The watermark should then retain its sharpness after YouTube has compressed the image to fit in the video player. To prevent a watermark from uploading blurry or pixelated, we advise uploading a graphic that is larger then 150×150 pixels.

With that said, we recommended using a traditional YouTube branded watermark graphic, or a custom design. YouTube allows channels to upload a 150×150 pixel square graphic of their choice. The monitor locks those controls to factory configured settings for HDR output.The YouTube Watermark is a small graphic that displays in the video player, and allows viewers to subscribe to a channel without having to exit the video. When HDR is turned on, you have no control over brightness and contrast. The video did not have any such watermark when viewed in the same resolution using SMPlayer. Hardware acceleration is disabled (I will not be turning it back on due to Twitch streams being more laggy with it on). Note that whether or not you can see it is highly dependent on your monitor (I have an HDR monitor with HDR enabled in Windows 10).įor those who can't see it, below is a photo taken with my phone and scaled down showing the logo more clearly.

I'm curious if this is new since I have never noticed it before, and whether or not the watermark is always there and was only visible here because the black background in the video lasted for more than a few seconds?īelow is a screenshot of the video showing the watermark. I was just watching this YouTube video (queued up to 4:10) in Vivaldi, and during a few seconds where the background was solid black I noticed the Vivaldi logo in the center.

Watermark on youtube videos