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This Instructable will explain Step-By-Step how to add a Bug or Watermark using only Windows Movie Maker! No software to Buy! The cable channels use a bug or watermark to ID their channel, but recently abuse their power by filling 20% of the screen, at times- don't fall into this trap!
You will end up with a listing in the Add Titles or Credits section of Movie Maker, that you will be able to plug in at any time to add a watermark of any size or style into your video clip or movie.
See the example below, and the actual Listing of your New Video Bug Application right there in the Title Annimation Listing, within Movie Maker!:
You will end up with a listing in the Add Titles or Credits section of Movie Maker, that you will be able to plug in at any time to add a watermark of any size or style into your video clip or movie.
See the example below, and the actual Listing of your New Video Bug Application right there in the Title Annimation Listing, within Movie Maker!:
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Signing UpStep 1Construct or retreive a Logo to use as your Bug
You may already have a logo in mind, or you may need to construct one. After you have one, you will probably want several. The files can be GIF or JPG, and I believe PNG would work also, although I have not tried that one.
If you are constructing it, you probably want to construct it 4 or 5 times bigger than actual size, then shrink it when you are done. GIF files are transparent, so you could have transparent sections that allow the video to show through.
The actual Bug in this Instructable is a 120 x 80 GIF, intended to fit on a 720 x 480 video frame. This same Bug would look fine in a 320 x 240 video, as well, because the Instruction File that we will create in the following steps, will automatically proportion it to the proper size for any video size you might create.
This happens to be the 120 x 80 GIF file I constructed that we will use as the Example Bug. The White letters are actually transparent, and show through here as white, on this white background:
If you are constructing it, you probably want to construct it 4 or 5 times bigger than actual size, then shrink it when you are done. GIF files are transparent, so you could have transparent sections that allow the video to show through.
The actual Bug in this Instructable is a 120 x 80 GIF, intended to fit on a 720 x 480 video frame. This same Bug would look fine in a 320 x 240 video, as well, because the Instruction File that we will create in the following steps, will automatically proportion it to the proper size for any video size you might create.
This happens to be the 120 x 80 GIF file I constructed that we will use as the Example Bug. The White letters are actually transparent, and show through here as white, on this white background:
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Jul 15, 2010. 3:25 AMDuftPunk20
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For add to video watermark I usually use VidLogo.It's really good prog.Try.
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Jun 16, 2009. 9:30 AMECDT
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Is there any way you can change the opacity of the bug?
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May 26, 2009. 10:11 AMArbitror
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Does this work on the Vista Movie Maker?
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May 27, 2009. 10:23 AMArbitror
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nvm.. It won't work...
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May 29, 2009. 1:21 PMBlueMoody (author)
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Hi Shadow Ops I'm still on Windows XP. If you say it won't work on Vista, I guess you're right. I have Movie Maker showing two version numbers 5.1 and 2.1 Just be sure you followed the directions exactly, otherwise I guess you're out-of-luck.
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