LexTVandRadio 418 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 WDKY says it might be around Labor Day for them.
Hexagonal10 84 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Today, WJAR switched to the full package of the Sinclair graphics, not just the weather. I personally hate it, but the animations aren't bad compared to all the other stations using this.
bhratbrat 437 Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 WJAR has switched to Sinclair music package. Yes they have. But they still have some Canvas lying around.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 The way these relaunches have gone down are an absolute mess. A logo here, a music change there, all out of sync with each other. Switching things out like Sinclair makes me wonder where the problem lies....is the company too overwhelmed or are the stations being thrown changes faster than they can deal with them? ...given the company's rapid expansion, if there's been a lot of turnover, the replacements could have no clue on how to properly relaunch the product, or they're being mismanaged from above based on marching orders? :bang: :bang: :bang:
socalnewsguy 11 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 The way these relaunches have gone down are an absolute mess. A logo here, a music change there, all out of sync with each other. Switching things out like Sinclair makes me wonder where the problem lies....is the company too overwhelmed or are the stations being thrown changes faster than they can deal with them? ...given the company's rapid expansion, if there's been a lot of turnover, the replacements could have no clue on how to properly relaunch the product, or they're being mismanaged from above based on marching orders? :bang: :bang: :bang: It was absolutely miserable. Half of our motion graphics we use on air are interlaced and look terrible on-air. That's because SBG guessed our video format and sent us a bunch of graphics in the wrong format and basically refused to re-render them for us. So all of our promo elements and stingers have beautiful scanlines running through them.
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 The way these relaunches have gone down are an absolute mess. A logo here, a music change there, all out of sync with each other. Switching things out like Sinclair makes me wonder where the problem lies....is the company too overwhelmed or are the stations being thrown changes faster than they can deal with them? ...given the company's rapid expansion, if there's been a lot of turnover, the replacements could have no clue on how to properly relaunch the product, or they're being mismanaged from above based on marching orders? :bang: :bang: :bang: Could it be all of the above, because I really do think it is all of the above. This happens anytime a company grows at a rapid pace like Sinclair has been.
TennTV1983 807 Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 It was absolutely miserable. Half of our motion graphics we use on air are interlaced and look terrible on-air. That's because SBG guessed our video format and sent us a bunch of graphics in the wrong format and basically refused to re-render them for us. So all of our promo elements and stingers have beautiful scanlines running through them. That's bad. So, I'm guessing Sinclair's approach to things on the graphics end is "take what we give you, even if comes out looking like a piece of crap, and then duck off".
socalnewsguy 11 Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 That's bad. So, I'm guessing Sinclair's approach to things on the graphics end is "take what we give you, even if comes out looking like a piece of crap, and then duck off". Pretty much. They look the sloppy approach to standardizing graphics. They got their web development team together and are putting out great station websites, so my hopes are up that they'll actually do a better job the next go-around on graphics.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 WTAT's graphics have taken an interesting turn.... The base of the old Sinclair look (gray supers) has been updated with the RAYCOM fonts...tying closer to news provider WCSC's current look.
NEOMatrix 1307 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I don't know how WTAT managed to make those L3s look that awful but they did. Kudos.
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I don't know how WTAT managed to make those L3s look that awful but they did. Kudos. Ha, they went from bad to worse.
mardek1995 200 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 KBOI and KSNV have recently got the glass graphics and changed their logos with KSNV's looking a lot like WKYC's logo. And has KOMO gotten the glass graphics yet?
Hexagonal10 84 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 KBOI and KSNV have recently got the glass graphics and changed their logos with KSNV's looking a lot like WKYC's logo. And has KOMO gotten the glass graphics yet? Wrong. Curves.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 WTAT is like a cruel science experiment. All of the other old Sinclair stuff remains (with Daily News) with these hybrid supers and even the "LIVE" bug from Raycom's older package! Meanwhile over on "WCIV", they're rocking the latest and greatest Sinclair has to offer. Once Raycom swaps out WCSC's package, then it may be finally put out of its misery. Heck, maybe they'll pull the SSA card and relieve Cunningham the duties of running WTAT!
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I just watched WKRC and noticed that the maps on their weather package are using the Sinclair font. I guess that means that WKRC will get the package soon.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 I just watched WKRC and noticed that the maps on their weather package are using the Sinclair font. I guess that means that WKRC will get the package soon. Sounds like the weather computer got the upgrade. Give it another year for the rest of the graphics to be upgraded in similar fashion. I'm betting WPMI will be upgraded after their chief meteorologist leaves next month....and WEAR will STILL be status quo
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 That will be a downgrade I think. Anyone think they will change WKRC's logo?
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 I'm betting WPMI will be upgraded after their chief meteorologist leaves next month....and WEAR will STILL be status quo WEAR has upgraded.....I repeat....WEAR has upgraded!!!
TennTV1983 807 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 WEAR has upgraded.....I repeat....WEAR has upgraded!!! Looks like they're using Curves, which means WPMI will be getting Glass. I still hate the new logo though.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 The ticker is a jumbled mess, much like on the others...
ChesapeakeTV 312 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 The ticker isn't the only jumbled mess. They can't even seem to stick to a unified branding at the moment...one place they're Channel 3 News, the next News 3, and now their social media pages proudly refer to them as ABC 3 News. Let's hope WPMI goes a little bit smoother than this.
tyrannical bastard 4033 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 The ticker isn't the only jumbled mess. They can't even seem to stick to a unified branding at the moment...one place they're Channel 3 News, the next News 3, and now their social media pages proudly refer to them as ABC 3 News. Let's hope WPMI goes a little bit smoother than this. This disconnect is between the station, it's web staff (separate) and corporate. There's little coordination other than the marching orders handed down from the top. All and all, it's one of the smoother re-launches I've seen. According to WEAR's facebook page, they launched today for their 11am newscast. Soon after, the facebook page got the new logo. Set-wise, the only physical change was with the duratranses since all of the other logos are monitor based. And unlike other launches, the weather graphics launched WITH the news graphics AND with the correct fonts! There were a couple straggler pieces of the old look, the only problem is with the ticker. The ticker is plain overkill. It has time and temp, the logo, a rotating sponsor BELOW the logo, TWO LINES of text below the super (line 1 is scroling cateories of news, stocks, etc and line 2 is sports scores) AND a 3 day forecast, AND more stuff to the right of the 3 day forecast. Are the other stations this overkill with the ticker? This now leaves WLOS as the sole legacy Sinclair station with the old look and Daily News....
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 WEAR new ticker. Noticed the spelling error?
wac_suyaru 3 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Took the screenshots last Wednesday...while the weather graphics hasn't officially make its debut yet, this is proof that KOMO is testing it in the background.
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