TennTV1983 804 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 18 hours ago, atlnews2 said: WGCL open Not gonna lie. Seeing these graphics used at WGCL is giving me old Atlanta's NewsChannel vibes. 17 hours ago, MyNewsArchive said: WALA open (not a bad choice for In-Sync) I like how WALA implemented this look. However, I have one complaint: WHAT THE BLANK IS UP WITH THAT RANDOM FLYING WHITE BOX DURING THE OPEN?!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The Meredith graphics looks beautiful. It's got that WOIO (Cleveland) vibe in it. Tegna, are you listening?! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, TexasTVNews said: The Meredith graphics looks beautiful. It's got that WOIO (Cleveland) vibe in it. Tegna, are you listening?! It really does. Just wish Gray had a better CSD than what they currently have. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I'd say it's another omen that Gray could swoop in and buy these stations (aside from WNEM or WJRT, who's winning in that market?). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggi 604 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 31 minutes ago, TexasTVNews said: The Meredith graphics looks beautiful. It's got that WOIO (Cleveland) vibe in it. Tegna, are you listening?! These graphics look like they’re straight from the early 2000s. Looking like Gray isn’t a good thing. Come on, guys. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1718 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, noggi said: These graphics look like they’re straight from the early 2000s. Looking like Gray isn’t a good thing. Come on, guys. I'm very familiar with these graphics and how they were put together. @TexasTVNewsis 100% correct in the second statement. However, the package is not well defined and built. It's only a few elements, not a completely thought-out package. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 9 hours ago, TexasTVNews said: The Meredith graphics looks beautiful. Tegna, are you listening?! TEGNA, after deploying two successful design languages that TVNT still rags about: The fact that after 8 years, some of you seemingly can't let go of TEGNA using a lick of today's design language in favour of yet Another Generic Graphics Package™ in the era of the smartphone is quite laughable. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad package, especially compared to some on the market. But as we all saw, it's woefully incomplete, stylistically out-of-date, hilariously out-of-touch, and adds nothing substantive to the previous packages some of the stations already had. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The Tegna package is fine. This package is decent. How about that? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyNews 119 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I really don't know what to think about these graphics tbh. I mean when KMOV switches I hope the make them as modern as their current graphics And when KPHO switches I hope they make them more modern too. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The graphics are good although I do wish they came in more colors than red and blue. Talk about extremely overused. Remember when stations had logos and graphics with purple, gold, teal, etc. Now it's all either bright red or bright blue. Lame. That's where Tegna gets some credit, actually. I've never had a problem with the graphics so much as the music. I think people associate the two though. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, AJClementeFan69 said: The graphics are good although I do wish they came in more colors than red and blue. Talk about extremely overused. Remember when stations had logos and graphics with purple, gold, teal, etc. Now it's all either bright red or bright blue. Lame. That's where Tegna gets some credit, actually. I've never had a problem with the graphics so much as the music. I think people associate the two though. Also, the KCTV logo is bad. I wasn't really a fan of the logo they've used the last 20 years or so, but in making something new, they had the opportunity to try for something unique or interesting, but instead did...that. Really unfortunate. It's pretty much along the lines of what Gray and Nexstar do when they change a station's logo. I'll give a group like Morgan Murphy credit on their redesigns. Some of the logos (WISC) were a miss, others were pretty good (KXLY)...but at least they tried something original. Not just slapping the network logo next to a generic sans-serif channel number. Same for Tegna really. Not everyone is a fan of what they've done with the WXIA and WTSP logos, for instance, but it sure beats going this route. (For the record I actually like the new WTSP 10 logo) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 That KCTV logo looks copy-paste from KPHO. 4/10 in originality Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Its a beautiful package the only thing most stations used the red and blue. Like that's not WFSB's color scheme it always been blue. But did take advantage and customized it was FOX 5 Las Vegas KVVU which customized for it red themed style like the old Graphics package.. And they used Live as a beginning stinger. Same thing with WNEW in Saginaw, They did the syndicated look but you can see they opted to customize the color scheme with the Blue & Yellow they had the prior package, WGCL Atlanta could've gone that route!!! And also added the own beginning stinger "Coverage You Can Count On". But Overall its a hit package, I just don't like how some station ART Departments didn't interpreted it for there local needs. