What is Expression Encoder?

Microsoft Expression Encoder is a Windows based program for encoding web based videos and digital video.

Features of MS Expression Encoder

  1. Preparing videos (you can do simple edits and overlays)

  2. Capture you Desktop screen actions (to make online training videos)

  3. Encoding high level video's to devices and web

  4. We can customized Silverlight video's

Steps to Overlay an image to a video file:

1. open the Expression Encoder from Microsoft Expression, select Transcoding Project and click OK.

[Transcoding project means we can use this application as Silverlight compatible bit streams (VC.1 or H.264)..]

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3. Make a .png file like this

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4. Click on the Enhance tab you can see the Overlay options for visual and audio.
Check in the Add overlay checkbox and and select your .png file from the source location.

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Both video and png file looks like this.


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5. Adjust to the png file when to start visible etc (when playing the video file). Name will be visible from 20 seconds to 40 seconds

(my video file length is 2 mins 10 secs) like this

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6. Fix the place of image file on the video file, like this and Check in Use Transparent Background checkbox

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7. Click on Encode button and play the file from source location (x:\Expression\Expression Encoder\Output\1A-3 8-16-2011 4.56.13 PM)

Now when you are playing that video file name(Jiteendra SampathiRao) will be start visible from 20 secs to 40 secs...

That's it. if you have any queries let me know.