news89 467 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Looks like they are testing the graphics system featuring a (presumably) new Scripps package. Wonder how long before it gets pulled. Not sure but the current OTS box on screen reminds me of Scripps Package from 2009-2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Not sure but the current OTS box on screen reminds me of Scripps Package from 2009-2012. Its a brownish color, which is very odd. Can't confirm, but the font looks different... like a hybrid between Gotham and Myriad. (It can't be Myriad... can it?) Without the benefit of widescreen, I can't tell if there's anything else outside the safe area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Its a brownish color, which is very odd. Can't confirm, but the font looks different... like a hybrid between Gotham and Myriad. (It can't be Myriad... can it?) Without the benefit of widescreen, I can't tell if there's anything else outside the safe area. Perhaps (only a guess) they need to load up the fonts for the new Scripps system? (Not a expert in motion graphics software, so taking a stab in the dark) If so, I would think that it would come pre-shipped with fonts, backgrounds, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Its a brownish color, which is very odd. Can't confirm, but the font looks different... like a hybrid between Gotham and Myriad. (It can't be Myriad... can it?) Without the benefit of widescreen, I can't tell if there's anything else outside the safe area. They are still streaming the ABC Network feed I think ABC has 2nd GH feed for some stations. Now dropped the Network feed to black screen with Eyewitness News bug in left hand corner. This is kinda neat to watch them mess around with this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 WKBW is streaming the 5pm news right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1806 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Those look to me like they're just generic templates that a lot of things come pre-loaded with.... The likelihood that Scripps is dropping their Renderon package for something that has a red bar as a lower third is pretty slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Those look to me like they're just generic templates that a lot of things come pre-loaded with.... The likelihood that Scripps is dropping their Renderon package for something that has a red bar as a lower third is pretty slim. That would explain the Myriad typeface then. To me, it feels like they are trying to get the new equipment to actually work and make it be able to temporarily use the current in-house graphical atrocities. Sad thing is, that generic red L3 is 100,000% better than what passes for an L3 at 'KB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bixpchiphead 105 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I know the Lighthouse is busy trying to get the ota look at the house that Irv and Commander Tom built converted to Scripps Style, but when will they convert the website to the Scripps template? Right now it is still Granite style, and that kinda reminds me of one of those mom and pop diners in a small town, where the placemat has advertisements from neighboring mom and pop businesses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1806 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 That would explain the Myriad typeface then. To me, it feels like they are trying to get the new equipment to actually work and make it be able to temporarily use the current in-house graphical atrocities. Sad thing is, that generic red L3 is 100,000% better than what passes for an L3 at 'KB. Exactly. They're likely in the "Engineering" phase of deployment, where the equipment is being racked and tested. The equipment is probably direct from Chyron and once it's ready, the Scripps hub will go in and install the graphics. A few training sessions and rehearsals later, they'll start using the Scripps package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 They are currently doing some rehersals with Andy Parker, et. al on the livestream. They seem to be using a free moving camera in addition to the fixed cameras, almost like the KMGH setup shown earlier in this thread. It's an odd configuration as the current graphics seem to still be in use. EXCEPT... there was one quick camera shot of one of Andy's PCs with the new weather graphics. This was the best screen capture I could get, but it also looks like a totally new logo for WKBW... (copying the WXYZ-ABC-proprietary circle 7, or taking the current 2003-era "7" but modifying it to look like WXYZ's logo? I couldn't tell...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 WKBW is still streaming looks like now streaming "AM Buffalo". Looks like the WXYZ "7" They are currently doing some rehersals with Andy Parker, et. al on the livestream. They seem to be using a free moving camera in addition to the fixed cameras, almost like the KMGH setup shown earlier in this thread. It's an odd configuration as the current graphics seem to still be in use. EXCEPT... there was one quick camera shot of one of Andy's PCs with the new weather graphics. This was the best screen capture I could get, but it also looks like a totally new logo for WKBW... (copying the WXYZ-ABC-proprietary circle 7, or taking the current 2003-era "7" but modifying it to look like WXYZ's logo? I couldn't tell...