AXIS Q6042-S PTZ Dome Network Camera
Video
Displaying the Pan Position as a Text Overlay
It may be useful to retrieve, for instance from a recorded video, the pan position (in degrees) in which an event has taken place.
This can be obtained by including the pan position in the image as a text overlay, using a modifier. To display the pan position as a
text overlay:
1. Go to
Setup
>
Video
>
Video Stream
.
2. Under
Overlay settings
, select
Include text
and enter
#x
.
3. Configure the optional size, color and positon of the text overlay.
4. Click
Save
.
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
Privacy Mask on page 25
.
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:
-
To make a color in the overlay image transparent, select
Use transparency
and enter the RGB hexadecimal value
for the color. Example: To make white transparent, enter FFFFFF.
For more examples of hexadecimal values, see the online help
.
-
To scale the image automatically, select
Scale with resolution
. The image will be scaled down to fit the
resolution used by the Axis product.
5. Click
Save
.
To select the image to use as overlay:
1. Go to
Video > Overlay Image
.
2. Select the image to use from the
Use overlay image
list and click
Save
.
To display the overlay image:
1. Go to
Video > Video Stream
and select the
Image
tab.
2. Under
Overlay Settings
, select
Include overlay image at the coordinates
.
