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  • Rique
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2008
    • 334

    #1

    Sony Vegas 8 Help!

    I've been trying to add a watermark to a video project but haven't been successful as the watermark only comes up during the transitions. Help!
  • newbreed
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2003
    • 9898

    #2
    You need to add a new video track on top of your primary video track.

    Sounds like you have it on the main track instead of above it, hence it's coming in to view as your primary video is fading in and out.

    Insert a new video trak OVER your primary, and drag your watermark to that track.

    Loryn ‎(3:16 PM):
    I love it, just as long as we keep the bedroom door closed from all ears then we can have throw down hard core sex that makes us money haha
    fuck it we can have sex on money never did that before

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    • newbreed
      Confirmed User
      • Nov 2003
      • 9898

      #3
      Also, make sure you're using a transparent image (psd, gif, or png), other wise you'll not be able to see to the primary video "layer".

      Loryn ‎(3:16 PM):
      I love it, just as long as we keep the bedroom door closed from all ears then we can have throw down hard core sex that makes us money haha
      fuck it we can have sex on money never did that before

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      • Rique
        Confirmed User
        • Apr 2008
        • 334

        #4
        Originally posted by newbreed
        You need to add a new video track on top of your primary video track.

        Sounds like you have it on the main track instead of above it, hence it's coming in to view as your primary video is fading in and out.

        Insert a new video trak OVER your primary, and drag your watermark to that track.
        Thanks. I'm new to SV8, but I've been learning it quickly. And yes, the watermark image is on a transparent background and I saved it as a .png, that much I am aware of.

        Thanks for the help. Do you have ICQ?

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        • newbreed
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2003
          • 9898

          #5
          In the top menu...

          Insert > Video Track

          This will put a new track on TOP of your exhisting track. You have to put your logo file on the new track. Doing so is like working with a layer in Photoshop.

          So after you've inserted a new blank track, drag your log filr to the new track, it will put it ABOVE your primary video track.

          Loryn ‎(3:16 PM):
          I love it, just as long as we keep the bedroom door closed from all ears then we can have throw down hard core sex that makes us money haha
          fuck it we can have sex on money never did that before

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          • Rique
            Confirmed User
            • Apr 2008
            • 334

            #6
            It worked! Thanks alot NB!

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            • newbreed
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2003
              • 9898

              #7
              Originally posted by Rique
              It worked! Thanks alot NB!

              Loryn ‎(3:16 PM):
              I love it, just as long as we keep the bedroom door closed from all ears then we can have throw down hard core sex that makes us money haha
              fuck it we can have sex on money never did that before

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              • Rique
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2008
                • 334

                #8
                NB, do you have ICQ? Got a couple extra questions to ask you.

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                • bronco67
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 29026

                  #9
                  God, I love Vegas video. Just wanted to get that out there.

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                  • Jim_Gunn
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 5702

                    #10
                    I never recommend adding a watermark to the video in the editing app itself (Vegas, Premiere Pro etc) if you are going to encode to the final delivery format (WMV, QT etc) in a 3rd party app, because you are resizing and compressing the watermark along with video that way. I always suggest exporting the edited movie as a full size AVI and then bringing that into your video encoding app and adding your watermark as a png there at the exact size of the final output. That's a pretty picky little point, but I think it helps keep it super sharp and crisp, plus it cuts way down on rendering time for the movie, unless you are just exporting to one and only one end user format right from Vegas.

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                    • Rique
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 334

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Jim_Gunn
                      I never recommend adding a watermark to the video in the editing app itself (Vegas, Premiere Pro etc) if you are going to encode to the final delivery format (WMV, QT etc) in a 3rd party app, because you are resizing and compressing the watermark along with video that way. I always suggest exporting the edited movie as a full size AVI and then bringing that into your video encoding app and adding your watermark as a png there at the exact size of the final output. That's a pretty picky little point, but I think it helps keep it super sharp and crisp, plus it cuts way down on rendering time for the movie, unless you are just exporting to one and only one end user format right from Vegas.
                      That's a very good point. I just tried entering my png file as an overlay on Flix Pro and it distorts the coloring. Is that common?

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                      • newbreed
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 9898

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Rique
                        NB, do you have ICQ? Got a couple extra questions to ask you.
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                        Loryn ‎(3:16 PM):
                        I love it, just as long as we keep the bedroom door closed from all ears then we can have throw down hard core sex that makes us money haha
                        fuck it we can have sex on money never did that before

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                        • subc
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 149

                          #13
                          complex watermarks will increase the final size on a 'for-the-webs' compressed video.

                          ++ for Vegas. That program handles almost anything you lay on the timeline. Long ago I ditched Premiere and FCP for vegas ;) best ever.
                          you there.. hi. i'm an all around multimedia guy

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