xan2622 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Facebook now allows to add short videos instead of a static image in the banner. Example: https://www.facebook.com/exorstudios/ From what I have read (I am not 100% sure of these details), it can be 20-90 seconds long and should be at least 820x312 pixels (but maybe Facebook resizes the video to fit the banner dimensions). I just think that you could also add a nice battle video on your https://www.facebook.com/play0ad/ page. PS: avatars can also be (7 seconds) animated GIFs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Definitely worth considering. I do think it would be worth creating a video for this purpose specifically. I looked at your example and it looked as if they had just used an existing video and cut away a bit at the top (and possibly bottom), and it did feel a bit weird - as if there should be more above it, I kept wanting to scroll up the page to see more =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daker Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Hello, The timeline video cover is in my to-do list, it needs to be a 20sec-90sec video with 820x462px(at least 820x312px). Facebook doesn't resize the video but will take one frame and make it as static cover for people who are not in the A/B testing. The video needs to have some kind of a loop effect. We(the person who have access) need to check if it's available on the page since FB is always running A/B test on new features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 22 hours ago, daker said: We(the person who have access) need to check if it's available on the page since FB is always running A/B test on new features. Video for cover is available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrynnOfCastlegate Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hi! I could probably help with this. What sort of video are we looking for (battle, scenery)? One scene that loops, or several scenes? --Brynn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daker Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, BrynnOfCastlegate said: Hi! I could probably help with this. What sort of video are we looking for (battle, scenery)? One scene that loops, or several scenes? --Brynn Here is the brief : Duration: 20sec-90sec Resolution: 820x462px(at least 820x312px) I propose the following scenes : Intro scene: 5sec to 10sec Building scene: 10sec or more(scene showing workers working) Attack scene: 10sec or more Download scene: 5sec "Get it now on play0ad.com (win, mac os, linux logos)" Transitions: Like the one used in the trailer NB: if you want to put text at the bottom of the video, it will be hidden since the video cover will be centered in a 312px(height) wrapper div(but not reconverted or resize), once you click on the video the original format(820x462px) will popup(like in the example link provided by @xanax) Edited August 23, 2017 by daker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrynnOfCastlegate Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Here is a draft of a Facebook banner video: Let me know if you've got any further ideas to improve it. Keep in mind Vimeo is upscaling the video, which is why the quality looks poor. --Brynn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daker Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 @BrynnOfCastlegate looks good (y), can you share the OSs icons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrynnOfCastlegate Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 The icons at the end are the same ones we use for the end screen of the trailers, so I assume they are fine. --Brynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarok Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Any reason for not using the 0ad logo animation from the trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrynnOfCastlegate Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 It is the end portion of the same logo animation. I cut off the start because I thought it might be better to have the logo displayed immediately for the banner. It would be just as easy to use the full animation if you think that would look better, though. --Brynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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