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Configuring overlays

The Overlays tab allows you to stamp each image with information such as the date and time and to mark where the motion is occurring

Overlay Text

Enabling the Enable text overlay option will allow you to enter text that will be stamped on each image from this camera. This text can include the following macros that will insert dynamic information

  • [date] Insert the current date
  • [time] Insert the current time, excluding milliseconds
  • [milliseconds] Insert the current milliseconds
  • [timestamp] Inserts a timestamp in the format of YYMMDDHHMMSS
  • [name] The name of the computer
  • [fps] The current frames per second

The Text position box allows you to specify where on the image the text is placed. You can also select the colour of the text, and the background color.

Motion highlighting

Motion Highlighting allows you to select the style of cross hair used to identify motion in the image and the colour.

You can also choose to highlight those parts of the images that have moved, and what colour to highlight them with