Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Preproduction Concepts for Audio and Video

2. Acquiring the Media

3. Editing

4. Preprocess for Streaming

5. Watermarking

6. Designing the Rich Media Presentation

7. Serving and Delivering the Media

8. The Final Step

Self-Test

Glossary

PDF of this tutorial

Some encoding applications will permit a watermark to be added to the encoded file. A watermark is a graphic file (usually a bitmap or targa file) that is laid over the top of the video. Many times, this will be used to add a company logo, product name, or insignia to the streaming content. Adjustable parameters of a watermark include the following:

• scaling—This allows the size of the watermark to be changed in relation to the size of the video window.
• opacity—With this setting, the watermark may be made completely opaque, and varying degrees of transparency may be added.
• position—This is the starting point for the placement of the watermark—top right corner, bottom left corner, etc.
• edge gap—This refers to how far from a particular edge of the video window the watermark will be positioned.