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For reference, here's the original VideoSift 1.0 with Sifter. Also, check out these logo ideas that I think Ren first came up with when we were doing the first redesign.

I like our current Sifter. Change is bad.

If you keep the current Sifter image, why not just convert it to grayscale so there is no conflict with the different channel colors?

This idea of "change" frightens and infuriates me!

"VideoSift" is out there and I wouldn't change the logo too much. I think SiftBot isn't recognized as a "sifter" because it doesn't have the crank handle. If you type "flour sifter" into google image search you'll get an idea of what I think most people expect a sifter to look like. Sort of a gun grip with a trigger pull type assembly.

I think any VS logo change should enhance the message of filtering out the massive amount of shit out there and bringing the best videos to VS users/viewers, but I'm not really sure if that's what this site is about anymore. Maybe a name change is more appropriate. This is more community sift than video sift.

On that note, I love and miss you all ..

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Embrace change!

It should at least be retouched so that it blends better.
I didn't know campioni was working on this, that's great!

I like the logo as is, even though it's hard to tell what it is. It does look absolutely hideous with my channel, although that's probably my fault, so that should probably be fixed.

What I want to know is the font for the "VideoSift" next to the logo. It seems really familiar, but I can't figure out what it is.

Bring back the VideoGrater!

No but really, I agree that many people would probably be unfamiliar with a sifter. Don't think there's anything really wrong with getting rid of the literal interpretation of it in the logo, and replacing it with something merely metaphoric but perhaps simpler, more iconic and easier to remember.

I mean, just taking a look at the logos for the approved video hosts, that's the kind of the direction that other video hosting sites took.

I used to be 'with it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it', and what's 'it' seems weird and scary.

Just as long as I can slap an arm and an angry face on it, go nuts!

you should animate the sifter, like the microsoft paperclip. make him really fucking annoying. plus he could pop up whenever you start typing to offer assistance.

"are you sure you want to sift another cat video?"

"looks to me like you deliberately ignored the possible dupes. you sure you want to carry on?"

"your comment makes no sense. is that you choggie?"

etc etc. it'll be a hoot.

Dag, What font "specifically" is the current video sift logo using?
Looks like: Avenir-Black

>> ^deputydog:
you should animate the sifter, like the microsoft paperclip. make him really fucking annoying. plus he could pop up whenever you start typing to offer assistance.
"are you sure you want to sift another cat video?"
"looks to me like you deliberately ignored the possible dupes. you sure you want to carry on?"
"your comment makes no sense. is that you choggie?"
etc etc. it'll be a hoot.


upvote for choggie pwnage in abstentia.

It should be biting the ear off of youtube.

Why don't we dump the sifter completely and have a cat.

A cat knows what should be relegated to the litter box.

I threw together a quickie, not sure if I like it though.

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^neat.

I think the font is Verdana, made very bold with CSS - though Lucky could say for sure.

>> ^dag:
I think the font is Verdana, made very bold with CSS - though Lucky could say for sure.

Here's the CSS:

a.siteid {
   float:left;
   color:#4FB3E3;
   font-weight:bold;
   margin-left:10px;
   font-size:2.5em;
   font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;
}

Looks like big, fat Tahoma.

I have 2 suggestions - this
, or this.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^dag:
I think the font is Verdana, made very bold with CSS - though Lucky could say for sure.
Here's the CSS:
a.siteid {
   float:left;
   color:#4FB3E3;
   font-weight:bold;
   margin-left:10px;
   font-size:2.5em;
   font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;
}
Looks like big, fat Tahoma.


Thanks. I care way more about fonts than I should.

How about changing the tagline to "Videosift: Backed up properly for a couple of months"

I can't help but feel that our resident artist could make an excellent sifter-logo.

Definitely make it more abstract. More soft edged. Cartoony. Possible to print as one color logo.

Make it cornflower-blue

make it so

Can we have old school ANSI?

yo yo yo

just had a go at a logo to avoid doing proper work

the sifter can fuck off. he's too awkward to fit in without looking retarded.

and a variation.

this is a lot of fun. a lot more fun than tax returns.

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^ Very nice, I like these a lot. Leave your taxes till next year.

at this rate, getting them done even by next year is looking ambitious.

i'm determined to find a way to include even a sniff of siftbot in a logo. this could border on obsession.

^dd, change the d in videosift to a sifter, and it's all there.

>> ^gwiz665:
^dd, change the d in videosift to a sifter, and it's all there.

Yea and change the "t" to a holy cross.

ch-ch-ch...
ah forget it

I can't get the darn images to embed so I have to use text links...
Have a look...

Videosift Logo A

Videosift Logo B

Videosift Logo C

Videosift Logo D

Videosift Logo E

Videosift Logo F

Videosift Logo G


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Thanks Sagemind - those are good.

This sift (sieve) is even more unrecognizable! Let's just go with the videoGrater idea! or videoSpork. VideoWaffleIron, clogging all your holes with gooey goodness!
How about this...
On facebook, there is a greasemonkey app called facebook colorizer that pulls a color template from the profile picture and applies it to the rest of the page. I don't know if the code is open-source, but how hard would something like that be? If you want to change the color of your VS, the text colors and all things "default" change with it! (of course saving customized comment boxes and the like)

I think what people don't realize is that it's not the type of sifter we are using, it's the Sift itself.
Regular households don't have them any more - When I was a kid and my Grandma used to teach us to bake, everything got sifted in BUT today, we don't need the sifter in everyday baking. The object is old, antiquated.

The word SIFT is not however. We, maybe, should consider loosing the Sifter Image in favor of a logo that leans more toward video or cinema. I think the sifter (image) is stumbling block we may NEVER get past. So lets embrace it as a word and start illustrating the word video in stead!

A few more without the sifter!
I'm not saying these are compleated ideas - I get little time at work to work on outside projects - I'm hoping it will spur ideas from others as well!

VideoSift Reel Logo1
VideoSift Reel Logo2
VideoSift Reel Logo3