How to Overlay A Picture on A Video

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Last Updated: Nov. 26, 2020

Summary: Overlaying a picture on a video can make your video more interesting and attractive, and you can add text on your overlay as you want. Here we're going to show you an easy method to overlay a picture on a video.

Videos are becoming increasingly popular on various social media like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and more. People like to add all kinds of effects like reverse, rotate, filter and overlays. Adding an overlay to your video can make your video more funny and catchy, we can overlay a picture or a face in the video and insert some texts in the overlay.

So how can we add an overlay to a video easily? For this purpose, FlexClip video editor is ready to help you overlay a picture on a video online for free. No download needed, no extension required. Just follow this article and learn how to overlay a picture on a video.

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Part 1. The Tool We'll Need to Add OverlayPart 2. How to Overlay A Video Online EasilyPart 3. Bonus Tip: How to Convert Video Format Online

Part 1. The Tool We'll Need

FlexClip video editor is an awesome video editor as well as video maker that has helped millions of users edit their videos easily. Also, it can help you overlay a video within simple steps. Let's check some highlights of FlexClip below:

1.It allows you to overlay a picture on a video and add some dynamic widgets to your video to overlay part of the video.

2.It is equipped with advanced editing features like trim, split, merge, add text, add music, add watermark, add filter, add transition effects, etc.

3.FlexClip is also a video maker that offers many video templates like birthday videos, marketing videos, travel videos and more. You just need to choose a template and customize it easily.

4.We have no access to your data so that we can ensure the security of all your uploaded files and projects you created.

5.It has millions of royalty-free media resources that you can add to video from its media library.

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Part 2. How to Overlay A Video Online Easily

Now let's follow the detailed steps to learn how to overlay a video online. Before the start, it's recommended to sign up and sign in your account in FlexClip so that we could save all your files in a safe place.

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Step 1. Visit FlexClip template page and click + Start From Scratch to upload your video from computer. Also, you can choose a template and customize it if you want to create a video online.

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Step 2. Then you'll see your videos here. Click Overlay from the left side and click All > to see all overlay effects.

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Step 3. Then choose a overlay and apply it to your video storyboard. Click the Edit button on the top banner or double click the text to edit them, change text color and font.

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Step 4. Then you can click adjust element button to set when your overlay appears and ends on this storyboard. And you can adjust the position of your overlay easily.

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Tips You can also edit your video like add filter, add music, trim, split, add text and more.

Part 3. Bonus Tip: How to Convert Video Format Online

What if you want to convert video format online for free? FlexClip video converter is here to help. You can convert various video formats like AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, M4V, MP4, and more to mp4 or WEBM easily. All your uploaded videos will be safe. Let's check the procedures below:

Step 1. Visit FlexClip Video Converter and drop your video here or click Browse Video to upload your video from local computer.

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Step 2. Then you can set the resolution, output format and video quality. Click Start button to start.

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The Bottom Line

In a word, it can not be easier to overlay a picture on a video with the help of FlexClip video editor, and it can also help you create videos online within minutes. No matter you are a professional designer or an amateur, FlexClip will lead you to make amazing videos. Just try it now!