# Working with image overlays
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You can impose static images onto a video in a MediaLive channel. A static image is a still image that doesn't have motion. You prepare the image or images and store them outside of MediaLive. You then use the [schedule](working-with-schedule.md) feature in MediaLive to set up a timetable that specifies when images will be inserted in the running channel, and when each will be removed. 

**Topics**
+ [Two options: global overlay and per-output overlay](image-overlay-features.md)
+ [Preparing the static image overlay file](image-overlay-prepare-step.md)
+ [Handling encode sharing](image-overlay-encode-sharing.md)
+ [Inserting and removing an overlay](image-overlay-insert.md)