Guys take the watermark off your videos. its a crappy looking block 1/8th the size of the screen. i dont know if its now on all of them or just the resident evil 5 trailer. But that is horrible. im not a writer in the forums i just enjoy the site for its news and comedic twist. But when i saw that watermark i wanted to go to another site to download the video with out the huge ugly watermark on the screen. maybe a bit smaller and cut out the white border or ideally cut it out completely.
Giant Bomb logo watermark in their videos. Horrible.
Yeah, the watermark is not that good...
Excuse my ignorance but why do sites/people, etc watermark images, videos and so on? Is it so that when it's embeded by another site, viewers know where the video/image originated from?
I suggest make it smaller. i have no problem with watermarks but the size of it on the Resident Evil 5 trailer is too big and intrusive.
"Yeah, the watermark is not that good...Thats the biggest reason i would imagine.
Excuse my ignorance but why do sites/people, etc watermark images, videos and so on? Is it so that when it's embeded by another site, viewers know where the video/image originated from?
I suggest make it smaller. i have no problem with watermarks but the size of it on the Resident Evil 5 trailer is too big and intrusive."
It may be a big deal I think since Giant Bomb is a relatively new site and wants to garner more viewers/hits to attract advertisers? The last advertisement I saw on GB was the Gears of War 2 one; not exactly a streak record of advertising.
Hmmm... top left corner for a watermark may not be a wise choice (just throwing suggestions :S) because we naturally gaze our eyes to the top left. It's some layout design I learnt at school, plus it's because we read from the top left of a page to the right.
Maybe that's what GB wants us to do. Get the GB logo noticed as the first thing seen in the top left corner of each video. One thing is for sure: It's distracting.
Giant Bomb only places logos on embedded players. If you want the watermark free video, navigate to the videos tab and watch it from there.
"Giant Bomb only places logos on embedded players. If you want the watermark free video, navigate to the videos tab and watch it from there."Yeah, what he said.
"Giant Bomb only places logos on embedded players. If you want the watermark free video, navigate to the videos tab and watch it from there."Lies! That was a lame attempt at humor. ;)
And just to be clear, that watermark is currently a bug. Not sure how that image got into the player. The mark isn't on the video itself, the player just puts it on whenever it's embedded. Normally it's smaller and more tasteful. That image is actually an old version of the logo that we decided not to use. So someone must have copied a file somewhere it doesn't belong.
"Yeah that's my bad."And he wouldve got away for it if it wasnt for you pesky kids!!!!
Here's a link to the video if you want http://media.giantbomb.com/video/re5_121808_1500.flv
"And just to be clear, that watermark is currently a bug. Not sure how that image got into the player. The mark isn't on the video itself, the player just puts it on whenever it's embedded. Normally it's smaller and more tasteful. That image is actually an old version of the logo that we decided not to use. So someone must have copied a file somewhere it doesn't belong."ok sweet because i thought you guys were betraying us with all the copyright stuff
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