DARA’S GUIDE: Overlays

Wait, what is the command for the character layer? Sorry I’m new to this.

@CHARACTER moves to layer #
or
@CHARACTER spot % x y in zone # at layer #

Thanks. :slight_smile:

How do I change the scale and place of a overlay BEFORE the fade in? With my script you will first see everything and then the fade in and the stuff in the right places.

INT. BLACK - NIGHT with COVERSMALLFINALSMALL_NOFIGURE to .012 100 100 with MAKANIAGIRLDRESSINTRO to .012 100 100 with AUTHORNAMESBERITROSANNE to .012 100 100 with TITLEMAKANIATEXT to .012 100 100 with MAKANIA_FIGURE_WINGS_2 to .012 100 100
@overlay 5909757684350976_COVERSMALLFINALSMALL_NOFIGURE shifts to -68 -5
@overlay 5909757684350976_COVERSMALLFINALSMALL_NOFIGURE scales to 0.012 0.012
@overlay 5909757684350976_MAKANIAGIRLDRESSINTRO shifts to 130 -17
@overlay 5909757684350976_MAKANIAGIRLDRESSINTRO scales to 0.009 0.009
@overlay 5909757684350976_AUTHORNAMESBERITROSANNE shifts to 82 148
@overlay 5909757684350976_AUTHORNAMESBERITROSANNE scales to 0.009 0.009
@overlay 5909757684350976_TITLEMAKANIATEXT shifts to 28 301
@overlay 5909757684350976_TITLEMAKANIATEXT scales to 0.009 0.009
@overlay 5909757684350976_MAKANIA_FIGURE_WINGS_2 shifts to 334 -65
@overlay 5909757684350976_MAKANIA_FIGURE_WINGS_2 scales to 0.009 0.009
@overlay COVERSMALLFINALSMALL_NOFIGURE to layer 1
@overlay MAKANIA_FIGURE_WINGS_2 to layer 2
@overlay MAKANIAGIRLDRESSINTRO to layer 2
@overlay AUTHORNAMESBERITROSANNE to layer 3
@overlay TITLEMAKANIATEXT to layer 3
@transition fade in black

You just add them to the background name. You don’t need to use the shifts and scales commands.

Hi, @Dara.Amarie!

Thank you so much for creating this thread! Your guide is even more detailed than the official one by Episode, it’s amazing!

I have faced a problem though. I am making an animated intro to my story and I want the title to reveal gradually.

I hid it putting the opacity to 0 and then after a few other animations the title is supposed to gradually loose its opacity, however, it just pops up on the screen very quickly.

That’s the command I am using:

@overlay 5459179075796992_DIRECTINGTEXT opacity 1 in 2

Do you know how to fix this by any chance? Any advice would be much appreciated!

:blue_heart::blue_heart::blue_heart:

Opacity doesn’t work well when you view in through the web previewer. You’ll have to test that part out using the app.

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Thank you very much for your reply!

My story is not showing up on the phone for some reason. I haven’t created any characters yet though, I am only working on the intro, could that be the reason or I should do something else to fix this?

Thank you so much for your help!

Are you signed in with the same email and password you used to sign into the portal?

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Yes, I am, that’s what surprises me.

Try doing this:

If your story still doesn’t show up with 4 episodes, you should submit a ticket.

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Thank you very much, I will try that now!

It worked, thank you very much!

Although my intro looks all messed up for some reason, while on laptop it works perfectly well :confused:

The only thing that works properly now is the slow opacity revealing :joy::joy::joy:

The app is the one you should trust the most, so if your story doesn’t look right in the app then you should fix your script.

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Thank you very much, fixing it now!

:blue_heart::blue_heart::blue_heart:

Im wanna make a circular overlay rotate in a loop but I don’t know how.
Help please?! :sleepy::tired_face:

Unfortunately, you can only rotate an overlay just once. The loop command doesn’t work with rotating.

Is it possible to have two overlays at once in this format?

INT.BED with BED SHEET and EFFECT DIM 60

I kinda doubt it but just wondering

You can’t use the word and, you need to use the word with

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How do you make it just normal?

@ALEXANDER is idle_hold_cupcake
@overlay ENVELOPE_1 shifts to x y in 0 in zone 1
@overlay ENVELOPE_1 scales to % % in 0
@overlay ENVELOPE_1 opacity 1 in 1

Can you use web previewer to change where it is?