Add a gradient overlay or scrim to your edit

Eddie doesn't have a dedicated "gradient overlay" tool with sliders for opacity or color stops. But you can get exactly that effect — a soft dark (or colored) gradient sitting over part of the frame, for the whole edit or a specific stretch — through motion graphics, which can author any described visual, not just titles.

How to ask for it

Describe the gradient the same way you'd describe any graphic: where it sits, what colors it moves between, and how long it should run.

"Add a gradient overlay across the bottom third of the frame — transparent at the top, fading to about 80% black at the bottom edge. Keep it static and have it run for the whole video."

Eddie authors this as a motion graphic clip with no text, logo or shapes — just the gradient itself — and places it on the MG lane, spanning the section of timeline you asked for (the whole edit, or just a range).

Layering: it sits below your captions and titles

Eddie's overlay stack renders in a fixed order: footage → b-roll → motion graphics → titles → captions. So a gradient scrim added as a motion graphic sits above your footage and b-roll but below captions and titles — meaning captions render on top of the gradient, not hidden behind it. This is the order to rely on if you're specifically trying to improve caption legibility with a scrim.

It bakes into export

Like any motion graphic, the gradient plays live in the player and bakes into MP4 exports. Motion graphics don't carry into NLE (Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, Avid) exports yet — export an MP4 to keep it, or recreate the effect in your NLE if you're finishing there.

Cost

Authoring a motion graphic is billed like a normal prompt — a single static gradient graphic is a small, one-off authoring cost, not a per-frame or per-second charge.

Related: Motion graphics, Generate with Eddie, Titles and graphics.