Pearl-2 User Guide
Add a text overlay
If you delete an image that is used as part of the layout for any channel, select a different image
or no image by using the drop-down list in the
Picture settings
box within that channel's layout
before deleting the file using the steps below.
Add a text overlay
Text overlays are useful to add information like a title, location, or the date and time in to layouts in your
channel. You can add text to any layout using the custom layout editor. The following tables lists shortcut
codes that you can enter and the resulting content that appears on screen.
Table 49
Overlay text shortcut codes
Item
Shortcut code
Example
date format: yyyy-
mm-dd
%F
2019-01-26
date format:
mm/dd/yy
%D
01/26/19
year
%G
2019
month (01)
%m
01
month (Jan)
%b
Jan
month (January)
%B
January
day of the month
%d
26
weekday (Thu)
%a
Thu
weekday (Thursday)
%A
Thursday
time
%T
08:40:45
hour
%k
08
minute
%M
40
second
%S
45
millisecond
%#m
378
channel name
%c
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