WFLA New Graphics and music

[atlnews2 596]

WFLA has new graphics. They also dropped 'Canvas' in favor of 'Guardian'

 

 

 

[atlnews2 596]

old graphics for comparison

 

 

[LexTVandRadio 418]

So much better.

[Georgie56 3326]

The way the L3s animate remind me of WLS.

[qunewsguy 378]

Is it me or is the new trend in graphics more smartphone/small-screen friendly with massive lower thirds, etc?

[TheRolyPoly 2592]

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.

[TennTV1983 807]

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.

[MikePulse 319]

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?)

[Mrtraveler01 738]

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.

[promoguy98 254]

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.

[montydavis 7]

When will it be WCBD's turn?

[Breaking News 839]

More WFLA vids

 

[Greggo 358]

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.

[Big Country News 435]

I hate the "Right Now" style of opens.

 

It's a faux cold open.

[AJClementeFan69 477]

those L3s are MASSIVE. not a fan.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 949]

The lower thirds look like something from the late 90s early 2000s... Gross

[tyrannical bastard 4036]

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...