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The SAFE AREA: please explain it to me!
When I am doing a PAN/CROP on a particular video track within a multilayered project, VEGAS (as you probably already know) won’t let me pan an image too far to either the Left or Right sides of my Preview screen.
My image sort of “slips away” behind an invisible curtain…
If I set the MAINTAIN ASPECT RATIO to “NO”, it will let me pan things to either side, where I want/need them to be for my composition.
I don’t mind setting MAINTAIN ASPECT RATIO to “NO”, but it can warp/de-size the proportions of my included image. I then have the problem of sliding the PAN/CROP box (in free-form) such that my chosen image appears at the right Height and Width.
I have to “eyeball” the correct proportions of my chosen video object, because I don’t know how to get a precise (its original) aspect ratio on it anymore…
I’m guessing all this has to do with VEGAS giving me a “Safe Area” within which to work…?
What’s up with the concept of the Safe Area? If I’m working in a Widescreen format, surely I should be able to use every inch of my Preview space to position objects, no?
Or is there something else going on I need to understand? Is it that the PAN/CROP box is not displaying/operating at my desired, Widescreen aspect ratio?
Thanks, DAVE
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Or is there something else going on I need to understand? Is it that the PAN/CROP box is not displaying/operating at my desired, Widescreen aspect ratio?
Yea, this has nothing to do with safe areas. In Pan/Crop the first thing you should do is right-click the frame area and select Match Output Aspect and the all of your panning and cropping will be able to take up the entire widescreen area.
Just to answer you question though… safe areas are imaginary areas of the frame that are guaranteed to be safe to display either titles or action. The were originally needed because TV tubes extend beyond the area that you see (behind the physical trim of the TV cabinet) and sometimes as much as 10% of the tube edges were covered. These safe areas make sure important information gets seen. You would think that they are not needed for LCD TV’s but for some reason, not all LCD TV’s show the entire video either so they still may be needed for modern TV’s.
~jr
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