AXIS P1435–LE Network Camera
Video
Overlay
Overlays are used to provide extra information, such as forensic video analysis or during product installation and configuration.
Overlays are superimposed over the video stream.
An overlay text can display the current date and time, or a text string.
When using a text string, modifiers can be used to display information such as the current bit rate or the current frame rate.
For information about available modifiers, see
File Naming & Date/Time Formats
in the online help
.
It is also possible to display text when an action rule is triggered, see
Use Overlay Text in an Action Rule
Note
To enable overlays:
1. Go to
Video > Video Stream
and select the
Image
tab.
2. To include an overlay image, select
Include overlay image at the coordinates
. The overlay image must first be uploaded to
the Axis product, see
.
3. To include date and time, select
Include date
and
Include time
.
4. To include a text string, select
Include text
and enter the text in the field. Modifiers can be used, see
File Naming &
Date/Time Formats
in the online help
.
5. Define text overlay characteristics in the relevant fields.
6. Click
Save
.
To modify the date and time format, go to
System Options > Date & Time
. See
Overlay Image
An overlay image is a static image superimposed over the video stream. The image, for example a company logo, is used to provide
extra information or to mask a part of the image.
Since it is static, the position and size of an overlay image will remain the same regardless of resolution and Pan/Tilt/Zoom movements.
Use a privacy mask to set up a dynamic mask which will always mask the specified part of monitored area.
For more information about privacy masks, see
To use an overlay image, the image must first be uploaded to the Axis product. The uploaded image should be a Windows 24-bit BMP
image with maximum 250 colors. The image width and height, in pixels, must be exactly divisible by 4 and cannot be larger than the
maximum image resolution. If combining text and image overlays, take into consideration that the text overlay occupies 16 or 32
pixels in height (depending on the resolution) and has the same width as the video image.
To automatically scale the image to the resolution used by the Axis product, select the option
Scale with resolution
from the
Transparency Settings page which is displayed when uploading in the image.
To upload an overlay image:
1. Go to
Video > Overlay Image
.
2. Click
Browse
and browse to the file.
3. Click
Upload
.
4. The
Transparency Settings
page is now displayed:
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