Watermark from another app
Facebook may show the video to fewer people.
Reduced reachHow serious: Worth fixingFacebookOther apps' watermarks
About to post? A full check of your video looks for this in what's shown and the words on screen, with a plain fix.
Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Visible third-party watermarks or content visibly recycled from other apps; adding a watermark to someone else's clip does not make it original.
What Facebook says
“Avoid using visible third party watermarks and content that is visibly recycled from other apps or sources.”
How to fix it
Re-export the original file without the watermark, or crop it out.
Good to know
Check corners and end cards for other apps' logos and @handles.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown and the words on screen. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
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