High level syntax control for screen content coding

An apparatus for video decoding, comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to
• decode coding information for a plurality of blocks from a coded video bitstream, the coding information indicating a first high-level control flag for the plurality of blocks, the first high-level control flag indicating whether a plurality of camera-captured content coding tools is disabled for at least one of the plurality of blocks, the at least one of the plurality of blocks including a current block;
• in response to a determination that the first high-level control flag indicates that the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools are enabled,
• decode, from the coding information, a plurality of second high-level control flags, each of the second high-level control flags indicating whether a different one of the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools is enabled;
• and
• determine whether each of the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools is disabled for the at least one of the plurality of blocks based on the plurality of second high-level control flags;
• in response to a determination that the first high-level control flag indicates that the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools are disabled, determine that all of the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools are disabled without dependency on the second high-level control flags;
• and
• reconstruct the current block based on the determination of whether each of the plurality of camera-captured content coding tools is disabled.