Add a text overlay – Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual
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Add a text overlay
Add a text overlay
Text overlays are useful to add information like a title, location, or the date and time in to layouts in your
channel. You can add text to any layout using the custom layout editor. The following tables lists shortcut
codes that you can enter and the resulting content that appears on screen.
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Overlay text shortcut codes
Item
Shortcut code
Example
date
%F
2012-01-26
year
%G
2012
month (01)
%m
01
month (Jan)
%b
Jan
month (January)
%B
January
day of the month
%d
26
weekday (Thu)
%a
Thu
weekday (Thursday)
%A
Thursday
time
%T
08:40:45
hour
%k
08
minute
%M
40
second
%S
45
millisecond
%#m
378
channel name
%c
Camera Feed 1
If you use a non-monospaced font, the size of the text overlay changes as the letters, numbers,
and the length of words change. Use a monospaced font to maintain a consistent size for the text
overlay (assuming the total number of characters in the text string doesn't change).
To add a text overlay to your layout:
1. Login to the Admin panel as
admin
.
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