what's the best way to accommodate safe areas?

dogwalker wrote on 9/11/2010, 1:56 PM
I've created an entire video and then watched it on my television (rear-projection analog) before I realized, "oh, shoot, I didn't handle the safe areas."

Now, after the fact, I assume the best way is use track motion. I've used some track motion in my project, so I'll have to accommodate that.

I thought I could just make all my tracks children of another video track and adjust its track motion, but so far have had no luck doing that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Comments

dogwalker wrote on 9/11/2010, 1:59 PM
Found it! I didn't realize there was a "parent track motion" control.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/11/2010, 2:37 PM
Of course, the future solution is to turn on the safe areas overlay on your preview window when you are editing. ;-)

~jr
dogwalker wrote on 9/11/2010, 3:08 PM
Yep!! Now, if I can only remember that ... (I'm on the wrong side of 40 <grin>).
Chienworks wrote on 9/11/2010, 4:31 PM
Ahhh, so you're a youngster, are ya? :)

Actually the best way to handle it is to keep important things away from the edges of the frame while shooting, then do nothing while editing.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Chances are by now, or soon, most people who watch your video will do so on a device that has far less overscan than your TV. They'll see most of what is hidden on your screen.
musicvid10 wrote on 9/11/2010, 6:34 PM
"most people who watch your video will do so on a device that has far less overscan than your TV. '

The reason Kelly says this is that rear-projection TVs (which are a dying breed), have far more overscan than either conventional CRTs or digital flat-panels. The reason is the horrible color fringes and focus that results from trying to throw three images from different points in such a short space.
dogwalker wrote on 9/11/2010, 9:50 PM
This video is a quick overview of our Philmont trek - almost all photos, with some aerial footage I bought from footagefirm, and I didn't think about the safe areas.

We do need to use our video camera much more often, and I appreciate the advice about the safe areas while shooting. We have an HV30, and I'm pretty sure it has that functionality.

LOL, Chien! I haven't been called a youngter in a while! :-)
ushere wrote on 9/11/2010, 10:15 PM
bloody kids!!!!

in my day you used to shoot things in the MIDDLE of the screen and hope for the best.....

actually i still have problems with my viewfinders not show 100%, and i therefore still shoot with a 5>10% vertical safe margin, and a 4:3 display in 16:9 mode. so far this has proved effective on everything i've viewed my material on (apart from back-projection sets).