New Graphics and Icons

[beanboy89]

Well I finally make a reappearance on here! I'm sorry I've been missed for so long, I missed you all! I take it new music may be thrown into the works too?

No clue on that one. Base maps have changed on the BBOD graphics already so thats one change to expect

Are there going to be new basemaps? They're still all unchanged from before the "relaunch."

[wxntrafficfan]

This just looks wrong...

[TWCToday]

Well I finally make a reappearance on here! I'm sorry I've been missed for so long, I missed you all! I take it new music may be thrown into the works too?

No clue on that one. Base maps have changed on the BBOD graphics already so thats one change to expect

Are there going to be new basemaps? They're still all unchanged from before the "relaunch."

They were different on the BBOD graphics before the launch but now it looks like no. Perhaps someday

[Pat.rick]

I love the new icons. Not as much as I love the XL icons but I think they did a really good job on these new ones. So, so much better than the old IntelliStar ones which were terrible in my opinion.

I even like the new Sunny icon. 

I'm also a big fan of the bigger LDL; it's great to be able to see the radar instantly and not have to wait for the Local on the 8s.

[ABC7]

Though I thought the bigger LDL bar distracts from the on-air presentation, I think it's a very good upgrade. I still wasn't used to the 2006-2010 icons. I'm surprised they had new icons this early. I like the current icons much better.

[TWCToday]

Even a few weeks after the new icons I still can't adjust to them. Suns are just too goofy for me.

[wxntrafficfan]

I've also noticed how the moons look like depressed and bland Easter eggs, and don't have that fully round shape it did with the previous two sets.

[Mike M]

Even a few weeks after the new icons I still can't adjust to them. Suns are just too goofy for me.

Same here, I don't see what was wrong with the older, more realistic ones. Seems NBC is just in a rush to change everything for whatever reason.  I also thought the average viewer could care less about the icons, and just watch TWC for their forecasts....

[tuez13]

Of course, they have to put on a forecast for anybody to care about, first!  Instead, The WEATHER Channel is putting on movies, special shows that slightly relate to weather, and other "features" that clutter the screen and waste airtime for what could be used to show...WEATHER!!  What a concept!  Weather on The Weather Channel!!  lol 

Anyway, the icons are still not what I would hope for in an icon set...and has anyone noticed that the lower thirds now have the white cutoff for where the LDL appears (which was not the case in the original design of the lower thirds)??

[tuez13]

I noticed this morning that on the HD feed, the icons are proportional, i.e. the suns are actually round.  There must be an incorrect setting for screen size on the STARs which creates the images at an off proportion, then squeezes the wider image back to 4:3, thus making the suns/moons/anything round look oblong.

[wxntrafficfan]

I noticed this morning that on the HD feed, the icons are proportional, i.e. the suns are actually round.  There must be an incorrect setting for screen size on the STARs which creates the images at an off proportion, then squeezes the wider image back to 4:3, thus making the suns/moons/anything round look oblong.

That's an excellent point... I didn't think about that. I was wondering why the moon icons looking like discolored easter eggs. I just thought it was how the icons were designed.

[Lightning86]

Not a huge fan of the new icons. But the LDLs are looking good 

[Mike M]

Can someone post a screencap of the new sunrise weather lower thirds? I've yet to wake up and see them.

[wxntrafficfan]

Can someone post a screencap of the new sunrise weather lower thirds? I've yet to wake up and see them.

Sure, I'll sift through my recordings. Just a minute

Edit: Here are a few. Not much to the lower thirds, really.

[Mike M]

Aw cheap, it uses Weekend View branded lower thirds?