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“Safe areas” with widescreen???
Hi all,
Short version: Do widescreen TV’s have the same 10% “safe area” considerations as standard 4:3 screens?Long Version: I’m working on an annual educational video for a nonprofit organization. The video shows a number of presenters as they are delivering powerpoint presentations at a conference, as well as the actual slides (converted to images) that they are showing. This year is the first that we’re switching to wide screen format. Although much of the audience will be watching the video on older standard televisions, we’re trying to update our format for HD (although we’re not filming in HD… just SD wide screen).
One angle was shot in WS (16:9). The other “angle” (the primary one) will consist of powerpoint slides converted to images (in 4:3) with a sliver of 4:3 standard video next to it (showing the presenter) for an overall 16:9 dimension.
I am familiar with the concept of safe areas within Vegas for standard video. However, i’m not sure if the same ~10% “dead” area goes with HD widescreen televisions (i don’t own one, so i can’t try it). The problem i’m facing is that, the way i’m composing the second angle, i HAVE to push the slide images to the true edge (not the “safe” edge) of the 16:9 screen because if i don’t, it will look off when viewed letterboxed on a SD 4:3 TV. However, if there is a dead area in WS format when viewed on WS tv’s, than by pushing the slide images to the edge, people watching in WS will be missing some of the picture.I’m sorry this is so long; i hope i’ve made sense of the problem. The question is quite simple, and that’s why i’ve included it at the top. Any help you could give would be very appreciated.
Kind Regards,
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You can safely assume that there is a +/- 10% dead area on widescreens.
What I have found is that it differs slightly from set to set. That would most likely be the result of the decoders in each set.
Jeremy
MJ Productions
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