OverlayVideo

OverlayVideo[background,o]
gives the result of overlaying o onto a background video or image background.
OverlayVideo[background,{o1,o2,…}]
gives the result of overlaying o1, o2, ….
OverlayVideo[background,{interval1o1,…}]
overlays each oi during the time interval intervali.
Details and Options



- OverlayVideo is also known as picture in picture.
- Video overlay is typically used to give a talking head together with a presentation, add logos and other graphics onto a video, or replace a background with another video.
- The background can be a video or an image.
- The overlays oi can be any of the following:
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image an Image or Graphics placed at the bottom-right corner video a Video object placed at the bottom-right corner text a string or styled text expr an arbitrary expression, rasterized at its normal display size Placed[expr,pos] an object placed at pos Placed[expr,{pos,opos}] places position opos in expr at position pos Placed[expr,{pos,Inherited}] uses specified position pos for opos f an arbitrary function generating any valid overlay - The position pos in background or the position opos in overlay can be specified in the following ways:
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{x,y} absolute pixel offset from the bottom-left corner Scaled[{sx,sy}] scaled position from 0 to 1 across the object posfunc an arbitrary function returning a position {posx,posy} named positions Top, Bottom, Left, Right or Center - Time intervals intervali can be any of the following:
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{t1,t2} starting at t1, ending at t2 t1 starting at t1, ending when overlay or background end - OverlayVideo always gives a video with the same pixel size as background.
- By default, OverlayVideo places the new video under the "Video" directory in $WolframDocumentsDirectory.
- Options to control properties of the output video are:
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CompressionLevel Automatic compression level to use FrameRate Automatic the frame rate to use GeneratedAssetFormat Automatic the format of the result GeneratedAssetLocation $GeneratedAssetLocation the location of the result OverwriteTarget False whether to overwrite an existing file VideoEncoding Automatic video encoding to use VideoTransparency False whether the output video should have a transparency channel - Audio and subtitle tracks of all input video objects are copied over to the resulting video.

Examples
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Text
Wolfram Research (2021), OverlayVideo, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverlayVideo.html (updated 2024).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2021. "OverlayVideo." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2024. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverlayVideo.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2021). OverlayVideo. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/OverlayVideo.html