How can I add a watermark in a captured video on iOS

Question

I was wondering if anybody can tell me how I can achieve this. If been thinking of a couple of solutions:

1. Create individual images from the captured video and later merge them per image and after that create a new AVAsset... Sounds a bit complicated don't you think?

2. Merge 2 videos, one is transparent (the one holding the watermark) and the other is the asset captured with the camera.

Answer 1

This code is add a text or string ON the video and after saving video you will play on any player. Most Advantage of this code is Provide video with sound. And all things in one code(that is text and image).

#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

-(void)MixVideoWithText
{
    AVURLAsset* videoAsset = [[AVURLAsset alloc]initWithURL:url options:nil];
    AVMutableComposition* mixComposition = [AVMutableComposition composition];

    AVMutableCompositionTrack *compositionVideoTrack = [mixComposition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
    AVAssetTrack *clipVideoTrack = [[videoAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] objectAtIndex:0];
    AVMutableCompositionTrack *compositionAudioTrack = [mixComposition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
    AVAssetTrack *clipAudioTrack = [[videoAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio] objectAtIndex:0];
    //If you need audio as well add the Asset Track for audio here

    [compositionVideoTrack insertTimeRange:CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration) ofTrack:clipVideoTrack atTime:kCMTimeZero error:nil];
    [compositionAudioTrack insertTimeRange:CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, videoAsset.duration) ofTrack:clipAudioTrack atTime:kCMTimeZero error:nil];

    [compositionVideoTrack setPreferredTransform:[[[videoAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] objectAtIndex:0] preferredTransform]];

    CGSize sizeOfVideo=[videoAsset naturalSize];

    //TextLayer defines the text they want to add in Video
    //Text of watermark 
    CATextLayer *textOfvideo=[[CATextLayer alloc] init];
    textOfvideo.string=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",text];//text is shows the text that you want add in video.
    [textOfvideo setFont:(__bridge CFTypeRef)([UIFont fontWithName:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",fontUsed] size:13])];//fontUsed is the name of font
    [textOfvideo setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, sizeOfVideo.width, sizeOfVideo.height/6)];
    [textOfvideo setAlignmentMode:kCAAlignmentCenter];
    [textOfvideo setForegroundColor:[selectedColour CGColor]];

    //Image of watermark 
    UIImage *myImage=[UIImage imageNamed:@"one.png"];
    CALayer layerCa = [CALayer layer];
    layerCa.contents = (id)myImage.CGImage;
    layerCa.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, sizeOfVideo.width, sizeOfVideo.height); 
    layerCa.opacity = 1.0; 

    CALayer *optionalLayer=[CALayer layer];
    [optionalL addSublayer:textOfvideo];
    optionalL.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, sizeOfVideo.width, sizeOfVideo.height);
    [optionalL setMasksToBounds:YES];

    CALayer *parentLayer=[CALayer layer];
    CALayer *videoLayer=[CALayer layer];
    parentLayer.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, sizeOfVideo.width, sizeOfVideo.height);
    videoLayer.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, sizeOfVideo.width, sizeOfVideo.height);
    [parentLayer addSublayer:videoLayer];
    [parentLayer addSublayer:optionalLayer];
    [parentLayer addSublayer:layerCa];

    AVMutableVideoComposition *videoComposition=[AVMutableVideoComposition videoComposition] ;
    videoComposition.frameDuration=CMTimeMake(1, 30);
    videoComposition.renderSize=sizeOfVideo;
    videoComposition.animationTool=[AVVideoCompositionCoreAnimationTool videoCompositionCoreAnimationToolWithPostProcessingAsVideoLayer:videoLayer inLayer:parentLayer];

    AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction *instruction = [AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction videoCompositionInstruction];
    instruction.timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, [mixComposition duration]);
    AVAssetTrack *videoTrack = [[mixComposition tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] objectAtIndex:0];
    AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction* layerInstruction = [AVMutableVideoCompositionLayerInstruction videoCompositionLayerInstructionWithAssetTrack:videoTrack];
    instruction.layerInstructions = [NSArray arrayWithObject:layerInstruction];
    videoComposition.instructions = [NSArray arrayWithObject: instruction];

    NSString *documentsDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES)objectAtIndex:0];
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss"];
    NSString *destinationPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingFormat:@"/utput_%@.mov", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]];

    AVAssetExportSession *exportSession = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:mixComposition presetName:AVAssetExportPresetMediumQuality];
    exportSession.videoComposition=videoComposition;

    exportSession.outputURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:destinationPath];
    exportSession.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie;
    [exportSession exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:^{
    switch (exportSession.status)
    {
        case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCompleted:
            NSLog(@"Export OK");
            if (UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum(destinationPath)) {
                UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(destinationPath, self, @selector(video:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:), nil);
            }
            break;
        case AVAssetExportSessionStatusFailed:
            NSLog (@"AVAssetExportSessionStatusFailed: %@", exportSession.error);
            break;
        case AVAssetExportSessionStatusCancelled:
            NSLog(@"Export Cancelled");
            break;
    }
  }];
}

Shows the error they will come after saving video.

-(void) video: (NSString *) videoPath didFinishSavingWithError: (NSError *) error contextInfo: (void *) contextInfo 
{
    if(error)
        NSLog(@"Finished saving video with error: %@", error); 
}