Title Safe isn't enough
by David Benassi
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Jul 1, 2009 at 9:01:15 pm
I just burned my 16x9 movie project to DVD and played it on my roomates 4x3 TV and discovered that an unacceptable portion of the picture is cut off. Not a surprise, I know, but I did fit my titles into the inner-most rectangle in FCP's 'title safe' function, but looking back now, that inner-most rectangle is far from a 4x3 ratio. My project will rarely be viewed on a 4x3 TV, so I'm not that worried, but I am wondering why my 'title safe' function totally let me down when it comes to 4x3 screens (rather common still!) as I would like at least the credits to be visible!! (esp. without me having to guess how centered they have to be from trial and error!)
Any one deal with a similar dilemma?
Re: Title Safe isn't enough by walter biscardi on Jul 1, 2009 at 9:09:28 pm
Title Safe as it is displayed in FCP's Canvas is for the format being edited. In your case you saw 16:9 title safe. This has absolutely nothing to do with 4:3 title safe. So Title Safe didn't let you down, this was operator error.
You need 14:9 Safe Markers to overlay into the 16:9 timeline in order to "protect" your 16:9 graphics for 4:3. Someone recently posted about some free markers that you can download and use as a filter set.
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Re: Title Safe isn't enough by John Fishback on Jul 1, 2009 at 9:50:04 pm
It sounds like the DVD is playing the center 4x3 portion of your 16x9 image (therby cutting off the sides) on your roommate's TV. Was this the way you wanted it to play or did you want to see a letter-boxed 16x9 image on a 4x3 TV? If so, I'm sure there's a control in the program that made your DVD that would allow this. In DVD Studio Pro you'd choose Letterbox instead of Pan-Scan.
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