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 They are currently doing some rehersals with Andy Parker, et. al on the livestream. They seem to be using a free moving camera in addition to the fixed cameras, almost like the KMGH setup shown earlier in this thread. It's an odd configuration as the current graphics seem to still be in use. EXCEPT... there was one quick camera shot of one of Andy's PCs with the new weather graphics. This was the best screen capture I could get, but it also looks like a totally new logo for WKBW... (copying the WXYZ-ABC-proprietary circle 7, or taking the current 2003-era "7" but modifying it to look like WXYZ's logo? I couldn't tell...) Don't tell me they're just copying WXYZ's weather logo. Talk about being lazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Exactly. They're likely in the "Engineering" phase of deployment, where the equipment is being racked and tested. The equipment is probably direct from Chyron and once it's ready, the Scripps hub will go in and install the graphics. Looks like it's already happening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 WKBW's 5pm Tease and Open from 9-17-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Don't tell me they're just copying WXYZ's weather logo. Talk about being lazy... I thought it was a placeholder screen shot, but no. Still be an upgrade over "We Know Buffalo Weather." And yes, it looks like the WXYZ "circle 7" will also serve as WKBW's new logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I thought it was a placeholder screen shot, but no. Still be an upgrade over "We Know Buffalo Weather." And yes, it looks like the WXYZ "circle 7" will also serve as WKBW's new logo. I just noticed that on the stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 WKBW testing weather graphics now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Don't tell me they're just copying WXYZ's weather logo. Talk about being lazy... Not exactly a copy... the shape of the area the "First Alert" lettering sits in is a trapazoid on these. Ours is an oval. Notice our highs and lows are lined up with each other vs. the WKBW look. Best of all our 7 still has the glossy ABC logo because it's from 2011. Actually the 7 WKBW is using is the current WXYZ bug just like my profile picture. The 7 that WXYZ uses for the weather is not quite the same, it kind of version 1.0 of the current bug. It's a different color (white/cream instead of silver) and was made for the last graphics package. Each Scripps station's weather graphics are a little different and yet still look like a template. They do give some decent flexibility to the individual weather departments though. http://www.wxyz.com/weather/7-day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Not exactly a copy... the shape of the area the "First Alert" lettering sits in is a trapazoid on these. Ours is an oval. Notice our highs and lows are lined up with each other vs. the WKBW look. Best of all our 7 still has the glossy ABC logo because it's from 2011. Actually the 7 WKBW is using is the current WXYZ bug just like my profile picture. The 7 that WXYZ uses for the weather is not quite the same, it kind of version 1.0 of the current bug. It's a different color (white/cream instead of silver) and was made for the last graphics package. Each Scripps station's weather graphics are a little different and yet still look like a template. They do give some decent flexibility to the individual weather departments though. http://www.wxyz.com/weather/7-day Makes sense to me. For a visual aide to help explain the differences, the top is the screenshot I took from WKBW's stream; the bottom is a direct image from WXYZ's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I know the Lighthouse is busy trying to get the ota look at the house that Irv and Commander Tom built converted to Scripps Style, but when will they convert the website to the Scripps template? Right now it is still Granite style, and that kinda reminds me of one of those mom and pop diners in a small town, where the placemat has advertisements from neighboring mom and pop businesses.... Considering that the new Scripps graphics are clearly showing a new logo for WKBW, the change may occur on that same day (next Monday, tentatively). Unfortunately, there's no way to see the new website in development, unlike Gannett's Presto UX system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 A little digging brought this up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Where did you dig? The Scripps corporate website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It's deep in the links. If you pull up the direct address to the individual station website's header image, just swap in WBKW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 A little digging brought this up... That means a new website is already being seriously worked on, if not ready to be launched right now. Check the URL for the logo above. ScrippsNationalNews.com is what feeds the CMS content for all the legacy Scripps sites. And who would have thought that directly copying WXYZ's logo would be a massive step up for 'KB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Another Buffalo reporter jumps over to WKBW. http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2014/09/24/ch-4s-drantch-headed-ch-7/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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