Nikon D500 Menu Manual page 176

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Preview the overlay.
To preview the composition as shown
at right, press 4 or 2 to place the
cursor in the Preview column, then
press 1 or 3 to highlight Overlay
and press J (note that colors and
brightness in the preview may differ
from the final image). To save the overlay without displaying
a preview, select Save. To return to Step 4 and select new
photos or adjust gain, press W (M).
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Save the overlay.
Press J while the preview is displayed
to save the overlay. After an overlay is
created, the resulting image will be
displayed full-frame in the monitor.
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Image Overlay
Only large NEF (RAW) photographs with the same image area and bit-
depth can be combined.
The overlay has the same photo info (including date of recording,
metering, shutter speed, aperture, exposure mode, exposure
compensation, focal length, and image orientation) and values for
white balance and Picture Control as the photograph selected for
Image 1. The current image comment is appended to the overlay
when it is saved; copyright information, however, are not copied.
Overlays saved in NEF (RAW) format use the compression selected for
NEF (RAW) compression in the NEF (RAW) recording menu and have
the same bit depth as the original images.
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