Image

The <image> tag creates a layer with content loaded from either a local image resource or a remote image loaded via HTTP(S). Local resources are loaded with the src="filename" attribute. Remote images are loaded with the url="URL" attribute. Both attributes can contain a variable.

SYNTAX

<image
    src="local image resource | variable"
    url="HTTP URL | variable"
    duration="time | variable"
    offset="time"
    blendmode="blendmode"
    anchor="point"
    position="point"
    scale="point"
    rotation="float"
    opacity="float"
    origin="point"
    condition="variable"
    
    >
    . . .
</image>

CONTAINED IN

<scene>

CAN CONTAIN

<mask>

ATTRIBUTES

src: A local image resource's filename or a variable pointing to one.
url: A remote image resource's URL or a variable pointing to one.
duration: The duration this layer is rendered. The duration can be given in frame or time format. Default is the natural duration of the footage item. Can be a variable.
offset: The time from the beginning of the scene when this layer shall begin to render. Default is "0".
blendmode: The pixel mix mode. Can be either "normal", "multiply", "screen", "overlay", "softlight", "hardlight". Default is "normal".
position: The point for the origin of this layer. Default is "0, 0".
scale: The scale factor for this layer. Default is "1, 1".
anchor: The offset from the center of this layer around rotation, position and scale is applied. Default is "0, 0".
rotation: The angle this layer.shall be rotated. Default is "0".
opacity: The opacity this layer will be rendered with. Default is "1".
condition: A variable definition which determines whether the layer is rendered or not. Default is to always render the layer.
overlap: The amount of time the layer will be rendered short (values < 0) or is skipped (values > 0). Default is "0".