tv ad

[greenoak]

i want to put my tv ad on my facebook or website....there is a crawl on the bottom with a date on it which i want to erase.. how cani do that....we own the ad...

[Business Attorney]

Do you mean the crawl is embedded in the copy of the ad you were given by the agency that created it? If so, you can probably not remove it yourself, though it is possible that if the scrolling text is layered on and you have access to the right software, you can do it. The creator may need to go back to the original recording and give you a clean copy.

Alternatively, you may be able to use video editing software to crop the bottom of the video. That will either change the ratio, leaving you with a different shape video, or you will need to crop the sides of the video to maintain the ratio. The latter is what is done with wide screen movies when they have to fit on a standard shape TV.

[tylerhutchinson]

You can use software editing programs like Adobe Element to change the ratio and cut it off, or to blur it. What is it for? Is it a banner another company put on it like the video company that created it? If so you may want to make sure you did not sign anything with them. Usually for one cost you get the video with banner, and for more they will give you the video outright without it. If you signed an agreement to keep the banner and chose to remove it, that is a breach of contract and if they catch it can take legal action against you.

[greenoak]

thanks so much...i will relay these ideas to my dil...
.i wouldnt be able to do anything with the creators of the ad...im not using them now...but the ad is ours..i asked about that already...he said we paid for it and it was all ours... to do with what we want...we ran about 2500$$ of ads with them last year...so im not worried about that...
its our old tv ad , its good andi would love to put it on some places...BUT it has last years yardsale dates on it...

[Patrysha]

Quickest thing to do would to be to add an overlay on top of the frame with video editing software...should be very easy for your dil to take care of, just a quick graphic and then adding it in...

[greenoak]

the mystery is video editing software...i dont remember that being something we know about...
they do use and comment on the pictures we put on facebook im sure they woudl like some videos too....

[Patrysha]

Hmm I don't know how hard it is. I started playing with video when I was 12...so all this computer stuff seems so simple to me (most of the time)...but I don't think it's much harder than a regular graphics program as long as you pick up software very quickly...maybe your dil is like that...

[greenoak]

thanks...she could probably do it if we had the program...guessing...or dh..
.i doubt if we have it already ...or would it be part of some big program we might already have? do you have any names to look for?

[Patrysha]

I like Pinnacle Studio, but I've heard good things about Sony Vegas and Cyberlink Power Director.

[greenoak]

thanks..............