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TV graphics packages

For many years, I've had an obscene and almost perverse interest in TV broadcast graphics and imaging packages. Since 2000, I've dabbled in making my own graphics, and recreating some of my favorite packages from the past. Below are some examples, both from scratch and recreations of actual graphics packages.

All graphics have been sized to their hypothetical native resolutions (for SD/NTSC, 4:3 640x480; for HD, 16:9 1920x1080) and can be seen at those resolutions by clicking through the thumbnails.

Before the Twins' ill-fated Victory Sports One launched in the fall of 2003, I tinkered with what the on-air presence would look like. This is one of the better ID thirds that I did.

This is another VS1 look, this one is a little rougher but I do like the score box. The red-on-white-on-blue font would be incredibly hard to read.

Based loosely on ESPN's early-2000s look, this features a from-scratch score box and an ID third that incorporates elements from that and the mid-1990s lower third.

This is a from-scratch rendering of Fox Sports Net's mid-90s MLB score graphic that they shared with FX. Everything from the network logo on down was done from memory.

This is an original idea for an HD ID strip on FSN based on the structure of the score banner used on early 2000s FSN broadcasts.

This is my first real attempt at a news graphics theme, taking elements from WCCO's mid-2000s graphics package and incorporating them into a native HD look. The interface is way too busy and I overused Photoshop tricks, but at least the Myriad font I used is more readable than what they actually used.

Based on the at-launch look of espn2, I tried to ape the presentation of "The Deuce" but wasn't quite successful. I do think I nailed it with the ticker though.

Another news set, this one is an entire fabrication for WGTN-TV. The embossed look is too 90s and the weight of the main Franklin Gothic is much too heavy. I do like that the ticker interacts with the graphics a little, and also the rundown at the left. I called the investigative team G-Unit because it made me giggle.

Another fake graphics package for WGTN-TV, this one was partially inspired by KARE's pre-Gannett look. At the time I did this, the local stations in the area either had nothing or stationary pictures in the HD pillars, and I thought that a moving one would be a better solution. This flash animation shows the moving 16:9 pillars and news ticker, but is missing the glimmering lower third.