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143Compressor User Guide
• Text Overlay: Superimposes text onto the image. The Text Overlay effect contains the
following properties:
• Position: Choose a position for the text overlay from the pop-up menu, such as
Center, Lower Left, Lower Left–Title Safe, and so on.
• Alpha: Drag the slider to set the text opacity between 0 (completely transparent) and
1 (completely opaque).
• Overlay text: Type text in this field.
• Text color: Click the color well to set the text color.
• Font: Click the Select button to set the font, style, and size.
• Automatic font size: Select this checkbox to have Compressor automatically choose
the size of the font based on the frame size of the source material.
• Timecode Generator: Superimposes the clip’s timecode onto the video. The Timecode
Generator effect contains the following properties:
• Position: Choose a position for the timecode overlay from the pop-up menu, such as
Center, Lower Left, Lower Left–Title Safe, and so on.
• Alpha: Drag the slider to set the text opacity between 0 (completely transparent) and
1 (completely opaque).
• Label: Optionally, type text that you want to appear to the left of the timecode
number.
• Start timecode at 00:00:00:00: Select this checkbox to have the timecode
start at zero. When the checkbox is not selected, the timecode starts at the
video’s timecode.
• Text color: Click the color well to set the text color.
• Font: Click the Select button to set the font, style, and size.
• Automatic font size: Select this checkbox to have Compressor automatically choose
the size of the font based on the frame size of the source material.
• Watermark: Superimposes a still image or a movie file onto the video. Compressor
automatically resizes the watermark based on the frame size of the source material.
You can make changes to the scale in the settings below. This effect contains the
following properties:
• Position: Choose a position for the watermark from the pop-up menu, such as Center,
Lower Left, Lower Left–Title Safe, and so on.
• Scale by: Drag the slider to set the watermark image’s scaling between 1 (actual
size) and 10 (10 times the actual size).
• Alpha: Drag the slider between 0 (completely transparent) and 1 (completely opaque)
to adjust the watermark’s opacity.
• Repeat: If you are using a video clip for the watermark image, select this checkbox
to loop the playback of the watermark clip throughout the duration of the source file.
• Watermark: Click the Select button to specify a still image or video file to use for
the watermark.