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Brekkie
roo posted:
PFMC84 posted:
With Sports graphics now in the 16:9 area I wonder if the BBC will be adapting that when they rebrand the channels or introduce Reith corporation wide? Surely keeping things 4:3 safe is a bit much in this day and age?

I think the decision to keep graphics 4:3 safe is down to a few things: World still only reaches a lot of people in 4:3 so keeping an entirely separate set of 16:9 safe templates would be a hassle, and the 4:3 safe graphics makes reversioning weather shows for social (9:16, 1:1) a lot easier.

Typical TV now - forget the main screen you're producing it and design for Instagram. I think they'd get away with the strap being 4:3 safe if they didn't have it going off too the right - just needs to be slightly thinner too.


scottishtv posted:
The intensity seems to be quite clearly shown, just like the old version:
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All you see there really is a collection of place names - even the map is barely visible.

Only seen a couple of national forecasts but are they still doing the zoom aruond the UK?
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Stuart
Juicy Joe posted:
I've noticed that most of the weather presenters have a green line outline around them, indicating they're likely using a green screen. However, this was not apparent before the change. How come?


Hatton Cross posted:
A different 'Atlantic blue' from the old Weatherscape graphics, which is now showing up the CSO 'halo' more?


I have also notice the 'halo' since the change, although I though it just looked white. However, didn't BBC Weather generally use Green CSO before anyway?

Either way, perhaps it needs some 'tinkering', as the presenter overlay is not as good as before.
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dosxuk
Stuart posted:
Juicy Joe posted:
I've noticed that most of the weather presenters have a green line outline around them, indicating they're likely using a green screen. However, this was not apparent before the change. How come?


Hatton Cross posted:
A different 'Atlantic blue' from the old Weatherscape graphics, which is now showing up the CSO 'halo' more?


I have also notice the 'halo' since the change, although I though it just looked white. However, didn't BBC Weather generally use Green CSO before anyway?


I think most of the dedicated weather positions are switchable blue/green.
SP
Spencer
Brekkie posted:

All you see there really is a collection of place names - even the map is barely visible.


I’d be surprised if the place name format isn’t changed soon. Removing the blue boxes from the background of the text, or at least making them semi-transparent, would improve the look a lot and make it a lot less cluttered - not to mention giving mid-Wales and Essex their forecast back.
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bilky asko
I just noticed that the LOW and HIGH pressure is labels are in a different font to everything else - I don't think it's Reith though...
CC
CyberCD
scottishtv posted:
The intensity seems to be quite clearly shown, just like the old version:
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The trouble with that right there is... what possible reason is there for the place name being a larger font than the temperature?
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Spencer For Hire posted:
Brekkie posted:

All you see there really is a collection of place names - even the map is barely visible.


I’d be surprised if the place name format isn’t changed soon. Removing the blue boxes from the background of the text, or at least making them semi-transparent, would improve the look a lot and make it a lot less cluttered - not to mention giving mid-Wales and Essex their forecast back.


Just by removing the Birmingham label would make a huge improvement. Everyone knows where Birmingham is anyway so it is not required. Similarly, everyone knows where London is also, so what's the point of covering the map with these pointless place names.

If the BBC refuse to remove them completely, they could just flash them up for a few seconds before they disappear, similar to the BBC2 box logo a few years ago!
Very Happy
CC
CyberCD
Bet you the vast majority of people would put Birmingham a good bit more to the East than it really is.
RD
RDJ
The thing is that Birmingham is quite useful to be pointed out as some people locate where they are in the UK by the proximity of how far North or South (or East or West) they are from Birmingham.

I suppose the ultimate solution should they not want to get rid of the boxes is to flash the place names at the start of each countrywide map and fade them out, maybe keeping the dots as transparent indicators as the map progresses.

Or just make the font size of the place names smaller... as it is really quite bigger than it should be.
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WW Update
RDJ posted:

I suppose the ultimate solution should they not want to get rid of the boxes is to flash the place names at the start of each countrywide map and fade them out, maybe keeping the dots as transparent indicators as the map progresses.


Or they could make the city font smaller than the temperature font, as in this example from the Weather Channel:

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the eye
Why do UK weather forecasts have place names on the maps all the time? Like I'm a bit concerned you dont know the location of the town or location your visiting? Adds clutter for no reason. If you're going for zooms and flyovers then add them but they don't need to be in the full screen version of that map.
MD
mdtauk
the eye posted:
Why do UK weather forecasts have place names on the maps all the time? Like I'm a bit concerned you dont know the location of the town or location your visiting? Adds clutter for no reason. If you're going for zooms and flyovers then add them but they don't need to be in the full screen version of that map.


I guess it is useful for commuters, people travelling to different parts of the country.

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I did some further tweaks, to try to reduce the clutter
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