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Appearance & Brand

Change the player color, and control branding with Appearance & brand.

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Written by Caroline F
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Get your media looking sharp! Perfectly tailor your media’s visual style in the Appearance & brand tab. Customize should be your first stop when making a Wistia media your own.

To get to the Appearance & brand tab, navigate to any media you’d like to customize. From there, select “Customize,” then “Appearance & brand.”

Tip

Were you hoping to customize the media page instead of the player? Head on over to Customize Media Page.

Apperance & brand

From the Appearance & brand tab, you can update the player color, add or remove branding, and round the corners of the player.

First, the player color should reflect your branding to encourage more consistency in your viewers' experience.

Next, you can round the corners of the player to further align with your branding or, just because!

You can switch on or off the Wistia branding and, optionally, your own custom branding.

Changing the player color

Updating the player color is the simplest way to make the Wistia player your own. To start, choose a "Color style" from the Appearance & brand tab in the Customize panel.

Solid Color style

With the "Solid" color style selected, just choose the color you’d like from the color picker. You can also input a hexadecimal color to get your branding perfectly on point.👌

You also have the option to limit the spectrum of player colors that you can choose from. This gives you color options that are accessible and high visibility, therefore improving the viewing experience for those with visual and/or color impairment.

To update the player color for multiple players at a time, please see Bulk Player Color Updates.

If you’d like to set an account-wide player color, you can do that as the Account Owner in your account settings. Check out the Account Settings page for a quick walk-through.

Gradient Color style

Want to jazz up your player even more? The "Gradient" color style lets you select from pre-defined gradients or create a unique color combination.

Fine-tune your color choices by clicking on each gradient color and adjusting the color picker. Alternatively, you can type in hexadecimal colors.

Don't forget to use the gradient sliders to get the blend of your colors just right.

Player branding

Custom player branding

Custom player branding allows you to personalize your media with a custom logo.

Check off "Custom player branding" to add or replace your logo. Once it's on the player, you can decide whether you’d like the logo to display on the top left, top right, bottom left, or bottom right. You can also choose the size of your logo and add a link to a webpage.

Note

Audio files do not support Player Branding.

Wistia logo

With the "Wistia logo" setting enabled, the Wistia logo appears as a small badge on the playbar. This control cannot be turned off on Free accounts.

Tip

Upgraded your account, but still see the Wistia logo? Media uploaded and customized before you upgrade your account will keep their same customizations, but you can always head into the Customize panel to turn this option off.

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