Creating a Watermark Rule

Prerequisites

You have created a channel by referring to Creating a Channel, and the channel ID exists.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Live console.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Media Processing > Watermark Rules under Media Live.
3. Click Create. The Create Watermark Rule page is displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
   Create a watermark rule based on Table 1. You can preview the watermark in the area on the right.

   Figure 1 Watermark rule configuration
   

   Table 1 Watermark rule configuration

   Parameter	Description
   Watermark Rule Name (Optional)	Enter a watermark rule name.
   Channel ID	Select the ID of the channel on which you want to overlay a watermark from the drop-down list.
   Transcoding Template	If a channel has multiple transcoding templates, you can create a watermark template for each transcoding template. You can select one or more transcoding templates.
   Watermark Template	Select the watermark template created in Creating a Watermark Template from the drop-down list.
   Watermark Position	Position of the watermark in the video. Options: Follow template: The watermark's position is determined by the selected watermark template. Upper left, Upper right, Lower left, Lower right, and Random: Select one of these options to reset the watermark position. If you select Random, the image watermark may appear in the upper left, upper right, lower left, or lower right of the video.
   Offset Unit	Unit of horizontal or vertical offset. The options are % and px.
   Horizontal Offset	The image watermark can move horizontally in the preview area on the right.
   Vertical Offset	The image watermark can move vertically in the preview area on the right.
   Previewed Watermark Size	Size of the preview area on the right. Set it based on the video resolution.

4. Click OK.

   A new watermark rule is added to the Watermark Rules page. You can also perform the following operations on the watermark rule:

   • Click Modify in the Operation column of the watermark rule. On the Create Watermark Rule page, modify the watermark rule.
   • Click Delete in the Operation column of the watermark rule to delete the rule.