[MacDV] Re: DVD player/TV crops my DVD-R

[Erica Sadun]

>720x480 I believe.

Square pixels
720 x 480 NTSC
720 x 576 PAL

Rectangular pixels
640 x 480
768 x 576

TV Safe -5% overall
Title Safe -10% overall

FYI, -- Erica

>Matthew Guemple wrote:
>>>>>That is why they provide the title box indicators in the first  place..
>>>>
>>>>In case you don't know it's called "TV safe" and "Title Safe"
>>>
>>>wow thanks. I'm glad you knew what I meant. Were my comments of no 
>>>use  to you?
>>
>>Just so James could find the function in the menus...
>>I don't know what they call it in iMove or other programs, but in 
>>FCP  and AfterEffects that's what they call them.
>>
>>As far as "cropping" is concerned I know that in both those 
>>mentioned  above the working size is NOT true 640 X 480. If you are 
>>importing from  another program (like photoshop or illustrator) you 
>>need to make the  documents slightly larger horizontally (I forget 
>>how much) otherwise  the program stretches them to fit. The final 
>>output is 640 X 480 so you  do end up with some image cropping. As 
>>far as titles etc are concerned,  if they are not within the 
>>Title/TV safe margins you risk cropping.  Apparently all TVs are 
>>not created equal.
>>
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