created a couple of personal videos, how to add small watermark to them?

[kenny1999]

created a couple of personal videos, intending to share them on the web, but I want to add a small watermark (jpg/png) to the corner of the video screen to offer credits to the people involved. How would that be done? Is it difficult? I am looking for the most simple and functional way, nothing fancy, what is the simplest solution to do that??

[TreeTops]

Any NLE can do that. For super simple you can use Windows Movie Maker. Just search for 'How to make watermark in Windows Movie Maker' using google.

[newpball]

Most NLE's allow you to do that, during design or even at encoding time.

The question I like to pose to you is why? Using watermarks this way is very unconventional and may actually annoy people. Giving credits in the movie and video industry is almost always done at the end of the video.

[DB83]

Add to that you will have to re-encode your video when adding the watermark. So that will inevitably mean a loss of quality.

Most watermarks are done for vanity purposes and add nothing. As my friend above states, if you want to add credits, add them as a still, or series of stills, at the end of the video and not as a integral part of the video itself.

[smrpix]

You can also add a branding watermark directly in YouTube that will not affect the actual video file.

[kenny1999]

i tried windows movie maker for adding watermark logo at the corner , it didn't work. Please stick to technical discussion.

[Brainiac]

If you have done any editing to the videos perhaps you can tell us what you used. That way you may get specific instructions.

Brainiac

[newpball]

Please stick to technical discussion.

Alright, let's get technical:

Credits:
Image of Dog CC-BY-2.0 - Ivan Mlinaric https://www.flickr.com/photos/eye1/3184963395/
Button design CC0 by Newpball

[transporterfan]

In the absence of any information, you could use aviutl.
Logo on one track, photo(s)/video on another. Just reposition and resize.

[manono]

Or add the credits as subtitles, either for the video itself or after being uploaded to YouTube, so you don't have to further degrade the video by reencoding it.

[kenny1999]

Or add the credits as subtitles, either for the video itself or after being uploaded to YouTube, so you don't have to further degrade the video by reencoding it.

what is re-encode? and is it a must to ''re-encode'' a video in order to add an embedded logo into the video? what is the fastest way of re-encoding or adding logo? nothing fancy, colored text is enough for my purpose. The videos I shot are mostly mp4 wmv or avi

[ajk]

Videos are compressed files. If you want to change the content (image) in any way, you need to decode, alter, and encode again. This is a time consuming process and it also slowly degrades the image quality, since with each encode details are essentially being thrown away.

[Anonymous2]

Excuse me jumping in here OP

Add to that you will have to re-encode your video when adding the watermark. So that will inevitably mean a loss of quality.

Most watermarks are done for vanity purposes and add nothing. As my friend above states, if you want to add credits, add them as a still, or series of stills, at the end of the video and not as a integral part of the video itself.

Is that true of http://www.aoaophoto.com/video-watermark-pro/

Also if you add a jpeg in vegas to run all the way through would that mean a loss of quality? Thanks

[smrpix]

Is that true of http://www.aoaophoto.com/video-watermark-pro/

Also if you add a jpeg in vegas to run all the way through would that mean a loss of quality? Thanks

You will lose quality with that cheap software, absolutely.

In Vegas if you add the watermark to your original edited timeline -- not a re-imported output -- you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. But I agree with the others it's not a good practice.

[newpball]

Adding a watermark always degrades the quality of your video!

[kenny1999]

Is that true of http://www.aoaophoto.com/video-watermark-pro/

Also if you add a jpeg in vegas to run all the way through would that mean a loss of quality? Thanks

You will lose quality with that cheap software, absolutely.

In Vegas if you add the watermark to your original edited timeline -- not a re-imported output -- you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. But I agree with the others it's not a good practice.

$600????????????????????? I don't believe my eyes. Ridiculous price. I won't pay $600 to SONY

[Anonymous2]

Is that true of http://www.aoaophoto.com/video-watermark-pro/

Also if you add a jpeg in vegas to run all the way through would that mean a loss of quality? Thanks

You will lose quality with that cheap software, absolutely.

In Vegas if you add the watermark to your original edited timeline -- not a re-imported output -- you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. But I agree with the others it's not a good practice.

$600????????????????????? I don't believe my eyes. Ridiculous price. I won't pay $600 to SONY

What do you use as NLE?

What do you mean "you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. "? Thanks

[smrpix]

What do you use as NLE?

Primarily Avid Media Composer and Premiere Pro. I bought Vegas Movie Studio because it handles stills better than Avid and IMHO is very well designed.

What do you mean "you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. "?

Presumably you edited your videos on something. What was it? If you add the watermark before you export you only have the same generational loss as normal. If you export, re-import add a watermark and reexport -- that's a second encode.

[Anonymous2]

What do you use as NLE?

Primarily Avid Media Composer and Premiere Pro. I bought Vegas Movie Studio because it handles stills better than Avid and IMHO is well designed.

What do you mean "you will not lose any more quality than your normal encode. "?

Presumably you edited your videos on something. What was it? If you add the watermark before you export you only have the same generational as your normal export. If you export, add a watermark and reexport -- that's a second encode.

The two quotes are mine and come up as kenny's. did i do something wrong?

[smrpix]

The two quotes are mine and come up as kenny's. did i do something wrong?

Nope. I did. Fixed it in my post.

[Anonymous2]

The two quotes are mine and come up as kenny's. did i do something wrong?

Nope. I did. Fixed it in my post.

ok thanks