How to Watermark a Movie

Please Digg This Tip:

http://digg.com/apple/Mac_Tip_Watermark_a_Video_using_Quicktime_Pro

You will need:
::: Quicktime Pro
::: A Movie to watermark
::: A Watermark

Blog Post:
http://www.mactipper.com/2008/05/watermark-movie-in-quicktime-pro.html

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[technogeak]

let me guess you use snapz pro x?

(like me)

[MacTipper]

Yep.

[douggard]

adding this reduced the video quality greatly, other than that it worked awesomely

any tips for the quality downgrade?

Thanks

[MacTipper]

What did you save the video file as?

[douggard]

.mov

the quality drop happens even before i save it though

if i run it along side the original the change in video quality and audio sync is noticeable...

i just had an idea though, i was using a very large image and scaling it down, ill try scaling it down prior to import

thanks for the response

[MacTipper]

It could also be that it is rendering on the fly. So, if you save/export it, the video quality might become normal again.

[kwiminalkitty]

You don't need the program to take a picture. Not on mac. On mac you do "Command - Shift - 4" at the same time to take a picture.

[pablochuken]

Thanks! It really helped me a lot!

[perfectgroup]

Great tip. However I notice there's a gamma level increase in the video upon entering the time-line where the watermark is set to appear (Straight Alpha applied) with the newly exported watermarked video (Both Quicktime/MP4).

[bblrsn1234]

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT.

I saw other video from yours and it had cool light up below the activating app. Can you tell me how to do it?

[chkdg8]

This is a pretty cool tutorial but wouldn't it be much simpler to just add a title in iMovie or FCP and then turn down the opacity so it resembles a watermark?

[WGChampions]

Thanks you really helped me out lot

[douggard]

yea, i just downsized the image and re-imported to the video, it works great now

also there is a noticeable difference when i use straight alpha and straight alpha blend

thanks for the great tutorial!