About specifying the overlay Layer - MediaConvert
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About specifying the overlay Layer

The Layer setting specifies how overlapping image overlays appear in the video. The service overlays images with higher values for Layer on top of overlays with lower values for Layer. Each overlay must have a unique value for Layer; you can't assign the same layer number to more than one overlay.

The following illustration shows how the value for Layer affects how a image overlay appears in relation to other overlays. The triangle has the highest value for Layer and appears on top, obscuring the video frame and all image overlays with lower values of Layer.

The underlying video is obscured by three image overlays: a blue rectangle with a Layer value of 1, a green ring with a Layer value of 2, and an orange triangle with a Layer value of 3. Where the rectangle and ring overlap, the ring obscures the rectangle. Where the triangle and ring overlap, the triangle obscures the ring. In the transparent portion of the ring, the underlying video and a corner of the rectangle show through.
To specify a value for the Layer setting

  1. Set up your image overlay as described in Image insertion.

  2. For Layer, enter a whole number from 0 to 99.

    Note

    You can use each number only once. Each image overlay must have its own layer.