Big Country News 435 Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 So, KOMO has made a few custom adjustments to the Sinclair red title card by adding a background image and shrinking the text size. Makes it look less awful than the standard fare that other Sinclair stations use. Many stations have to make their own graphics. Sinclair doesn't give them the project files and the hub is absolutely terrible.
TheRolyPoly 2660 Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Looks like Sinclair is ready to shift production in Charleston, regarding WTAT 24 from WCSC 5 (the current news provider) to WCIV 36.2. You can tell by this video:
TheRolyPoly 2660 Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 KMTR 16 (4:3 SD news still) has upgraded its First Alert Weather graphics to the new Sinclair standard, but not on their weather open. Its just on the weather only.
ABC 7 Denver 1743 Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Many stations have to make their own graphics. Sinclair doesn't give them the project files and the hub is absolutely terrible. Not according to my contact at KOMO.
news89 468 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 Just seen a video on Instagram of a talent bump for WTOV using the Sinclair graphics. Intersting that don't use the green screen way for it. They do the spin thing like the other Sinclair stations do, instead they stand in spot on the set.
MikeBucc 30 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Do you think WRGB will get the sinclair graphics? I honestly hope not because I think it would be a downgrade from what they currently have.
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 986 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 I disagree... It would be an upgrade... Their graphics reek of late 90s-early 2000s... Arial-type fonts should be long gone... And a lot of their animations are dated as well...
T.L. Hughes 907 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 KOKH debuted its talk show Living Oklahoma on Monday (October 5), and it seems that the program is using the "Curves" theme and graphics set (the station's newscasts use the "Glass" music and graphics).
NewsMaster 226 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Do you think WRGB will get the sinclair graphics? I honestly hope not because I think it would be a downgrade from what they currently have. The fact that the station uses Impact is the only thing that I'll miss when WRGB switches (unless they come out with a crappy logo with the new look, which is definitely possible). That station needs the new look badly.
scrabbleship 429 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 The fact that the station uses Impact is the only thing that I'll miss when WRGB switches (unless they come out with a crappy logo with the new look, which is definitely possible). That station needs the new look badly. That WRGB package is such an outlier given they got it only a couple months before the current Sinclair package was rolled out. Might it have been a dry run for a different package Sinclair might have standardized with? The whole market can use a refresh graphically.
scrabbleship 429 Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Do you think WRGB will get the sinclair graphics? I honestly hope not because I think it would be a downgrade from what they currently have. The DIN font is creeping into WRGB.
MikeBucc 30 Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 That WRGB package is such an outlier given they got it only a couple months before the current Sinclair package was rolled out. Might it have been a dry run for a different package Sinclair might have standardized with? The whole market can use a refresh graphically. Yes that's what I'm wondering their current graphics are fairly new and seem to have come out right before the sinclair package. The DIN font is creeping into WRGB. [ATTACH=full]2345[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2344[/ATTACH] Yes! I've noticed, there's also promos with the curved aspect of the graphic package airing on WRGB with the sinclair theme [GALLERY=media, 708]WRGB Promo by MikeBucc posted Oct 7, 2015 at 2:28 AM[/GALLERY]
TheRolyPoly 2660 Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Yes that's what I'm wondering their current graphics are fairly new and seem to have come out right before the sinclair package. Yes! I've noticed, there's also promos with the curved aspect of the graphic package airing on WRGB with the sinclair theme [GALLERY=media, 708]WRGB Promo by MikeBucc posted Oct 7, 2015 at 2:28 AM[/GALLERY] WRGB 6 is #1, ehh? Not surprised. I think its WRGB at #1, WTEN at #2 and WNYT at #3. But that may not last if Sinclair gets in its way.
scrabbleship 429 Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 WRGB 6 is #1, ehh? Not surprised. I think its WRGB at #1, WTEN at #2 and WNYT at #3. But that may not last if Sinclair gets in its way. Pretty much correct. Adding WXXA pretty was the final nudge WTEN needed for second place. MG has done a great job bringing everything together there. WNYT, OTOH, is getting stale once again.
Ntropolis 600 Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 WSET switched to the new Sinclair web layout.
padrechuck 25 Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 http://wtov9.com has also switched to the new Sinclair web layout as well. Quite an improvement over their previous mobile layout. It is now responsive design based.
Viper550 294 Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 KOMO did some tweaks to their bug; firstly, its bigger (so much bigger that the L3's don't match it anymore. Guessing that's next on the list), and now has a dark blue shaded box, and a new, 3D logo animation. How cheap the bug looked was one of my initial complaints about the Sinclair graphics (especially given how the first station I saw using it on TV, WHAM by means of WUHF, had it) It's better, definitely. Keep doing tweaks like that and we might actually have a pretty good implementation of the look there.
PelicanGuy 117 Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 According to James Spann's and ABC 33/40's Facebook page, ABC 33/40's new set will debut October 26.
Emarsee 7 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Yet another Sinclair station gets a new logo, this time it's KMTR Eugene. Given Sinclair's history of designing terrible logos (like KSNV) for their stations, I'd say that this isn't half bad.
LTSC1980 114 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Yet another Sinclair station gets a new logo, this time it's KMTR Eugene. Given Sinclair's history of designing terrible logos (like KSNV) for their stations, I'd say that this isn't half bad. So when will they move to 16:9?
susquvalleywgal 524 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Yet another Sinclair station gets a new logo, this time it's KMTR Eugene. Given Sinclair's history of designing terrible logos (like KSNV) for their stations, I'd say that this isn't half bad. Anything is better than what they had before. -- Matt
ChesapeakeTV 312 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 That's definitely a nice improvement. The old logo was getting quite dated.
IndoTVNewsFan 90 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Yet another Sinclair station gets a new logo, this time it's KMTR Eugene. Given Sinclair's history of designing terrible logos (like KSNV) for their stations, I'd say that this isn't half bad. I'll hope they kept the News Source branding.
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