Merge overlays
Merge Snapchat overlays (captions & stickers) back on
In your export, the caption and stickers are a separate transparent PNG sitting next to the photo — so the memory looks blank. SnapMemoriescomposites them back together so each memory looks the way it did on Snapchat.
Why overlays come out separate
Snapchat saves the underlying photo or video and its overlay as two files — typically media.jpg and a matching media-overlay.png. The export bundles both but never flattens them, so the text, drawings and stickers you added are stranded in a transparent image instead of being part of the picture.
How SnapMemories merges them
SnapMemories pairs each memory with its overlay and composites the two into a single image — captions, time stamps, stickers and drawings baked in, positioned exactly as they were. On the desktop app it does the same for videos, compositing the overlay across the whole clip and re-encoding it. It's an optional step, so you choose whether to burn overlays in.
Overlays are merged alongside your capture dates and GPS location. See how it works.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is my Snapchat caption a separate file?
- Snapchat stores the photo or video and its caption/stickers as two files — for example media.jpg and media-overlay.png. The export keeps them apart, so without merging you get a blank photo plus a transparent overlay you can't easily use.
- Does SnapMemories merge overlays onto videos too?
- Yes — the desktop app composites the overlay onto each video frame and re-encodes it. The online version merges overlays onto photos; video compositing runs in the Mac/Windows app.
- Can I keep the originals without the overlay?
- The corrected file has the caption baked in, the way it looked on Snapchat. If you need the clean original, you still have it in your export.