diff --git a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/Config/MediaClipper.php b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/Config/MediaClipper.php
index c4571851990bfce718910dc87333e706d6ddd1c0..f4274d6de256761f601f4dfc9e23fa3e43e6d661 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/Config/MediaClipper.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/Config/MediaClipper.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
 
     public string $wavesMask = APPPATH . 'Libraries/MediaClipper/waves-mask.png';
 
+    public string $watermark = APPPATH . 'Libraries/MediaClipper/castopod-logo.png';
+
     /**
      * @var array<string, array<string, int|array<string, float|int|string>>>
      */
@@ -57,9 +59,15 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
             'timestamp' => [
                 'fontsize' => 32,
                 'padding' => 10,
-                'x' => 1680,
+                'x' => 1620,
                 'y' => 985,
             ],
+            'watermark' => [
+                'width' => 90,
+                'height' => 72,
+                'x' => 140,
+                'y' => 960,
+            ],
             'progressbar' => [
                 'height' => 10,
             ],
@@ -117,10 +125,16 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
             ],
             'timestamp' => [
                 'fontsize' => 48,
-                'padding' => 10,
-                'x' => 735,
+                'padding' => 14,
+                'x' => 734,
                 'y' => 1800,
             ],
+            'watermark' => [
+                'width' => 120,
+                'height' => 96,
+                'x' => 130,
+                'y' => 1770,
+            ],
             'progressbar' => [
                 'height' => 10,
             ],
@@ -183,6 +197,12 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
                 'x' => 855,
                 'y' => 1070,
             ],
+            'watermark' => [
+                'width' => 120,
+                'height' => 96,
+                'x' => 130,
+                'y' => 1040,
+            ],
             'progressbar' => [
                 'height' => 10,
             ],
@@ -209,6 +229,8 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
      */
     public array $themes = [
         'pine' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '174 100% 29%',
             'background' => [0, 86, 74],
             'text' => [255, 255, 255],
             // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
@@ -220,7 +242,93 @@ class MediaClipper extends BaseConfig
             'progressbar' => '009486',
             'timestampBg' => '00564A',
             'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
-            'soundwaves' => 'F2FAF9',
+            'watermarkBg' => '00564A',
+            'soundwaves' => [231, 249, 228],
+        ],
+        'crimson' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '350 87% 61%',
+            'background' => [179, 31, 57],
+            'text' => [255, 255, 255],
+            // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
+            'subtitles' => 'FFFFFF',
+            // quotes image MUST BE black
+            'quotes' => [242, 70, 100],
+            'episodeNumberingBg' => [152, 16, 43],
+            'episodeNumberingText' => [255, 255, 255],
+            'progressbar' => 'F24664',
+            'timestampBg' => 'B31F39',
+            'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
+            'watermarkBg' => 'B31F39',
+            'soundwaves' => [253, 206, 215],
+        ],
+        'lake' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '194 100% 44%',
+            'background' => [0, 86, 113],
+            'text' => [255, 255, 255],
+            // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
+            'subtitles' => 'FFFFFF',
+            // quotes image MUST BE black
+            'quotes' => [0, 171, 225],
+            'episodeNumberingBg' => [0, 43, 57],
+            'episodeNumberingText' => [255, 255, 255],
+            'progressbar' => '00ABE1',
+            'timestampBg' => '005671',
+            'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
+            'watermarkBg' => '005671',
+            'soundwaves' => [214, 245, 255],
+        ],
+        'amber' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '17 100% 57%',
+            'background' => [177, 50, 0],
+            'text' => [255, 255, 255],
+            // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
+            'subtitles' => 'FFFFFF',
+            // quotes image MUST BE black
+            'quotes' => [255, 96, 34],
+            'episodeNumberingBg' => [121, 34, 0],
+            'episodeNumberingText' => [255, 255, 255],
+            'progressbar' => 'FF6022',
+            'timestampBg' => 'B13200',
+            'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
+            'watermarkBg' => 'B13200',
+            'soundwaves' => [255, 213, 197],
+        ],
+        'jacaranda' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '254 72% 52%',
+            'background' => [47, 21, 132],
+            'text' => [255, 255, 255],
+            // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
+            'subtitles' => 'FFFFFF',
+            // quotes image MUST BE black
+            'quotes' => [86, 45, 221],
+            'episodeNumberingBg' => [30, 14, 84],
+            'episodeNumberingText' => [255, 255, 255],
+            'progressbar' => '562DDD',
+            'timestampBg' => '2F1584',
+            'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
+            'watermarkBg' => '2F1584',
+            'soundwaves' => [199, 185, 244],
+        ],
+        'onyx' => [
+            // Preview must be a HSL colorscheme string
+            'preview' => '240 17% 2%',
+            'background' => [5, 5, 7],
+            'text' => [255, 255, 255],
+            // subtitle hex color is BGR (Blue, Green, Red),
+            'subtitles' => 'FFFFFF',
+            // quotes image MUST BE black
+            'quotes' => [38, 38, 49],
+            'episodeNumberingBg' => [0, 0, 0],
+            'episodeNumberingText' => [255, 255, 255],
+            'progressbar' => 'D5D5E1',
+            'timestampBg' => '050507',
+            'timestampText' => 'FFFFFF',
+            'watermarkBg' => '050507',
+            'soundwaves' => [213, 213, 225],
         ],
     ];
 }
diff --git a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClip.php b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClip.php
index 909bd13e823d18a266ebe9c15db7c93415aace16..d1f11de5b97360fbb4bd4f4a5cedaa8a14621169 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClip.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClip.php
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ namespace MediaClipper;
 use App\Entities\Episode;
 use GdImage;
 
