AXIS Q1604 Network Camera
Video and Audio
To enable overlays:
1. Go to
Video & Audio > 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
Overlay Image
.
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
Date & Time on page 48
.
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.
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 27
.
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 & Audio > 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 & Audio > 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 & Audio > Video Stream
and select the
Image
tab.
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