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Show Title/Action Safe Zones
When working with text, you need to pay attention to the safe area for titles.
When showing video content on a television, as opposed to a computer monitor,
you will likely encounter what is known in the industry as cutoff, or the Essential
Message Area (EMA). This means that not all of the image is seen on the
television screen. As the editor of a program, we need to allow for this.
1 In the Viewer, choose the drop-down
View menu at the top right, scroll
to the bottom, and switch on Show
Title/Action Safe Zones.
2 Look to the Viewer. The outer lines
represent Action Safe, while the
inner lines repr ...