Make Text Readable Over Video

A timed overlay dims the video under a closing claim - before and after, and scrubbed from ten seconds to twelve.

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  • 0:31
  • Published Sep 24, 2026

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The Overlay in the Video Playable Maker: a colour over the video, placed below the text and timed to the moment a message needs to be read. The full tutorial covers every setting.

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Transcript

The road dims, and the claim lands on it, clear as the glass. That's an overlay: a colour over the video, only when you need it.

Overlay Color: a deep navy. Opacity sixty percent - dark enough for white text, light enough to still see the road.

Scrub to ten seconds: no tint. Twelve: the road dims, and the claim reads.

That's the overlay. See you in the next video!

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