Note
Safe areas are important to use as shot references. The outer line represents the
video-safe area??”any animation elements outside this area will not be visible on a
standard 4:3 ratio television monitor. The inner line represents the title-safe area; no
text in your animations should travel beyond this bounding region. Video has something
called overscan, and the area you??™re not seeing is within this region. Broadcast
monitors allow you to view overscan, but standard 4:3 televisions do not. Keeping
within these guidelines will help your relationship with video professionals as well.
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4. Close the Display Options panel by pressing d again or p (for properties).
Figure 5.7 shows the Camera view with the safe areas enabled, with a scene
loaded. This safe area represents the title-safe and video-safe areas of your view.
You should set up animations with this feature enabled to ensure that you know
how your animation will appear when it is recorded onto videotape.
Figure 5.7 When Show Safe Areas is enabled, you??™ll see a television-style shape around your
field of view through the camera.
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