Mine has one down the left AND right sides. Many cameras to not record the full 720 width. I won't be seen on your TV.

Actually I see a thin one on the left now too. And the right side looks like it's grown a bit. I swear it wasn't there yesterday. (Maybe it was and I just didn't notice it.) No FX are enabled in the preview window.

Open up the event pan crop for the clip, then right click on the image and select match output aspect.

Also remember when your video is played off a TV the outer edges on all sides, top, bottom, left and right fall into the overscan area. How large that area is depends on the TV and if or not it is has picture width and vertical size set up correctly.

Above the preview window just right of the icon that looks like a pound sign is a tiny down arrow. Click it, select 'safe area' and Vegas will overlay a double white outline. What falls outside won't been seen on your typical TV. How well your TV does (or your client's) depends so you need to check yours anyways. Nothing 'important' should fall outside the outer bordrer video wise. Text shouldn't be placed out of the inner marker. I think the reasoning would be for the two borders if some of the video itself falls outside the outer border no real big deal, anything critical to the scene shouldn't be that close to the edge. On the other hand its bad form if some of your text gets cut off, even if it is due to you or some client having a TV that's way out of proper settings.

Thanks for the replies. I am familiar with the safe area of the preview window. And the match output aspect is checked (the stripe shows up in ALL my clips on all tracks and in all projects.) I shoot with a DVX 100 so maybe it is the camera resolution that is the issue?

Anyway, here's the problem now: when I do a picture in picture effect, the black stripe is visible on the edge of the superimposed video window which is now well within the safe area of my screen. I haven't rendered it out yet, but now this could be a real problem.

Any ideas SoFo?

It's true that some cameras create black pixels around the edges. Typically, these won't be seen on your TV due to overscan. It's an issue, as you point out, for PIP effects.

Solution:

Bring up Pan/Crop for the problem event, make sure 'Lock Aspect' and 'Size About Center' modes are enabled, bring in one of the corner handles. Done.

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