Set overlay settings

Select the icon in Program Monitor or Source Monitor.

Select Overlay Settings > Settings from menu to open the Overlay Settings dialog box.

The list of available presets is also displayed.

The Overlay Settings dialog box displays the metadata fields in the same way as they align on the monitor. So you can intuitively place the overlays on the monitor.

In the default layout preset, the overlays are displayed to visually match the correct clip in a stack of clips in the sequence.

For example, Source Timecodes overlays for clips in the sequence are displayed in a persistent vertical stack, matching the clips displayed in the video and audio tracks in the timeline.

You can work with the following settings in the Overlay Settings dialog box.

• Source Timecode: Displays the Timecode value for the original source clip irrespective of where the playhead is located in the sequence. Video tracks are denoted as V1, V2, V3, and audio tracks are denoted as A1, A2, A3. This information matches what is shown in the Info panel. By default, this information is displayed in the left side of the Source Monitor and Program Monitor.
• Sound Timecode: Updates with each frame, like a normal timecode.
• Sound Roll: Sound roll is a static value and does not update.
• Marker comments: When you add a marker to your clip or sequence, you can display the clip marker and sequence marker comments as overlays. The overlay displays the comments concatenated to the marker name.

• Action and Title Safe Area: Action safe area determines the part of the video image that will be displayed on a television screen when a sequence is played back. Any part of the video outside the safe area won’t be displayed on the television screen. To ensure titles are not hidden or clipped on the television screen, it is recommended to restrict titles and text to the title-safe area. Safe Margin overlays in Premiere provide visual indicators or boundaries within which you can restrict your video image and text to the safe area.
  • To enable or disable Safe Margins, select the icon in Program Monitor, and select Safe Margins. You can then specify the Safe Margin settings in the Overlay Settings dialog box.
  • You can select Include 4:3 Safe Margin or specify the horizontal and vertical control settings for the Safe Margin.
• End Of Media/Sequence Indicators: Selecting this option turns on both End of Sequence and End of Media indicators.
  • When the playhead goes past the last frame of media on the timeline, and there is no clip after that, a purple colored frame appears along the right edge of the last frame of a clip or sequence.
  • When the playhead is on the first or last frame of a clip in a sequence, a striped column appears along the left edge of the first frame or the right edge of the last frame. End Of Media indicators are useful when viewing multiple clips in a sequence in the Program Monitor.
• Edit Point Indicators: Indicate the edit points for sequences, and are turned on by default. When the playhead is on the In or Out point of a clip, a yellow-colored angular bracket appears at the bottom edge of the clip frame. If there is a gap between two clips in a sequence, Edit Point indicators appear on the left or right edge of the clip to indicate either In or Out points.

• Enable overlays for Transmit: Select it to send overlays for display to an external monitor.
• Enable overlays during playback: Select it to display the overlays on the monitor while playing the footage.
• Text Size: The Text Size setting determines how large the type appears in the overlay. If you select a large text size, and there is not enough space on the monitor to display the text, the text can get truncated.
• Opacity: The Opacity setting determines the degree to which the overlay conceals or reveals the monitor display. A layer with 1% opacity is nearly transparent, while a layer with 100% opacity is opaque.