Video Overlays

omatase wrote on 7/21/2018, 3:07 PM

How is everyone doing overlays for their pre-recorded videos? I have found a lot of information online for how to do overlays in a Twitch stream, but I'm recording my video separately, then editing it together in Vegas. I do videos of my playing video games and I want an overlay that helps me track how many times I have died. The last video I created I had 800+ deaths so adding the death counter in the editing phase of the project is unrealistic. I need something where I can overlay as I record my video. I want something where I can easily hit a key and have it change the value of the death counter so that I don't have a lot of fussing to do each time I die (which will be a lot in some cases).

Thanks in advance for any help

Comments

john_dennis wrote on 7/21/2018, 3:22 PM

As a video editor, I could probably work through an overlay problem with you.

As a drafted Viet Nam Infantryman, I'm put off by any effort where body count is the measure of success, Mr. McNamara.

omatase wrote on 7/21/2018, 3:45 PM

As a video editor, I could probably work through an overlay problem with you.

As a drafted Viet Nam Infantryman, I'm put off by any effort where body count is the measure of success, Mr. McNamara.

Hehe, this is mostly Megaman gameplay. He's a robot, so ... technically it's not even a death counter.

ryclark wrote on 7/22/2018, 5:32 AM

How are you recording your game play? Does the software used for recording not have a Marker system of some sort? Most normal video recording apps have the facility to drop markers live as you are recording. Ususally they will be self numbering as well.

Dexcon wrote on 7/22/2018, 7:17 AM

@john_dennis … I'm fully with you - what a sad place the world is becoming these days when … no, I shouldn't say any more because the moderators probably wouldn't like it for the forum.