@ #11 Steve: Yup. Definitely a parallel universe, the sudden simultaneous arrival of video watermarking obsessed new posters all of whom have, quite uncannily, adopted the same lay-out for their "user comments" yet several of whom don't even seem to realise they're posting on GAOTD about a GAOTD offer.

Big round of applause, then, for William @ post #3 who isn't actually talking about this software -- which doesn't do video conversions -- and thinks he's on Facebook anyway, Elliott @ #9 who says his, uh, credit card purchase didn't register, and the dear sweet though completely unrelated duo of Elizabeth @ #2 and Catherine @ #4 who "didn't use it with a long time".

As to what one can possibly say about the lovely Sarah atpost #6 and again four minutes later at post #7, it's either a huge vote of thanks to her for repeating everything she originally said on October 21 last year on an entirely different forum:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo/494619-best-mass-video-watermarking-software-flv-videos.html

when "she" was at that time calling herself Antsaoo. . . or it's sorry, "Sarah": nice try, but definitely, no cigar.

Today's attempted manipulation of the comment thread is the clumsiest and funniest I can ever remember at GAOTD though fair's fair, the translation of some fake posts from their original Chinese into something accidentally approximating to English is impressive.

If today's developer is in any way responsible for this idiocy, more fool them. If innocent, then they should decide who amongst their competitors is the most likely to have come here to wreck today's giveaway.

As for actually downloading, installing and testing, I think I'll hold off a little longer in hope of posts from Cheryl, Donna, Helen, Alison, Doris and Ethel as well as Arthur Camelot, Fred Karno & Wyatt Earp. There may be more cons than pros amongst that lot but what they have to say will surely make for informative unbiased reading and definitely worth upvoting several hundred times.

MikeR  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+136)

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Excellent software today with an impressive array of options designed to add extremely professional watermarks to any video.
Very handy if you are a webmarketer and/or a webmaster and need to add your copyright & signature to a video.
Other than that can't see how an average Joe home user can find this software useful: so it's definitely not for noobs!

Best FREE ALTERNATIVE??

Hard task today...but hey, nothing is impossible for Giovanni...

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/191496-Put-a-custom-watermark-on-your-video
http://gaizy.hubpages.com/hub/Tutorial-How-to-watermark-your-videos-with-Windows-Movie-Maker-WMM
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/watermark-videos-windows-movie-maker
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Editors/AviSynth-Final.shtml + http://sourceforge.net/projects/watermarkplugin

But if your main goal is to protect your videos from illegal and/or unauthorized usage, why not protect your digital ownership rights for FREE using a brand new DRM technology instead? Too good to be true, right? Wrong!!!!!

http://www.armjisoft.com/?page=flashownerguard#Description

Question: Why am I nearly always the only one who takes the trouble to mention FREE ALTERNATIVES to any GAOTD offered here?

Enjoy!!

Giovanni  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+109)

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I have the feeling that I've wandered into a strange parallel dimension where not all the comments on the GOTD pages come from real users and where watermarking videos is the most important thing in the world.

At least Ashraf, Mike, Greylox and Giovanni escaped. And White-Rabbit must be working to bring the oppressors from the inside, with endless demands for a more up to date GUI, skins, portability and
50% off, the brave fool.

Too late for me though, I've lingered too long. Must download software and beginning watermarking now.....

Steve  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+87)

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General: Makes an easy job of marking video for uploading to YouTube
Pros
- Add copyright & signature to video to protect your own video
- Allows three methods add watermark text, image, and shape
-Custom text/image size, color, position and more
-Professional shape video mark for expert (need more time to research)
-Convert video to other video format like AVI, MP4 and more
Cons
-UI is somewhat old school
-Shape mode is complicated for beginner users

I'm pleased with it and don't hesitate to recommend it!

Vincent  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+77)

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@ #25 Giovanni says - Question: Why am I nearly always the only one who takes the trouble to mention FREE ALTERNATIVES to any GAOTD offered here?

Enjoy!!

I have been around forums long enough to recognize troll bait looking to start a senseless flame war, but I have a couple of questions to ask that I hope are considered constructive and respectful.

First link to videohelp is to a forum post from 2004 for a rudimentary front end GUI for link 4 that hasn't been updated since 2007.

Second link to gaizy hubpages starts out admitting "Unfortunately Windows Movie Maker (WMM) is unable to do this, and so it is technically not possible to use Windows Movie Maker to watermark your videos.", then explains how to add text based subtitles as a workaround.

Third link to makeuseof is the exact same text subtitle workaround as link 2. For image it links to an old xp or vista custom XML generator that works great for cutting edge 320X240 screen size videos and requires you to create a layered image in a separate program.

Fourth link to Softpedia/sourceforge is for a powerful frameserver text based scripting tool with no GUI. The newest release does support pixel types "AYUV" as YV24, "Y41P" and "Y411" as YV411 and has thankfully fixed the SincResize misuse of "int abs(int)", but appears beyond my abilities as an average user.

Armjisoft DRM utility has a 1000 KB (yes - Kilobyte, not MB or GB) free to try limit, money to buy.

So, my questions are:

Can you please type a brief description of individual links when posted and a reason you feel they are better so I can make an informed decision as to whether to take the time to look at them?

I do respect the fact that we all offer different valid opinions based on our own experiences, but do you truly feel these are the best available freeware/independent alternatives to today's offering?

Do any of the links actually offer an alternative that is comparable to the functionality of today's offering?

Thank you in advance for replying if you get a chance. I am always grateful for an opportunity to learn from others.

idunno  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+51)

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