Core skill

Add media and text overlays

Layer photography, video, and words into the map without losing the place underneath.

10 min hands-on lesson

Tutorial video coming soon

This lesson is ready for your walkthrough. Add the video here when it is published; the written steps and live editor lesson work today.

What you will make

Use media that reveals something the map cannot show on its own.

Position and size each overlay so the map and your story work together.

Use text styles and transitions that support the story instead of competing with it.