Guest NewsHound Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Passed by WGN America this evening, and WGN News at 9 was on, and I noticed the bug and lower 3rds have been changed, gone is the light blue and most of the purple, its now dark blue. I don't know how long they've been like this, anyone else notice or know when this happened? Honestly they are too dark in my opinion, although I'm glad they removed the giant HD tag from the bug. EDIT: Just noticed during the studio/weather center split screen that the graphics background that used to be a greyish/white line gradient is now black and dark blue. Most of the segment opens have also changed to be much darker. Overall, I don't like this. The graphics are just too dark now.
24994J 5900 Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Maybe it's the contrast on my tv, but it didn't seem very dark...and you'd think if they were going to modify the graphics that they'd do it all, talent rejoin, teaser, etc. By the way, it wasn't like that on the morning news.
Guest NewsHound Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Maybe it's the contrast on my tv, but it didn't seem very dark...and you'd think if they were going to modify the graphics that they'd do it all, talent rejoin, teaser, etc. By the way, it wasn't like that on the morning news. It wasn't the contrast, I definitely checked that. It was like a totally different package, heavily modified, a lot darker. I mean you could seriously tell it wasn't the same as like this for instance: [YT]242cqYoX8Mg[/YT]
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 They indeed are phasing in some new graphics.. the colors are definitely darker/bolder. There's a new font too. All the little lines are gone in the new stuff and they seem to be going for a more simplified and solid look. However, the graphics appear to be keeping the same main shapes as the old. These are also different than the changes I originally heard about happening last year..
abric 231 Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 They launched the new graphics on last night's 5pm news.
15connects 4 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 They really look terrible. I think they are making NBC's O&O graphics look awesome.
mark 55 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Oh I definitely prefer these. Thumbs up from me. I missed the open, did they change it at all? I never liked the open.
24994J 5900 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Only the bug, L3's, OTS's and afew other details were changed. The opens and commercial teases are the same, as are the weather and sports intros (etc.).
Jess 1115 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 I also like them. Not much different, just getting rid of excess clutter (we don't need to point out HD anymore), but simple, legible, and clean. I also still dig that music...
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