How can I make the overlays appear without placing them?

I’m trying to make a cene where the waitress gives the MC and her friend that food they ordered, but i want the waitress place the food on the table? how can I do that without adding the overlays in the background?

li mean, without this:

INT. CAFETERA - DAY with COFFEE with COOKIE

I want the coffee and cookie plate be delivered by the waitress, how can i do that?

help please.

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You would have to place the overlays somewhere out of the screen and move them at the same time when the waitress comes to the table.
The command for that is:

&WAITRESS walks to spot x y in TIME
@overlay COFFEE shifts to x y in TIME AND overlay COOKIE shifts to x y in TIME

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Or if you want the overlays to just appear on the table when the waitress comes use:

&overlay COOKIE create
&overlay COFFEE create
&overlay COOKIE shifts to x y in 0 AND overlay COOKIE scales to z z in 0
&overlay COFFEE shifts to x y in 0 AND overlay COFFEE scales to z z in 0
&overlay COOKIE opacity 1 in 0 AND overlay COFFEE opacity 1 in 0

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You would use the “create” command, along with the scales and shifts commands: Placing & Animating Overlays

Closed: Marked as solved by op @Raven_Stark :v: