Dogberts
I have some videos which I would like to watermark with my website and then upload. Can anyone recommend any software on the mac for doing this?
Wow Mike M, very detailed response to my issue. I shall try it straight away - many thanks for your time
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I just tried it with QuickTime Pro (in other words, QuickTime Player with a serial number and, therefore, editing features), and I was able to figure it out pretty quickly.
First, open up the movie you want to watermark in QuickTime player. Then drag the image you want to use as a watermark (an image of your website's logo with a transparent background looks best) from the Finder right onto the movie. This doesn't give you quite what you want, as the image only appears for a split second, but it lets QuickTime know what you're working with at least.
Now, press âA (or click "Select All" in the Edit menu) to select the whole length of the movie. In the Edit menu, click "Add to Selection & Scale" to add that image to the movie again, but this time pasting it onto the movie's entire duration.
Then go to the Window menu, and select "Show Movie Properties" (or press âJ). The window that appears will show you the different layers in your QuickTime movie. First of all, you want to select the one that's got a very short duration *and* shows up as an image format (such as PNG, which is what I tested with) â that's the image you first dragged onto there, that only got pasted as a little blip. You can press the "Delete" button above the list to get rid of that one, leaving just the movie, the audio track (if there is one) and your watermark image that lasts as long as the movie does. Select that image layer now, and go to the "Visual Settings" tab underneath.
On the right, there's a box called "Transformation"; in there, there are two text boxes next to the label "Offset". These let you choose where the image appears on your movie, counting in pixels from 0,0 at the top-left corner. (So, if you wanted your watermark at the bottom-right instead, you'd subtract the image's width from the width of the movie and put the result in the first box, then do the same with the heights and the second box.)
On the bottom left of the Properties window â and this is assuming that you're using an image that has transparency â you'll find a drop-down list that's labeled "Transparency". Set this to "Straight Alpha Blend"; this tells QuickTime to make use of the transparency information already in the image (instead of just showing an opaque box around the image), and also gives you a slider you can use to make the watermark more or less transparent.
It may sound confusing, but it kinda makes sense as you go along, and this method doesn't require you to install any software that wasn't on your Mac to begin with. Hope this helps!
I just tried it with QuickTime Pro (in other words, QuickTime Player with a serial number and, therefore, editing features), and I was able to figure it out pretty quickly.
First, open up the movie you want to watermark in QuickTime player. Then drag the image you want to use as a watermark (an image of your website's logo with a transparent background looks best) from the Finder right onto the movie. This doesn't give you quite what you want, as the image only appears for a split second, but it lets QuickTime know what you're working with at least.
Now, press âA (or click "Select All" in the Edit menu) to select the whole length of the movie. In the Edit menu, click "Add to Selection & Scale" to add that image to the movie again, but this time pasting it onto the movie's entire duration.
Then go to the Window menu, and select "Show Movie Properties" (or press âJ). The window that appears will show you the different layers in your QuickTime movie. First of all, you want to select the one that's got a very short duration *and* shows up as an image format (such as PNG, which is what I tested with) â that's the image you first dragged onto there, that only got pasted as a little blip. You can press the "Delete" button above the list to get rid of that one, leaving just the movie, the audio track (if there is one) and your watermark image that lasts as long as the movie does. Select that image layer now, and go to the "Visual Settings" tab underneath.
On the right, there's a box called "Transformation"; in there, there are two text boxes next to the label "Offset". These let you choose where the image appears on your movie, counting in pixels from 0,0 at the top-left corner. (So, if you wanted your watermark at the bottom-right instead, you'd subtract the image's width from the width of the movie and put the result in the first box, then do the same with the heights and the second box.)
On the bottom left of the Properties window â and this is assuming that you're using an image that has transparency â you'll find a drop-down list that's labeled "Transparency". Set this to "Straight Alpha Blend"; this tells QuickTime to make use of the transparency information already in the image (instead of just showing an opaque box around the image), and also gives you a slider you can use to make the watermark more or less transparent.
It may sound confusing, but it kinda makes sense as you go along, and this method doesn't require you to install any software that wasn't on your Mac to begin with. Hope this helps!
what is a good free video editing software with no watermark?
Evan S
like i said before all that i really want is just a free video editing software that works well with no water mark please. thank you for you're help.
forgot to mention this. My laptop for some reason didn't come with movie maker it might be because it's vista but i'm not quite sure and if there is a way can you tell me how to get movie maker for vista.
Answer
You may try AVS Video Editor which has many great functions. The features in the official site are below:
1. Direct Transfer to iPod, PSP, Mobiles and Other Portable Players
2. Supports Virtually ALL Video Formats
3. Burn Movie DVDs
4. Capture and Edit Video from External Devices
5. Edit Video and Enhance Your Movies
6. Create Slide Shows
7. Make Perfect Audio for Your Video Editing Tasks
8. Scene Detection
9. Convenient Video Editing Tools and Interface
There is the free download link:
http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=94690
Also, you can use Photoshop which may be difficult for us:
http://www.ask.com
You may try AVS Video Editor which has many great functions. The features in the official site are below:
1. Direct Transfer to iPod, PSP, Mobiles and Other Portable Players
2. Supports Virtually ALL Video Formats
3. Burn Movie DVDs
4. Capture and Edit Video from External Devices
5. Edit Video and Enhance Your Movies
6. Create Slide Shows
7. Make Perfect Audio for Your Video Editing Tasks
8. Scene Detection
9. Convenient Video Editing Tools and Interface
There is the free download link:
http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=94690
Also, you can use Photoshop which may be difficult for us:
http://www.ask.com
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