DARA’S GUIDE: Overlays

I know how to but I don’t know how to use them like how to do the script please if you could help me I would be really grateful

Yes I know how todo create them but I dunno how todo use them

INT. BLANK - DAY
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY opacity 1 in 0

So, I’ve seen plenty of stories where overlays just appear and I’d like to do the same for my story, how?

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You need to use command create as well or add it to a background

So:

NT. BLANK - DAY with INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY

or

INT. BLANK - DAY
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY create
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY opacity 1 in 0

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Sorry, to keep bothering you. But how do I make the animation bounce?

You will need to use an easing function :blush::point_down:

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Hey Dara, how do i do if I want to use the same text overlay in a same chapter? I’ve already read what you’ve write here for duplicate an overlay, but i ask because I tried to do it more than once in a chapter and, it works only the first time but nothing happen for the others. Can you help me please? @Dara.Amarie

Hi, I saw the part about rotating overlays, but for my story I need to flip/mirror an overlay. If I rotate it 180 degrees, it would n’t be mirrored, not sure if this makes sense, but is there anyway to do this in episode?
If not I could get it in a photo editor, but that would be tricky,

thanks a lot, your guides always help so much!

I have some overlays I want invisible at the beginning of the scene and I don’t know how to do it.

&overlay OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0

Thank you so much it worked :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I am making a rain gif intro, but it doesn’t go smoothly. I have tried many different things now, and nothing seems to work. Before it was only the smoothness, but now one of the overlays also goes over the other and glitches.

Here is my first script:

1)

@overlay GIF-0 create

@overlay GIF-0 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-0 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-0 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-1 create

@overlay GIF-1 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-1 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-1 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-2 create

@overlay GIF-2 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-2 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-2 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-3 create

@overlay GIF-3 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-3 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-3 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-4 create

@overlay GIF-4 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-4 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-4 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-5 create

@overlay GIF-5 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-5 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-5 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-6 create

@overlay GIF-6 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-6 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-6 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-7 create

@overlay GIF-7 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-7 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-7 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-8 create

@overlay GIF-8 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-8 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-8 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-9 create

@overlay GIF-9 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-9 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-9 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-10 create

@overlay GIF-10 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-10 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-10 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-11 create

@overlay GIF-11 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-11 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-11 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-12 create

@overlay GIF-12 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-12 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-12 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-13 create

@overlay GIF-13 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-13 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-13 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-14 create

@overlay GIF-14 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-14 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-14 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-15 create

@overlay GIF-15 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-15 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-15 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-16 create

@overlay GIF-16 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-16 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-16 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-17 create

@overlay GIF-17 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-17 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-17 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-18 create

@overlay GIF-18 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-18 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-18 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-19 create

@overlay GIF-19 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-19 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-19 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-20 create

@overlay GIF-20 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-20 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-20 opacity 1 in 0

@overlay GIF-21 create

@overlay GIF-21 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-21 scales to 2.131 2.131

@overlay GIF-21 opacity 1 in 0

Here is my current script:

2)

@overlay GIF-0 create
@overlay GIF-0 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-0 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-0 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-1 create
@overlay GIF-1 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-1 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-1 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-2 create
@overlay GIF-2 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-2 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-2 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-3 create
@overlay GIF-3 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-3 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-3 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-4 create
@overlay GIF-4 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-4 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-4 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1

@overlay GIF-5 create
@overlay GIF-5 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-5 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-5 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-6 create
@overlay GIF-6 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-6 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-6 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-7 create
@overlay GIF-7 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-7 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-7 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-8 create
@overlay GIF-8 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-8 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-8 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-9 create
@overlay GIF-9 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-9 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-9 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-10 create
@overlay GIF-10 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-10 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-10 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-11 create
@overlay GIF-11 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-11 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-11 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-12 create
@overlay GIF-12 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-12 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-12 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-13 create
@overlay GIF-13 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-13 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-13 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-14 create
@overlay GIF-14 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-14 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-14 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-15 create
@overlay GIF-15 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-15 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-15 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-16 create
@overlay GIF-16 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-16 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-16 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-17 create
@overlay GIF-17 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-17 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-17 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-18 create
@overlay GIF-18 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-18 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-18 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-19 create
@overlay GIF-19 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-19 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-19 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-20 create
@overlay GIF-20 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-20 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-20 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-21 create
@overlay GIF-21 opacity 1 in 0
@overlay GIF-21 shifts to -33 -1 in zone 1
@overlay GIF-21 scales to 2.131 2.131 in zone 1

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My overlay’s not showing up. Can anyone help?

Script

@pause for a beat
@transition fade out 2
INT. WARNING SCREEN - DAY
@transition fade in black 4
@overlay THIS STORY USES SOUND shifts to -140 -8 in zone 1
@overlay THIS STORY USES SOUND scales to 0.640 0.640
@pause for a beat

write in script

INT. WARNING SCREEN - DAY with THIS STORY USES SOUND
or
INT. WARNING SCREEN - DAY
@overlay THIS STORY USES SOUND create
@overlay THIS STORY USES SOUND shifts to -140 -8 in zone 1
@overlay THIS STORY USES SOUND scales to 0.640 0.640

then it should show, hopefully

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Can someone help me with the looping overlay. What am I doing wrong?
it keeps on saying “wrong syntax coordinates for new positions”

INT. DANCE NIGHTCLUB - EVENING with PINK YELLOW LIGHTS to 1.810 170 -146 in zone 2 at layer 2 with PURPLE GREEN LIGHTS to 1.792 -628 -138 in zone 3 at layer 2

&overlay PURPLE GREEN LIGHTS shifts to spot 1.792 -786 -137 in zone 3 in 2 THEN overlay PURPLE GREEN LIGHTS shifts to 1.792 -628 -138 in zone 3 in 2 loop INFINITE times
&overlay PINK YELLOW LIGHTS shifts to 1.810 -78 -132 in zone 1 in 2 THEN overlay PINK YELLOW LIGHTS shifts to 1.810 170 -146 in zone 2 in 2 loop INFINITE times

Remove spot :blush:

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Thanks!

Hello,
I want to make my overlays invisible/visible or active. How do I accomplish that? I’ve looked at dara’s website over and over. But I guess my mind isn’t quite grasping how to accomplish animating my overlays. Here’s an example of my script: INT. BLANK - DAY

@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY create
&overlay OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0
&overlay OVERLAY opacity 0 in 1
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY shifts to -2 0
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY scales to 0.656 0.656

First of all, the overlay name appears to be incorrect:
@overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE - DAY create
&overlay OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0
OVERLAY should be INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE
At the moment the opacity is 0 on both commands which is invisible. And you have also used & one after the other for the same thing so even if it was correct it wouldn’t work. You want to make the overlay fade in then out?
&overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay INT. BLACKSILHOUETTE opacity 0 in 1
Hope that helps, just check the overlay name is correct and remember the & allows simultaneous commands, using two together for the same thing won’t work :blush:

Hi I tried duplicating the same overlay but it didn’t work

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