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Due to popular request, we’re excited to announce we’ve added watermarking to DV Kitchen.
You can start with a normal watermark image you created in Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP, Motion, FCP or many other programs.
For now, you need to do one thing to prepare a watermark for DV Kitchen, saving the watermark image as a one frame Quicktime movie with alpha transparency.
This movie shows the complete process of creating a watermark from scratch in Final Cut Pro, exporting and prepping it, then bringing it into DV Kitchen and applying it to a movie.

How do I prepare my watermark image for use in DV Kitchen?
Once you have a PNG image with transparency, here are the steps to prepare it for DV Kitchen:
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Create a PNG with alpha channel. You can do this in Photoshop, Fireworks, Motion, Final Cut Pro or many other apps. We’ll have suggestions on creating a cool-looking watermark graphic soon. |
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Right-click the PNG and choose Open With > QuickTime Player.

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Choose Window > Show Movie Properties.

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Click “Video Track”, then “Visual Settings.”

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Choose Straight Alpha from the Transparency option menu.
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Now, just save the movie and you’re all ready!

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Now just follow the directions in the DV Kitchen manual to burn the watermark into your video.
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