If a background already has an overlay and I add one, why does it disappear?

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I need help with my story.
I am using the background INT. RESTAURANT BOOTH - NIGHT and it already has a table overlay built in it when it is used. (Episode automatically has the table in the background.) When i add another overlay, which is a soda can, the table disappears. What can I do, so in which the table stays there?

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Try using the overlay create command instead :slight_smile: This is how I work w/ backgrounds w/ overlays.

&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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Adding your own overlay replaces the built-in one. If you want both the original and another overlay at the beginning of your scene, you’ll have to do something like this:

INT. BACKGROUND - DAY with INT. BACKGROUND - DAY with OVERLAY

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it doesn’t work… it says it doesn’t exist

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INT. RESTAURANT BOOTH - NIGHT with TABLE BOOTH with OVERLAY