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Background

Fotomat, originally known as Photomat, was a retail photo development company that began in Point Loma, CA in 1961. In 1978, Fotomat retailers began offering a service to transfer 8mm tape home recordings to videocassette.

Logo (1978-1980s)

Visuals: On a black background, the words

FOTOMAT

TRANSFER

SERVICE appear in a golden neon, stylized font, with a gold trail behind it. Beneath the text, there is a golden, pyramidal roof structure with a flat top, composed of three bars (made to look like the roof of Fotomat retail outlets). Two neon blue lines emerge from the bottom of the roof and diverge in opposite directions, looking like:

___‖‖___

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: This was only seen on Fotomat videocassette transfers of 8mm footage home recordings.

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 ===Background===
+'''Fotomat''', originally known as '''Photomat''', was a retail photo development company that began in Point Loma, CA in 1961. In 1978, Fotomat retailers began offering a service to transfer 8mm tape home recordings to videocassette.
+===Logo (1978-1980s)===
-Photomat was a retail photo development company that began in Point Loma, CA in 1961. In 1978, Fotomat retailers began offering a service to transfer 8mm tape home recordings to videocassette.
-===1st Logo (1978-198?)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
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 {{YouTube|id=5hZ67qGtVmA}}
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the words
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the words
-<center> {{Font color|gold|'''FOTOMAT'''}}
+<center> {{color|gold|'''FOTOMAT'''}}
-'''{{Font color|gold|TRANSFER}}
+'''{{color|gold|TRANSFER}}
-'''{{Font color|gold|SERVICE}} </center>
+'''{{color|gold|SERVICE}} </center>
-in a golden neon, stylized font, with a {{Font color|dark gold|gold}} trail behind it. Beneath the text, we see a {{Font color|gold|golden}}, pyramidal roof structure with a flat top, composed of three bars (made to look like the roof of Fotomat retail outlets). Two neon {{Font color|blue|blue}} lines emerge from the bottom of the roof and diverge in opposite directions, looking like:<center><br>
+appear in a golden neon, stylized font, with a {{color|dark gold|gold}} trail behind it. Beneath the text, there is a {{color|gold|golden}}, pyramidal roof structure with a flat top, composed of three bars (made to look like the roof of Fotomat retail outlets). Two neon {{color|blue}} lines emerge from the bottom of the roof and diverge in opposite directions, looking like:<center><br>
-'''{{Font color|blue|___‖‖___}}'''
+'''{{color|blue|___‖‖___}}'''
 </br> </center>
+'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Near extinction - about as hard to find as they come. This was only seen on Fotomat videocassette transfers of 8mm footage home recordings.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' This was only seen on Fotomat videocassette transfers of 8mm footage home recordings.
-[[Category:United States]][[Category:Home entertainment logos]][[Category:American home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:American home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:Fotomat]]