How to add a overlay in the middle of a scene

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Hi! I’m trying to add an overlay in the middle of my scene and I can’t seem to find the correct code. Can someone please help?

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You want the overlay to be literally in the middle of the scene since the beginning of the scene or you want it to appear in the middle of a scene mid-scene?

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Like not literally in the middle of the screen, just in the middle of the episode.

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@overlay NAME create AND overlay NAME opacity 1 in 0

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You could have it the same as the post above.
You can also have it coded with the background if you want:
INT. BACKGROUND NAME with OL to s x y in zone # at layer #
it’s optional to have the
“&/@overlay OL opacity # in s”
straight afterwards, I’m not sure if you want it to fade or something or appear straight away.

You can also have:
@overlay OL create
@overlay OL scales to s s in s
@overlay OL shifts to x y in zone # in s
@overlay OL to layer #
@overlay OL opacity # in s

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Thank you so much to you and to @schittwriter

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