{"id":178,"date":"2019-06-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitnessllc.com\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:47:55","slug":"video-tutorial-how-to-add-image-overlays-to-premiere-pro-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/20\/video-tutorial-how-to-add-image-overlays-to-premiere-pro-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Speed up your edit with custom image overlays and export presets.<\/h2>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a logo bug, a watermark, or a custom border, it\u2019s quite common to use image overlays on a video project. If you\u2019re exporting a lot of videos, however, adding images to each video can be tedious and time-consuming. In Adobe Premiere Pro, there\u2019s a simple way to add image overlays that will take no time at all.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say that I\u2019m creating videos for a weather channel. Each week, I need to publish a number of short video clips to a variety of social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. It\u2019s important that I maintain the branding across these platforms via logo\u00a0bugs for each video. However, with the variety of formats and aspect ratios, adding image overlays can take up a huge chunk of time.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s have a closer look at how to automate this process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yeKQZENAo4Y?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Add an Image<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Add Image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/f0dd57c8a75e0869f43fd8e2c1192c2c.jpeg\" alt=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Add Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reason this method of adding image overlays is so fast is that you add the overlay during the export. Once I have a video sequence ready to go, I\u2019ll select <strong>File &gt; Export &gt; Media<\/strong>. This will open up the Export Settings dialog box. To the right, I have a number of tabs just below the main Export Settings section. I\u2019ll select <strong>Effects<\/strong> and then check the <strong>Image Overlay<\/strong> checkbox. Now I\u2019ll click on the <strong>Applied<\/strong> dropdown menu and choose an image.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Adjust the Settings<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Adjust Settings\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/ba7da35b6dd786ae7271ec9e0abeb12b.jpeg\" alt=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Adjust Settings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This first image will be used as a logo bug. I want it to be in the lower left of the screen. First, under <strong>Position<\/strong>, I\u2019ll select <strong>Bottom Left<\/strong>. Next, I\u2019ll scale the image to the desired size. I can further fine-tune the image via the <strong>Offset X, Y<\/strong> controls. Since this is a logo bug, I want it to be nice and blended into the background. To achieve this, I can bring the Opacity down below 50.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Save an Export Preset<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Save Preset\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/323c17602c30daefab3b6cccce9d8892.jpeg\" alt=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Save Preset\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I really want to save some time, I can create an export preset that will automatically add the overlays. To do this, I\u2019ll need to click the <strong>Save Preset<\/strong> button just to the right of the Presets drop-down menu. When the <strong>Choose a Name<\/strong> dialog box comes up, I will click the Save Effects Settings checkbox. Whatever Image Overlay settings I have set up will automatically apply to future exports using this preset.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Create Custom Overlays in Photoshop<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Create Custom Overlays\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/759fa72738bf66d7c1f3d488e75cfcb3.jpeg\" alt=\"Video Tutorial: How to Add Image Overlays to Premiere Pro Exports \u2014 Create Custom Overlays\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I don\u2019t want to adjust the position of my logo every time for every single export, I can create a custom overlay in Photoshop. To do this, I\u2019ll simply create a new 1920\u00d71080 Photoshop document and place the logo exactly where I want it at the appropriate size. When saving my image, it\u2019s important that I select a transparency-friendly file format, such as PNG.<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for? It\u2019s time to automate your workflow with custom image overlays and export presets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speed up your edit with custom image overlays and export presets. Whether it\u2019s a logo bug, a watermark, or a custom border, it\u2019s quite common to use image overlays on a video project. If you\u2019re exporting a lot of videos,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}