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 4 hours ago, AJClementeFan69 said: I'll give a group like Morgan Murphy credit on their redesigns. Some of the logos (WISC) were a miss, others were pretty good (KXLY)...but at least they tried something original. Not just slapping the network logo next to a generic sans-serif channel number. Same for Tegna really. Not everyone is a fan of what they've done with the WXIA and WTSP logos, for instance, but it sure beats going this route. (For the record I actually like the new WTSP 10 logo) Matchstic is an actual design firm. It helps. A lot. It's no accident that it's Tegna, the most design-forward station group, that engaged them (first for Atlanta, then for Tampa). Meanwhile, half of the TV news business is here off on its own getting increasingly out of tune with design trends. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 560 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Regarding KCTV 5, I think this new package is a very big improvement for them. I wish they kept the old logo though. I was never much of a fan of KCTV's implementation of the WFTV package (even though I like WFTV's package). KCTV's 2015 gfx pkg was superb; I was disappointed at the time when they decided to switch to WFTV's package. I must give Meredith credit for commissioning a package that is energetic, current, and bold (in a good way) -- instead of something anemic and lacking. Kudos to them for that. Overall, this Meredith package is a nice improvement across the stations so far. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 These graphics...look almost identical to some of the Gray packages. It's almost as if they have the same designer. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 87 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 hours ago, TennTV1983 said: Not gonna lie. Seeing these graphics used at WGCL is giving me old Atlanta's NewsChannel vibes. I like how WALA implemented this look. However, I have one complaint: WHAT THE BLANK IS UP WITH THAT RANDOM FLYING WHITE BOX DURING THE OPEN?!! Lol @ Random Flying Box. I believe that is a sideview of the "10" from the logo. flying past. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 KPTV has switched to the graphics: Interestingly, I noticed the WSMV/Meredith package looks basically like a derivative of the previous KPTV/WHNS/WGCL package that Hothaus also developed... to the point where it's a bit hard but also sort of easy at the same time to tell the difference. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1718 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said: KPTV has switched to the graphics: Interestingly, I noticed the WSMV/Meredith package looks basically like a derivative of the previous KPTV/WHNS/WGCL package that Hothaus also developed... to the point where it's a bit hard but also sort of easy at the same time to tell the difference. Well, they are both made by Matt Quinn at Hothaus. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The blue/gold is very nice. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasNews 3 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 I am still amazed at how fast this package has been rolled out in the span of less than a week. I wonder how this went down behind the scenes. I know some of their stations haven't received it yet, but damn. And yeah Meredith have less stations, but this puts Sinclair to shame. Remember how it took literally five years for them to roll out their previous disaster of a look? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 With KPTV, It looks like they used the "FOX" transitions from the prior package with the new look. I like it...this simple thing can really differentiate the package and tie it in with their affiliation. If WGCL did the same thing with the CBS eye transition, it would improve it greatly. With the old WGCL package, they could amp things up in "Storm Mode" using the reds to hype up the urgency. Red is just not a good color for TV to use primarily because of it being a "hot" primary color and can appear to be over-saturated if it's used at a high level. Blue is "cool" and is less "urgent". Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 12/18/2020 at 2:15 AM, GoldenShine9 said: These graphics...look almost identical to some of the Gray packages. It's almost as if they have the same designer. With a hint of the Morris graphics with the blue and red. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatcherAtl 20 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 10:50 PM, atlnews2 said: WGCL open WFSB Question, What equipment or software do you use to record and post your videos to YT? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1718 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, TheWatcherAtl said: Question, What equipment or software do you use to record and post your videos to YT? Hauppauge Digital TV Tuner. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18094-new-meredith-graphics/page/3/#findComment-254792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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