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Overlaying Time And Date




Want to add time and date to your images? It's easy! Let's dive into a step by step on how to build the image you see above.

Click the Insert Time button. A small clock will appear beside your mouse cursor to indicate the program is ready to insert the time.
Click the area on the image where you would like the time to appear. Bottom left in this case. Size and position the window correctly by left clicking and draging the borders to resize. Click and drag the center of the image to move it.




The time properties dialog will appear if it is not already displayed. Click the tab marked Background. Check the box marked Background. This will cause a background fill to appear behind the time text. Change the color to dark gray by clicking the color dialog box. Set the translucency value to 40%.

Click the Insert Date button. A small calender will appear beside your mouse cursor to indicate the program is ready to insert the date.
Click the area on the image where you would like the date to appear. Bottom right this time. Size and position the window correctly. Go ahead and click the Background tab on the properties dialog as you did with the time. Check the box marked Background. Set the background color to dark gray, then set the translucency value to 40%.




Hopefully, your image looks something like this image. You may not have quite the same view from Fort Clinch in Jacksonville Florida. But the time and date should be very similar. Now, just for fun, let's add the analog clock.

Again Click the Insert Time button.
Click the area on the image where you would like the time to appear. How about the upper right? Size and position the window correctly.
Goto the Time tab in the properties dialog box. Change the style from Digital to Analog.



And that's that. Have fun playing with time and date stamping. If you want to really spice up your video, move on to Overlaying images and watermarks.