Action/Title Safe Setting at DVinfo.net

Rob Wilson · August 4th, 2003, 05:24 PM

Since Premiere sets the action/title safe lines to 10 and 20% respectfully, I was wondering where those numbers come from. Are they really legit? Are they way on the safe or not so safe sides of where I should be editing to? Just wonder if anyone has a better setting that works.

Thanks

K. Forman · August 4th, 2003, 05:56 PM

They have always worked fine for me.

Peter Moore · August 4th, 2003, 06:08 PM

They are estimates and not to be taken as absolutes. Some TVs display images outside of the "safe areas", and some (very few) hide some ares inside those boundaries.

For your own work, what you should do is make sure nothing important exceeds the title safe area, yet also leave for the possibility that material outside those safe areas will still be seen on certain TVs.

On widescreen DVDs shown on a 4x3 TV, for example, the entire vertical length is shown - there is no "safe area" vertically. That is not so much true for 4x3 content. The point is it varies a lot, so just to be safe, follow my advice above.

August 4th, 2003, 05:24 PM	#1
Rob Wilson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 473	Action/Title Safe Setting Since Premiere sets the action/title safe lines to 10 and 20% respectfully, I was wondering where those numbers come from. Are they really legit? Are they way on the safe or not so safe sides of where I should be editing to? Just wonder if anyone has a better setting that works. Thanks

August 4th, 2003, 05:56 PM	#2
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	They have always worked fine for me.

August 4th, 2003, 06:08 PM	#3
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	They are estimates and not to be taken as absolutes. Some TVs display images outside of the "safe areas", and some (very few) hide some ares inside those boundaries. For your own work, what you should do is make sure nothing important exceeds the title safe area, yet also leave for the possibility that material outside those safe areas will still be seen on certain TVs. On widescreen DVDs shown on a 4x3 TV, for example, the entire vertical length is shown - there is no "safe area" vertically. That is not so much true for 4x3 content. The point is it varies a lot, so just to be safe, follow my advice above.