going to be in a blue circle. Sometimes? Fine. Always? Why??
ariw2003net 1 year ago
@ariw2003net What they're doing with the 6 now is just like they did with the 6 in the 90s - when they always placed it in a blue box. It's just a more contemporary logo treatment - the important part, the logo, is exactly the same.
As for the red ABC ball, I'm surprised it lasted this long. ABC's logo has been a strict black and white since at least 1998, and nearly all of the O&Os have adopted this treatment. It's simply 6 bringing its branding in line with network.
HulkieG 1 year ago
@HulkieG Fair enough... I guess it's not a huge deal. I'll get used to it soon enough, and as you say, the logo itself is the same. What do you think about the look though? I'm really not convinced by the bottom thirds.
ariw2003net 1 year ago
@ariw2003net I think the lower thirds are brilliant. I think news graphic design has kind of stagnated a bit and the Jeopardy-esque "bubbles" are a refreshing change. Especially for 6, which more or less used the same lower third design for 12 years.
There's a lot of little touches I love in the graphics too. Like "THE BIG STORY" appearing in not only the OTS, but the lower thirds and doubleboxes as well. It means there was a level of care put into these, which I appreciate.
HulkieG 1 year ago
@HulkieG Got it. I'm sure it'll grow on me quickly; I generally hate any sort of change to something I love, but if it's truly good, I'll come to love it.
ariw2003net 1 year ago
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everything is great except that annoying music..Ugh...
nepaMediaNut 1 year ago
@nepaMediaNut The music is the best part. Today's music is crap.
brb588 1 year ago 3
@brb588 Disagree..
nepaMediaNut 1 year ago
@nepaMediaNut Well obviously...
brb588 1 year ago
I'd kinda like to hear a swooshing sound as the Action News logo flies on the screen in the open, that would be neat, but over-all this is very impressive.
ctmajka 1 year ago
@ctmajka It's not there, but there's swooshing noises for everything else.
Literally.
When a lower third appears, there's a noise. When the OTS animates, there's a noise. It gets annoying after the fifth time and I kind of hope they come to their senses and tone that down a bit.
HulkieG 1 year ago
Am I correct in assuming that this was not solely an in house graphics update?
FOXSportsFan 1 year ago
@FOXSportsFan You're correct. It looks like 6 went back to Giant Octopus, judging by the similarity to their older GO package as well as other recent GO work. I think it might be some of their best stuff in years, but that's helped by 6 having a really really good in-house graphics team.
HulkieG 1 year ago
@FOXSportsFan
Cake studios made the new opener and I think they did the other updates too.
Great work!
clyvejhamma 1 year ago
I like the new look!
ABC6News 1 year ago
I like the new 6abc logo. The ABC logo is now black. The kept the same 6 for forty years. MCTYW will never go away!!!
GameShowNetwork 1 year ago
My god, this is 6ABC sacrilege!
tmisch64 1 year ago
@tmisch64 How so? It's a new logo, but the look is VERY much similar to 6's traditional identity.
HulkieG 1 year ago
@HulkieG It's because they changed the ABC logo from red to black (why was it red in the first place?), and the 6 is in a circle, and there's lots less red, so it's kinda moving away from tradition (I mean look at the Big Board, it seems to have supplanted the Weather Outside). WPVI really seems to be moving away, but at least they haven't retired MCTYW yet. I think it's gonna reign until the end of time.
tmisch64 1 year ago
@tmisch64 Weather Outside I'll agree with, though there's still plenty of outdoor weather hits. I guess they wanted to get as much mileage out of the Big Board as they could (and they should).
As for the colors, it's still the traditional Action News red/blue/yellow. The blue is just more prominent this time. I was afraid they'd go monochromatic blue and white ala CBS.
As far as the logo, I'll get to that in the next response.
HulkieG 1 year ago
I like the new graphics/circle 6 look!!! ;)
jkminnich 1 year ago