+/**
+ * TODO: refactor this by splitting image manipulations + video generation
+ *
+ * @phpstan-ignore-next-line
+ */
 class VideoClip
 {
     /**
@@ -44,21 +49,11 @@ class VideoClip
 
     protected ?string $episodeNumbering = null;
 
-    /**
-     * @var 'landscape'|'portrait'|'squared'
-     */
-    protected string $format = 'landscape';
-
     /**
      * @var array<string, mixed>
      */
     protected array $dimensions = [];
 
-    /**
-     * @var 'pine'|'crimson'|'lake'|'amber'|'jacaranda'|'onyx'
-     */
-    protected string $theme = 'pine';
-
     /**
      * @var array<string, mixed>
      */
@@ -72,11 +67,10 @@ class VideoClip
         protected Episode $episode,
         protected float $start,
         protected float $end,
-        string $format,
-        string $theme,
+        protected string $format = 'landscape',
+        protected string $theme = 'pine',
     ) {
         $this->duration = $end - $start;
-        $this->format = $format;
         $this->episodeNumbering = $this->episodeNumbering($this->episode->number, $this->episode->season_number);
         $this->dimensions = config('MediaClipper')
             ->formats[$format];
@@ -95,8 +89,8 @@ class VideoClip
 
         $this->soundbiteOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-soundbite-{$this->start}-to-{$this->end}.mp3";
         $this->subtitlesClipOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-subtitles-clip-{$this->start}-to-{$this->end}.srt";
-        $this->videoClipBgOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-clip-bg-{$this->format}.png";
-        $this->videoClipOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-clip-{$this->start}-to-{$this->end}-{$this->format}.mp4";
+        $this->videoClipBgOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-clip-bg-{$this->format}-{$this->theme}.png";
+        $this->videoClipOutput = $podcastFolder . "/{$this->episode->slug}-clip-{$this->start}-to-{$this->end}-{$this->format}-{$this->theme}.mp4";
     }
 
