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    New screenshots - Gears of War - Xbox 360

    Microsoft have released 15 screenshots for Gears of War today. Some of them we do recognise but there are new ones in there as well.

    Check out these Screenshots for more info.

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    Looking good - but, oh, the watermark, the watermark
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    Rarely does a screenshot get released on Hexus without the watermark being a point of discussion. I'm sure it's been covered many times over but once more won't hurt.

    Does the watermark have to be in the middle? Just about every site uses watermarks these days, but Hexus is the only one I know of which plants them right bang in the middle. I'm sure there are valid reasons for it, but could we readers kindly request that the watermarks be moved to the corners of pictures in future?

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    yea I noticed that to, I mean how can u not - it ruins it most of the time It's understandable that Hexus want to protect themselves from others ganking and using but hrm...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Parm View Post
    Rarely does a screenshot get released on Hexus without the watermark being a point of discussion. I'm sure it's been covered many times over but once more won't hurt.

    Does the watermark have to be in the middle? Just about every site uses watermarks these days, but Hexus is the only one I know of which plants them right bang in the middle. I'm sure there are valid reasons for it, but could we readers kindly request that the watermarks be moved to the corners of pictures in future?
    Corner watermarks are just too easy to crop out and still be left with the main part of the image I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimNastics View Post
    Corner watermarks are just too easy to crop out and still be left with the main part of the image I guess.
    Yeah but by doing so those who edit the images would then have to host them themselves. I didn't think it was a matter of exclusivity as the images are usually readily available, I thought it was more an issue of hosting and other people linking to the images.

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    What if it was positioned say towards the bottom edge of the image, as it currently gets in the way of what you are looking at tbh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Parm View Post
    Rarely does a screenshot get released on Hexus without the watermark being a point of discussion. I'm sure it's been covered many times over but once more won't hurt.

    Does the watermark have to be in the middle? Just about every site uses watermarks these days, but Hexus is the only one I know of which plants them right bang in the middle. I'm sure there are valid reasons for it, but could we readers kindly request that the watermarks be moved to the corners of pictures in future?
    Request noted.

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    Hi Guys,

    Yes, that old watermarking issue and yes, it sucks that we have to watermark in the middle of the image.

    We do that to stop people cropping the watermark off so in the centre is where it has to be, sorry. Some of the images we actually get from a press resource site, that we pay a monthly fee to be a member of, so that's another reason to watermark as those images can actually cost us money to acquire.

    BUT... I've asked Steven about perhaps re-doing the watermarking and making the images fainter and so less obtrusive, though the positioning will have to stay the same.

    And sorry I didn't reply to this sooner, I've been down at i29 all day... and later today we'll have something REALLY special from there too!
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