Overview

A watermark is an image that is overlaid on a broadcast. It can be a sponsor, a school logo, simple text or whatever you choose!

Some benefits of using the watermark to promote your sponsors: 

• You can earn additional revenue on each game
• You have up to 3 spots for advertising (2 sponsor spots and 1 spot for your school logo or an extra ad)
• You can change graphics out every athletic season to increase sponsorship opportunities 
• Sponsors can receives ad space in every game

 IMPORTANT: For watermarks to display, the Sportzcast/OCR Scoreboard Hardware must be plugged into the Pixellot Computer

To add a watermark to all broadcasts from your Pixellot unit:

Watch this video or read the written instructions below to learn how to add a watermark to your broadcast or Pixellot unit:

1. Go to console.nfhsnetwork.com and open your SCHOOL PAGE from the left sidebar.
2. You will be prompted to select your school (if you manage multiple programs please select the appropriate school).
3. Near the bottom of the page, use the drop-down menu labeled Pixellot Watermarks and select the desired Pixellot unit.
   
4. Immediately below that menu three options will show. 
   - There are three locations you can place a watermark
        + Top-Left
        + Bottom-Left
        + Bottom-Right
   - Click Add New and select the image you would like.
5. Click Save

Note: This Will Not Update Live Events (Use the instructions for adding a watermark to a single broadcast for that).

To add a watermark to a single broadcast:

1. Go to console.nfhsnetwork.com and open the broadcast you would like to add watermarks for.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the event page and click the picture icon beneath Live Streams
   
3. Click the SCORING tab
4. At the bottom of this page, click Add New and select the image you would like.
   
   - There are three locations you can place a watermark
        + Top-Left
        + Bottom-Left
        + Bottom-Right
5. Click Update Watermarks

Note: This can be set before or during a live stream (This will update a live stream). Once you add a Broadcast Level watermark, this respective broadcast will no longer use the Pixellot Level Watermarks. All watermark updates will have to be made on the Broadcast Level for this broadcast. Removing all the Broadcast Level watermarks will not bring back the Pixellot Level for that broadcast

IMPORTANT: For watermarks to display the Sportzcast/OCR Scoreboard Hardware must be Plugged into the Pixellot Computer

Notes about image format and size:

• PNG and JPEG/JPG are the only allowed file formats for watermarks.
• When uploading an image aspect ratio is important for displaying the watermarks at a reasonable size. There is not a dimension limit on image uploads, but the images are resized on upload to a maximum width OR height of 500 pixels (whichever greater).
• The aspect ratio is maintained so it is important that transparent backgrounds on PNG files are cropped appropriately and all images are cropped to ensure aspect ratios near 1:1.
  • Ex. Uploading an image of 3000x150 would be resized to 500x25 which would display very small with likely unreadable text, but uploading an image of 3000x2700 would be resized to 500x450 which would appear appropriately sized.