     public function soundbite(): void
@@ -132,23 +126,30 @@ class VideoClip
     {
         // @phpstan-ignore
         $filters = [
-            "[0:a]aformat=channel_layouts=mono,showwaves=s={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['width']}x{$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['height']}:mode=cline:rate=10:colors=0xFFFFFF,format=yuva420p[waves]",
+            "[0:a]aformat=channel_layouts=mono,showwaves=s={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['width']}x{$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['height']}:mode=cline:rate=10:colors=white,format=rgb24[waves]",
             "[waves]scale={$this->dimensions['width']}:{$this->dimensions['height']}:flags=neighbor[resizedwaves]",
             '[resizedwaves][3:v][4:v][5:v]threshold[cleanwaves]',
             '[cleanwaves][2:v]alphamerge[waves_t]',
             '[4:v][waves_t]overlay=x=0:y=0:shortest=1[waves_t2]',
             '[waves_t2]split[m][a]',
             '[m][a]alphamerge[waves_t3]',
-            "[waves_t3]scale={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['rescaleWidth']}:{$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['rescaleHeight']}[waves_final]",
+            "[waves_t3]scale={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['rescaleWidth']}:{$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['rescaleHeight']},lutrgb=r='if(gt(val,100),{$this->colors['soundwaves'][0]},val)':g='if(gt(val,100),{$this->colors['soundwaves'][1]},val)':b='if(gt(val,100),{$this->colors['soundwaves'][2]},val)'[waves_final]",
             "[1:v][waves_final]overlay=x={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['x']}:y={$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['y']}:shortest=1,drawtext=fontfile=" . $this->getFont(
                 'timestamp'
-            ) . ":text='%{pts\:gmtime\:{$this->start}\:%H\\\\\\\\\\:%M\\\\\\\\\\:%S\}':x={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['x']}:y={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['y']}:fontsize={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['fontsize']}:fontcolor=0x{$this->colors['timestampText']}:box=1:boxcolor=0x{$this->colors['timestampBg']}:boxborderw={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['padding']},format=yuv420p,colormatrix=bt601:bt2020[v3]",
+            ) . ":text='%{pts\:gmtime\:{$this->start}\:%H\\\\\\\\\\:%M\\\\\\\\\\:%S\}':x={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['x']}:y={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['y']}:fontsize={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['fontsize']}:fontcolor=0x{$this->colors['timestampText']}:box=1:boxcolor=0x{$this->colors['timestampBg']}:boxborderw={$this->dimensions['timestamp']['padding']}[v3]",
             "color=c=0x{$this->colors['progressbar']}:s={$this->dimensions['width']}x{$this->dimensions['progressbar']['height']}[progressbar]",
             "[v3][progressbar]overlay=-w+(w/{$this->duration})*t:0:shortest=1:format=rgb,subtitles={$this->subtitlesClipOutput}:fontsdir=" . config(
                 'MediaClipper'
-            )->fontsFolder . ":force_style='Fontname=" . self::FONTS['subtitles'] . ",Alignment=5,Fontsize={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['fontsize']},PrimaryColour=&H{$this->colors['subtitles']}&,BorderStyle=1,Outline=0,Shadow=0,MarginL={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginL']},MarginR={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginR']},MarginV={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginV']}',format=yuv420p,colormatrix=bt601:bt2020[outv]",
+            )->fontsFolder . ":force_style='Fontname=" . self::FONTS['subtitles'] . ",Alignment=5,Fontsize={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['fontsize']},PrimaryColour=&H{$this->colors['subtitles']}&,BorderStyle=1,Outline=0,Shadow=0,MarginL={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginL']},MarginR={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginR']},MarginV={$this->dimensions['subtitles']['marginV']}'[outv]",
+            "[6:v]scale={$this->dimensions['watermark']['width']}:{$this->dimensions['watermark']['height']}[watermark]",
+            "color=0x{$this->colors['watermarkBg']}:{$this->dimensions['watermark']['width']}x{$this->dimensions['watermark']['height']}[over]",
+            '[over][watermark]overlay=x=0:y=0:shortest=1[watermark_box]',
+            "[outv][watermark_box]overlay=x={$this->dimensions['watermark']['x']}:y={$this->dimensions['watermark']['y']}:shortest=1[watermarked]",
         ];
 
+        $watermark = config('MediaClipper')
+            ->watermark;
+
         $videoClipCmd = [
             'ffmpeg -y',
             "-i {$this->soundbiteOutput}",
@@ -156,13 +157,13 @@ class VideoClip
             "-loop 1 -framerate 30 -i {$this->dimensions['soundwaves']['mask']}",
             "-f lavfi -i color=gray:{$this->dimensions['width']}x{$this->dimensions['height']}",
             "-f lavfi -i color=black:{$this->dimensions['width']}x{$this->dimensions['height']}",
-            "-f lavfi -i color=0x{$this->colors['soundwaves']}:{$this->dimensions['width']}x{$this->dimensions['height']}",
+            "-f lavfi -i color=white:{$this->dimensions['width']}x{$this->dimensions['height']}",
+            "-loop 1 -framerate 1 -i {$watermark}",
             '-filter_complex "' . implode(';', $filters) . '"',
-            '-map "[outv]"',
+            '-map "[watermarked]"',
             '-map 0:a',
             '-acodec copy',
-            '-vcodec libx264',
-            '-pix_fmt yuv420p',
+            '-vcodec libx264rgb',
             "{$this->videoClipOutput}",
         ];
 
