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I already have uploaded 35 movie clips to youtube and not a single one has my personal logo or watermark on it, except for the occasional overlay subtitle which is available on the Title and Credits section of Movie Maker 2.1. Not until I’ve finally learned and mastered the secrets of making it(lol), and I would gladly share it with you blogger or vlogger.

What’s good about it is that you don’t have to install any third party software for video editing (ex. Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle, Vegas, Apple Shake, Avid Express, etc..) You only have to use Movie Maker, which comes free with your Windows XP installation. (assuming your’re using Windows XP hehehe) After learning this lesson please allow me to see your finished video by commenting on this blog and giving me the link okay?

1. 1. Create a logo (image or text) using MSPaint, Photoshop, Corel or any graphic software your using. I suggest you save the logo in GIF or PNG format to retain its transparency. Then saved the file as “logo.gif or logo.png”.

 

2. 2. Browse to C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\ and then create a folder “AddOnTFX”.

 

3. 3. Open NOTEPAD and paste the xml code below. Then save it as mylogo.xml.

<TransitionsAndEffects Version=”1.0″>
<Titles>
<TitleDLL guid=”{353359C1-39E1-491b-9951-464FD8AB071C}”>
<Title name=”@My Logo” iconid=”13″>
<Param name=”InternalName” value=”TitleMultiTitles”/>
<Param name=”Description” value=”Logo on Video Tutorial - websaytko
.com”/>
<Param name=”LogoBitmapFilename” value=”AddOnTFX\mylogo.gif”/>
<Param name=”LogoRect” value=”0.8 0.8 0.2 0.2″/>
<Paragraph>
<Param name=”IsOneLine” value=”true”/>
<Param name=”BoundingRect” value=”0.1 0.075 0.8 0.15″/>
<Param name=”MaxCharacterCount” value=”32″/>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
<Param name=”IsOneLine” value=”true”/>
<Param name=”BoundingRect” value=”0.1 0.25 0.8 0.1″/>
<Param name=”MaxCharacterCount” value=”32″/>
</Paragraph>
</Title>
</TitleDLL>
</Titles>
</TransitionsAndEffects>

1. 4. Place mylogo.xml and logo.png or logo.gif inside AddOnTFX folder.

 

2. 5. Open Movie Maker and drag a clip on the timeline.

 

3. 6. Then choose Tools> Titles and Credits, choose any.

 

4. 7. Then click “Change the title animation”.

 

5. 8. Look for “@My Logo and click it.( logo now appears on the viewer)

 

6. 9. Just type a space then click “Done, add title to movie”.

 

7. 10. That’s it! Enjoy your videos with your personal logo or watermark on it!

But that’s not all! (ala home tv shopping! lol)

Bonus: Logo Position

By editing <Param name=”LogoRect” value=”x y width height”/>

Original code is <Param name=”LogoRect” value=”0.8 0.8 0.2 0.2″/>

Just replace the “x” and “y” value only.

0.0 0.0 - upper left corner
0.0 0.8 - lower left corner
0.8 0.8 - lower right corner
0.8 0.0 - upper right corner
0.4 0.4 - middle or center

BTW, In case your interested on watching some of my videos on youtube. Click here for My Playlist

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