add_image_layer
Add image layer
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Add an image layer. The asset must already exist at users/<userId>/assets/<projectId>/<filename> (uploaded via the editor's drag-drop, or POST /api/upload-asset/<projectId> with the raw bytes and an X-Filename header). To duplicate an existing layer, reuse its filename — the editor auto-assigns a fresh id.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filename | string | yes | Asset filename in the project's assets bucket, e.g. star.png. |
| x | number | yes | Centre x in 1080-wide base coords. |
| y | number | yes | Centre y in 1920-tall base coords. |
| width | number | yes | Width in px (must be > 0). |
| height | number | yes | Height in px (must be > 0). |
| block | object | no | OPTIONAL timeline window — {start, duration} in composition frames. OMIT IT (the default) and the layer is ALWAYS PRESENT: a persistent overlay that holds for the whole composition, which is what an agent-placed watermark / lower-third almost always wants. Pass it to place a bounded CLIP instead (what the editor's own add does: 5 s at the playhead). Keyframes on a blocked layer are sampled RELATIVE to `start`. |
| projectId | string | yes | Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates. |
| anonymousToken | string | yes | The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"filename": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Asset filename in the project's assets bucket, e.g. star.png."
},
"x": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Centre x in 1080-wide base coords."
},
"y": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Centre y in 1920-tall base coords."
},
"width": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Width in px (must be > 0)."
},
"height": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Height in px (must be > 0)."
},
"block": {
"type": "object",
"description": "OPTIONAL timeline window — {start, duration} in composition frames. OMIT IT (the default) and the layer is ALWAYS PRESENT: a persistent overlay that holds for the whole composition, which is what an agent-placed watermark / lower-third almost always wants. Pass it to place a bounded CLIP instead (what the editor's own add does: 5 s at the playhead). Keyframes on a blocked layer are sampled RELATIVE to `start`.",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number",
"description": "First visible composition frame (≥ 0)."
},
"duration": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Length of the window in frames (≥ 1)."
}
},
"required": [
"start",
"duration"
]
},
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates."
},
"anonymousToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it."
}
},
"required": [
"filename",
"x",
"y",
"width",
"height",
"projectId",
"anonymousToken"
]
}