[IDV #MOZ-572544]: question on overlaying the time onto a movie

Hi Katie-

> Hello. I'm making a movie using IDV. For each image, I'm using the
> overlay tag in order to display the date and time. We'd like to have the
> background of that text be a black box (so it's easier to see without my
> map as the background). Is there a parameter I can add to the overlay
> tag in order to get the text displayed on a solid black background?
> 
> overlay text="${time:MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm} EST" color="white" place="UL, 0, 0" 
> fontsize="60" fontface="bold" anchor="UL"/>'

It's not in the docs, but you should be able to just add background="black" to 
your overlay tag.

Let me know if that doesn't work.

Don Murray

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MOZ-572544
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed