I am trying to create a shortcut to automatically add a couple of image overlays to an existing image. I want to be able to set the X and Y location of the overlay using the Custom option for the Position. How do I set the X and Y values? As you can see in the attached image, when I select the Position as Custom, I am not given an option to set the custom position.
I did read the documentation but it does not say how to do this either.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Josh
Hello @jlaase , and welcome.
The custom option isn’t supposed to be there, it slipped through my testing.
I’ll see about adding support for it in the next update though - it would be a good option to have.
In the meantime, you might also check out Retrobatch (https://flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/) which is another app by us, which is geared towards batch processing and such.
Turns out with a little bit of fiddling, I was able to fix this relatively easily.
If you get a chance, can you try out the latest build and let me know how it works for you? You can grab it from here: https://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/
thanks,
-gus
I have tried it out and it works great! Thank you for the fast response. I have one other question on the Overlay shortcut. I am calling it in a loop and each time I call the Overlay command, I get this message from Acorn.
Any ideas why? I am trying to add 5 different overlays to the original image.
Thank you for the great product and even better support! 
It’s showing up because you’re saving your image as a flat file (PNG, JPEG, etc.). And the overlay command adds it as a new layer.
If you check the “Don’t ask again” checkbox, you’ll be saved from seeing it again in the future.
That suggestion worked great. Thanks.
