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Multiple watermarks for DVDs
I’ve searched the forum for anything similar to this and I didn’t come up with anything.
I need to create multiple DVDs, each with a unique watermark for various individuals. I’m trying to figure out the most time-efficient way to do this.
–The DVD Studio Pro subtitle option is not doable, because the subtitle isn’t actually encoded into the video track.
–None of the watermark or text overlay “position” options in Compressor are ideal — I need the WM in the upper right, but the “upper right — title safe” option isn’t entirely over picture (our video is 4:3 matted to 16:9, and half of the watermark ends up over the matte).
So I’m thinking it would be best just to add the watermarks in FCP and then batch export. Does anyone have any idea which codec would be best for my primary sequence? Meaning: I would export the DV-NTSC video to some other codec, re-import this video to FCP, add the watermark to this new sequence, then batch export in Compressor. Essentially, I’m trying to figure out which codec be the quickest to encode to m2v files.
If anyone has any other solutions, I would love to hear them. I am at a loss here. It may just be easier to record the DVD live to a DVD recorder, but I’m trying to avoid this.
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ProRes is a good choice. Try ProResLT and see how that looks. I’d test it all the way through to the DVD. ProRes won’t increase the quality of your DV footage, but the WM graphic will be higher quality than adding the WM to a DV sequence.
John
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I too wish DVD SP had a watermark that would burn-in. I use Compressor’s Filter tab in the inspector, choose ‘Watermark’ and choose a file that you’ve created in photoshop, with the placement you desire.
Brian Berdan
migrant filmworkercurrently on a MacPro, using FCP 7.0.2, ProResLT from eSATA G-Raid (4 TB of incredible footage) and a now a Matrox MX02LE just to make it more complicated… love calibrating my projector though.
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