@@ -306,10 +307,16 @@ class VideoClip
             return false;
         }
 
-        imagefilter($quotes, IMG_FILTER_COLORIZE, ...$this->colors['quotes']);
+        $cleanedQuotes = $this->cleanTransparency($quotes);
+
+        if (! $cleanedQuotes) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        imagefilter($cleanedQuotes, IMG_FILTER_CONTRAST, 255);
+        imagefilter($cleanedQuotes, IMG_FILTER_COLORIZE, ...$this->colors['quotes']);
 
         $scaledQuotes = $this->scaleImage(
-            $quotes,
+            $cleanedQuotes,
             $this->dimensions['quotes']['width'],
             $this->dimensions['quotes']['height']
         );
@@ -318,6 +325,7 @@ class VideoClip
             return false;
         }
 
+        imagesavealpha($scaledQuotes, true);
         $this->overlayImages(
             $background,
             $scaledQuotes,
@@ -570,6 +578,32 @@ class VideoClip
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This helps getting a truly transparent background for images with transparency:
+     * https://stackoverflow.com/a/2611911
+     */
+    private function cleanTransparency(GdImage $image): GdImage | false
+    {
+        $imageBg = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
+        if ($imageBg === false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // removing the black from the image
+        imagecolortransparent($image, $imageBg);
+
+        // turning off alpha blending (to ensure alpha channel information
+        // is preserved, rather than removed (blending with the rest of the
+        // image in the form of black))
+        imagealphablending($image, false);
+
+        // turning on alpha channel information saving (to ensure the full range
+        // of transparency is preserved)
+        imagesavealpha($image, true);
+
+        return $image;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array<int, string>|false
      */
diff --git a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/castopod-logo.png b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/castopod-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa6544aaa2087553e12aa7f77e084429f7d3abbb
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/castopod-logo.png differ
diff --git a/app/Views/Components/Forms/ColorRadioButton.php b/app/Views/Components/Forms/ColorRadioButton.php
index 906eb69329a83cab2ec99dfe4b053ed62f5dce49..a3454f54ba474cd2f0faf556d8b30dfc85224647 100644
--- a/app/Views/Components/Forms/ColorRadioButton.php
+++ b/app/Views/Components/Forms/ColorRadioButton.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class ColorRadioButton extends FormComponent
 {
     protected bool $isChecked = false;
 
+    protected string $style = '';
+
     public function setIsChecked(string $value): void
     {
         $this->isChecked = $value === 'true';
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ class ColorRadioButton extends FormComponent
         );
 
         return <<<HTML
-            <div class="{$this->class}">
+            <div class="{$this->class}" style="{$this->style}">
                 {$radioInput}
                 <label for="{$this->value}" title="{$this->slot}" data-tooltip="bottom"></label>
             </div>
diff --git a/themes/cp_admin/episode/video_clips_new.php b/themes/cp_admin/episode/video_clips_new.php
index abcb48b22ad671032408feb9f44b5fac9cc10453..93ce42a0f2e8aa76f2fdb692591d6b2ef8f5e736 100644
--- a/themes/cp_admin/episode/video_clips_new.php
+++ b/themes/cp_admin/episode/video_clips_new.php
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@
 </fieldset>
 
 <div class="grid gap-4 grid-cols-colorButtons">
-    <?php foreach (config('Colors')->themes as $themeName => $color): ?>
+    <?php foreach (config('MediaClipper')->themes as $themeName => $colors): ?>
         <Forms.ColorRadioButton
-        class="theme-<?= $themeName ?> mx-auto"
+        class="mx-auto"
         value="<?= $themeName ?>"
         name="theme"
-        isChecked="<?= $themeName === 'pine' ? 'true' : 'false' ?>" ><?= lang('Settings.theme.' . $themeName) ?></Forms.ColorRadioButton>
+        isChecked="<?= $themeName === 'pine' ? 'true' : 'false' ?>"
+        style="--color-accent-base: <?= $colors['preview']?>"><?= lang('Settings.theme.' . $themeName) ?></Forms.ColorRadioButton>
     <?php endforeach; ?>
 </div>