#Avidemux text overlay how to#
#Avidemux text overlay software#

Leave the Use premultiplied alpha tickbox ticked. Tick the enable per-pixel alpha blending using alpha channel tickbox. Press the … button to the right of the Logo image field and select your watermark image. You should now have something similar to the following:Ĭlick the Add button, scroll down to the logo filter: Select your source video and press the Open button. Open Virtualdubmod, go to File > open video file: Some examples of watermark images appear below: TGA file, as these are the only file formats virtualdubmod will accept for watermarks. It is imperative that you save your watermark as either a. Simply open the image, and make sure you save it as a BMP or TGA file. Once finished creating your watermark image, save it, but make sure that you save it as either a. Now create the text you wish to appear in the watermark, and place it on the black background, making sure that the text colour is white.

#Avidemux text overlay software#

Use your image software to paint the background black. Create a new image – I’d suggest a canvas size of 200 (width) x 20 (height) as a good starting point, but you can use whatever you like, just bear in mind how it will look and fit on the screen. Open up your favourite image manipulation/creation program. If you wish to only have your watermark visible for certain parts of the video, or you wish to configure a number of different watermarks at different time intervals, please see Part 2 at the end of this guide.

#Avidemux text overlay how to#

In this part, I'll show you how to place a watermark in your video for the entire duration of the video. PART 1: WATERMARK PRESENT FOR ENTIRE VIDEO

Optional - Donald Graft's logo filter (only required for Part 2 of this guide) Image manipulation/creation software (Windows Paint will do the job)

If you wish to add a watermark, you must re-encode your video, so it is suggested that you would use this guide immediately after acquiring your source, just before you are about to re-encode your output. Please note that some basic working knowledge of VirtualdubMod would be an advantage, but not a necessity. This watermark can be text, or an existing image. This guide will enable you to place a watermark over an existing video.