atlnews2 557 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 WFLA has new graphics. They also dropped 'Canvas' in favor of 'Guardian' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 old graphics for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 So much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3066 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 The way the L3s animate remind me of WLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qunewsguy 376 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Is it me or is the new trend in graphics more smartphone/small-screen friendly with massive lower thirds, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Is it me or is the new trend in graphics more smartphone/small-screen friendly with massive lower thirds, etc? Idk... ask the failed graphics package of MG that used to air on WVTM that's still being used on WKRG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Is it me or is the new trend in graphics more smartphone/small-screen friendly with massive lower thirds, etc? This has been going on for a while (starting with CNN, Fox News, and Scripps in the early 2010s) as more and more station groups are abandoning the 4x3 safe zones in favor of going 16x9 full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Why do I feel they could've improved the L3s? (And, nit pick side activating, why do these stations - Fox 35 included - think a "Right Now on..." passes as an open when sometimes they don't even go into the headlines?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Why do I feel they could've improved the L3s? (And, nit pick side activating, why do these stations - Fox 35 included - think a "Right Now on..." passes as an open when sometimes they don't even go into the headlines?) The graphics themselves are ok. However the font they use for the L3's is really hideous. There are so many other fonts and sizes they could've used to make that look a little more polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The graphics themselves are ok. However the font they use for the L3's is really hideous. There are so many other fonts and sizes they could've used to make that look a little more polished. Right on! It's something I brought up on another thread mentioning the change. I think it was one where the music change was first mentioned with a video of the open. L3's definitely need polishing. The k e r n i n g needs tightening for sure, especially on the anchor and title bar lines, and they should take another look at the size points of the fonts being used. Overall they needed a change from the prior look, but with some tweaking this package can and will ultimately work better for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montydavis 7 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 When will it be WCBD's turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 More WFLA vids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 340 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 More WFLA vids Those "Right now ..." opens only work when you're teasing upcoming stories, not when they go straight to the anchor desk, like they do in the opens posted above from the 5:30p and 7p newscasts. WFLA might want to rethink those, or at least better train their producers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I hate the "Right Now" style of opens. It's a faux cold open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 those L3s are MASSIVE. not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 748 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 The lower thirds look like something from the late 90s early 2000s... Gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3471 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Definitely a massive improvement over the previous package. It seems like the LIN influence is starting to work its way to the legacy stations (other than the scripps-esque look). Hopefully Media General keeps up the pace of updating their stations before Nexstar takes over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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