Spotting Duplicate Overlays

Creator's Corner Directing Help & Tips
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I know and understand how to add duplicate overlays in a scene, but how do I spot a duplicate overlay? Does anybody know?

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The same way you would spot any other overlay. Just use the name you gave the duplicated overlay.

@overlay BALL_2 create from BALL
@overlay BALL_2 shifts to 100 250 in zone 3 in 0
@overlay BALL_2 scales to 1.0 1.0 in 0
@overlay BALL_2 opacity 1 in 0

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INT. OPEN OFFICE AME - DAY with OFFICE DESKS AME to 1.000 0 0 in zone 1 at layer 5 with BLACK OFFICE CHAIR to 0.362 127 19 in zone 1 at layer 4 with BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 to 0.362 145 21 in zone 2 at layer 4
@overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 create from BLACK OFFICE CHAIR

Ohh okay. I did that, and it gave me an error saying that BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 does not exist.

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You can’t add duplicate overlays to the background name. You have to use the overlay commands only

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What do you mean?

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remove the spot direct for your duplicated overlay (the last sentence in your background name) that says “with BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 to 0.362 145 21 in zone 2 at layer 4”

And then type it like this;
&overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 create from BLACK OFFICE CHAIR AND overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 opacity 1 in 0 AND overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 shifts to 145 21 in zone 2 AND overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 scales to 0.362 0.362 AND overlay BLACK OFFICE CHAIR_2 moves to layer 4

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Duplicate overlays cannot be added next to the background name. You can only add a duplicate overlay by using the create command and then using the shifts/scales/opacity commands.

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Oh, okay. Thanks for telling me that.

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Ohh okay! I’m gonna try that. Thank you.

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No problem hun, hope it works out for ya!

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It worked! Thanks again!

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