---
title: "Overlays Locations and Best Image Sizes"
url: "https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/overlays-locations-and-best-image-sizes"
category: "Polls & Overlays"
updated: 2026-08-20
summary: "Learn how to create in-player overlays for your live event."
---

# Overlays Locations and Best Image Sizes

> **Warning:**
>
> #### _**Legacy Player Only**_
>
> Overlays are a feature of the **Legacy Player**. They **will not appear** on third-party or external players — including embeds pushed to YouTube, Facebook, or any non-Sardius playback destination. If you need overlays on your event, make sure your viewers are watching through the Legacy Player.

> **Tip:** To enable Overlays on your account, please reach out to your Sardius Account Manager or the Sardius Support Team.

You have the option to pick a location to show overlays. Overlays can appear in various places on the player. Below is a grid of where they would appear

![overlays](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/fcbeb90cb1c0320e.png)

#### **Overlay Locations at a Glance**

The table below shows each overlay position, where it lands on the player, a common example of what you might put there, and the recommended max-fill dimensions.

| Location          | Where It Appears on the Player    | Example Use                                                                  | Max-Fill Dimensions (W:H) |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| **Whole**         | Fills the entire player frame     | Full-screen holding slide, "Service starting soon" graphic, sponsor takeover | 628:305                   |
| **Lower Third**   | Horizontal band across the bottom | Speaker name/title, sermon title, scripture reference, event branding        | 628:61                    |
| **Top Left**      | Upper-left corner                 | Station/ministry logo bug, campus name                                       | 126:61                    |
| **Top Center**    | Top edge, centered                | "LIVE" badge, small headline banner                                          | 36:61                     |
| **Top Right**     | Upper-right corner                | Secondary logo, language/ASL indicator                                       | 126:61                    |
| **Middle Left**   | Center-left edge                  | Vertical call-to-action, QR code to give/connect                             | 126:183                   |
| **Middle Center** | Dead center of the player         | Prompts, "Tap to interact" cards, mid-roll announcements                     | 376:183                   |
| **Middle Right**  | Center-right edge                 | QR code, next-steps card, giving prompt                                      | 126:183                   |
| **Bottom Left**   | Lower-left corner                 | Social handle, hashtag, small watermark                                      | 126:61                    |
| **Bottom Center** | Bottom edge, centered             | Giving/donate button, "Text to give" prompt, CTA                             | 376:61                    |
| **Bottom Right**  | Lower-right corner                | Sponsor logo, timestamp, small watermark                                     | 126:61                    |

_Example uses are suggestions only — any overlay can go in any position._

#### **Recommended Dimensions for Max-Fill**

> **Note:** _**Note:**_ These dimensions are to fill the entire position as much as possible, however, an image of any dimension can be put in any position. There are no restrictions. Keep in mind, you may want to have larger image sizes than what is listed below but you may not want to make them too large that viewers could have a hard time loading up the image.

- **Whole:** 628:305
- **Lower Third:** 628:61
- **Top Left:** 126:61
- **Top Center:** 36:61
- **Top Right:** 126:61
- **Middle Left:** 126:183
- **Middle Center:** 376:183
- **Middle Right:** 126:183
- **Bottom Left:** 126:61
- **Bottom Center:** 376:61
- **Bottom Right:** 126:61

> **Tip:** **Reminder:** These overlay positions and sizes apply to the **Legacy Player only**. Overlays are rendered by the Legacy Player and do not carry over to external platforms or third-party players.