DARA’S GUIDE: Overlays

Creator's Corner Directing Help & Tips
#1176

The “create text” command is already the overlay create command so you don’t need to add that “overlay OL create” command. Delete that line.

With overlay text effects, the script doesn’t like it when the overlay name has special characters in it, like the period in INT., so just use a different overlay name.

Also, don’t use “create from” with overlay texts. This is only for duplicating overlays. With text overlays, just use any other overlay name. It doesn’t even have to be a real overlay, you can make up a name for overlay texts.

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#1177

How do I get this overlay to loop down to up infinite times?
I rotated it for zone 1 size so it looks better (more like character is looking up at the ceiling as they are being wheeled down a corridor)

hospital celing (1)
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#1178

@Dara.Amarie could you help? :thinking: :slight_smile:

#1180

Thank you so much! I fix now! Thats make clear. :slight_smile:

#1181

EXT. BLUE - DAY
&overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING create and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING opacity 1 in 0 and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING shifts to 0 0 in 0 and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING scales to 1 1 in 0
@overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 create from HOSPITAL_CEILING and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 opacity 1 in 0 and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 shifts to 0 -568 in 0 and overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 scales to 1 1 in 0
&overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING shifts to 0 568 in 2.5 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING shifts to 0 -568 in 0 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop infinite times
&overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 shifts to 0 568 in 2.5 then overlay HOSPITAL_CEILING_2 shifts to 0 -568 in 0 loop infinite times

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#1182

Hi guys so i’m trying this overlay thing but it won’t show up in the area that I’m zoomed in on (bullets in a shooting range) can anyone maybe help?
@Dara.Amarie

#1183

Can anyone advice where I’m going wrong please :thinking:
The 1st create from overlay seems to have worked, but the other 3 haven’t and I don’t get why :confused:

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#1184

I think it is because u are using the ‘&’ that didn’t work for me either

#1185

Just tried, still saying there’s an error :confused:

#1186

That’s weird :frowning:

#1187

You forgot the word “overlay” in front of the overlay name for the layer command

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#1188

Hi Dara,

I remember the overlay to clear like for example:
@clearall overlay
@overlay Name clear

So How to I clear of @ui overlay?
Like
@ui overlay clear
or
@clearall ui?

#1189

Yep just like that

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#1190

Hi Dara, I need my fog overlay to loop infinite timese in the same direction, not for left to right and to right to left, but it has to continue in the same direction from left to right.
How do I do that?

#1191

@Dara.Amarie May i ask how can i rotate overlays while shifting?

#1194

Bump :kiwi_fruit:

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#1195

Overlay help
When I add an overlay with this method it works :white_check_mark:
EXAMPLE
Background Overlay
*EXT. CABIN - DAY with BLACK
This works but the opacity Coding is not working.
EXAMPLE
*EXT. CABIN - DAY

@overlay BLACK create
@overlay opacity 0.9

But this method isn’t working :negative_squared_cross_mark:

> Can i have some help ASAP

#1196

You’re missing the overlay name in this command