Compositing with media services

Hello !
I'm new to Azure Media Services and I was wondering if it could do what I need...
Can I do compositing on a live stream ? for exemple if I want to do augmented reality, can I stream a live feed and use some program on Azure to "draw" on my stream ?
Or do I need to do it on my computer and then only do the streaming on Azure Media Services...
Any help is appreciated !
Cheers !

Hello,
First thanks for answering. We also asked Xavier Pouyat via Vincent Thavonekham, a P-Seller Azure who is working with us.
Our augmentation layer will contain images and texture as well. As for how we were planning to do it, I guess we would have applied what would have been available using Azure Media Services. A secondary video stream seems a good way to do it.
I guess I'll do the compositing locally for the time being, Cheers
Nicolas

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