Text-, Bild- und Musik-Overlays

The types of video overlays include different elements layered on top of your main footage.
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The most common categories are:

• Text overlays: Titles, captions, lower thirds, and calls to action.
• Image overlays: Logos, screenshots, icons, and graphics.
• Audio overlays: Intro music, background tracks, and sound effects.‍
• Video overlays: B-roll, picture-in-picture, side-by-side layouts.

You can create a video overlay by layering text, images, video, or audio on top of your main footage in a video editor.
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In Riverside:‍

• ‍Step 1: Record or upload your content.‍
• Step 2: Open your project in the Editor.‍
• Step 3: From the sidebar, select the “Images”, “Text”, “Videos”, or “Music” tabs.‍
• Step 4: Select a media from our free library, or click “Upload” to choose a file from your computer.‍
• Step 5: Drag and drop it onto the canvas and adjust size, position, and duration.

You can upload audio, video, and image files to Riverside’s Editor.
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Supported formats include:

• Audio: MP3, WAV, OGG (AAC, MPEG, or OPUS codecs)
• Video: MP4, WEBM, MPEG (H264, VP8, H265, or VP9 codecs)
• Images: PNG, JPG, JPEG (up to 4096 x 4096 resolution)

The maximum file size is 500 MB per file.

To merge a video and a photo, drag an image onto your video timeline and set its duration.
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In Riverside:

• ‍Step 1: Upload or record your video.‍
• Step 2: Open the project in the Editor.‍
• Step 3: From the sidebar, select the “Images” panel.‍
• Step 4: Select a picture from our free images library, or click “Upload” to choose a file from your computer.‍
• Step 5: Drag it onto the canvas and adjust size, change opacity, animate it, and more. You can set duration by clicking and dragging its start/end handles on the timeline.