Help duplicating an overlay

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Hey, I know it’s late, but I was wodering if some one could help me please. I’m trying to duplicate an overlay but it keeps giving me an error for one, no matter what I do.

Here’s the scene code.

INT. BLACK - NIGHT

@pause for a beat

@overlay BOY_FETTI22 create from BOY_FETTI2

@overlay BOY_FETTI23 create from BOY_FETTI2

@overlay GENDER_REVEAL11 create from GENDER_REVEAL1

@overlay GENDER_REVEAL20 create from GENDER_REVEAL1

[ INT. BABYSHOWER - DAY with BOY_FETTI2 to -70 313 2.849 with GENDER_REVEAL1 to -313 -3 4.326 with BOY_FETTI22 to -8 -3 2.849 with GENDER_REVEAL11 to -6 243 4.326 with BOY_FETTI23 to -58 -4 2.943 with GENDER_REVEAL20 to -289 242 4.326 ]

&ROBYN spot 1.000 147 122 in zone 2 AND ROBYN faces left AND ROBYN moves to layer 2 AND KELLY spot 1.004 252 131 in zone 2 AND KELLY faces right AND KELLY moves to layer 2 AND LUCAS spot 1.282 250 -3 in zone 1 AND LUCAS faces right AND JANELLE spot 1.280 54 16 in zone 3 AND JANELLE faces left

&ERIN spot 1.277 280 14 in zone 3 AND ERIN faces right AND ERIN moves to layer 0 AND MIA spot 1.282 133 12 in zone 3 AND MIA faces left AND MIA moves to layer 0 AND JACOB spot 1.106 26 74 in zone 1 AND JACOB faces right AND JACOB moves to layer 2 AND MIKE spot 1.225 100 16 in zone 1 AND MIKE faces right AND CHIEF RYAN spot 1.220 181 24 in zone 1 AND CHIEF RYAN faces right AND LILLY spot 1.281 206 6 in zone 3 AND LILLY faces left AND LILLY moves to layer 1
@transition fade in black

The part in brackets is what I need help with please, specifically the part in bold.

If someone could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

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It’s because the overlay you’re trying to duplicate is named GENDER_REVEAL1, and the GENDER_REVEAL20 doesn’t start with 1 (like your other duplicate GENDER_REVEAL11 does), it starts with a 2.

So try to name it something beginning with a one.

GENDER_REVEAL12
GENDER_REVEAL13
GENDER_REVEAL14
etc.

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It didn’t work :frowning_face:

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Can I see a screenshot of your script?

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Try putting all of the create overlays under the baby shower scene, not the INT. BLACK - NIGHT scene :thinking:

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Nope, it didn’t work either. :frowning_face::thinking:

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Hmph, I’m stumped. @Apes my darling, can you help please when you see this?

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change your all overlays to
GENDER_REVEAL1 to 4.326 -313 -3 (size first, coordinates second)

I don’t think create overlays in the scene before will work. You need to use create command and opacity for them to show up

@overlay BOY_FETTI22 create from BOY_FETTI2
@overlay OVERLAYNAME create
@overlay OVERLAYNAME shifts to 100 100 in zone # in 0
@overlay OVERLAYNAME scales to 1.0 1.0 in 0
@overlay OVERLAYNAME opacity 1 in 0

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:disappointed_relieved:

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delete them off the background you need to use all these commands what I posted above to create a duplicate overlay you can’t add it to the background.

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Lol I have no clue what I’m doing wrong

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did you try a different name?

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Yeah. I tried changing the numbers and the name as a whole

15

PM me your script