Overlay and Screen

Overlay

Overlay noun - A layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface.

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Screen and overlay are semantically related. in covering topic. In some cases you can use "Screen" instead the word "Overlay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: overlap, overlaid, overlaying

Screen noun - The art or business of making a movie.

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Overlay and screen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overlay" instead the word "Screen" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: screened, screening, scree, screenful

special	special overlay	special screen
brief	brief overlay	brief screen
small	small overlay	small screen
large	large overlay	large screen
Other adjectives: little, bad, animated, traditional, static.

The overlay text will act like it's stuck to the screen though—it won't move on the screen even if the camera angle changes.

Source: In-Scene Title Text
Rather than creating the rain with particles (a technique which has existed for years) they decided to just overlay an animation of rain falling over the screen.

Source: Special Effect Failure
See Water: When the player is submerged, a transparent watery overlay is drawn over the screen.

Source: Video Game / Planet Explorers

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