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DECEMBER 10, 2002 Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #13
As a Final Cut Pro editor you may throw any graphics created in other programs back at the motion graphic artist and command them to comply with the Title Safe regions. Of course this will confuse the graphic artist, as she IS conforming to her Title Safe boundaries in After Effects. Who is right? Who is wrong? Both of you. Remember the Title Safe and Action Safe areas were "created" because of the size of the bezel on the television. The problem is there is no precise consensus among television manufacturers as to where the boundaries for these areas should be. [an error occurred while processing this directive]This leaves you with the delima; how do I know if my titles are going to be seen? Just remember the Action Safe and Title Safe areas of the screen are there to serve as a guide. They are not set in stone commandments from the video gods. Elements inside the Action Safe area will nearly always be seen, while elements inside the Title Safe area will always be seen. If text elements fall slightly outside of the Title Safe area, you will be okay. Only when text elements fall outside the Action Safe area should you be worried. If that answer isn’t enough to calm your fears, and you know your graphic artist is creating elements inside Adobe After Effects, you can ask them to change the size of their Action/Title Safe areas by going under Preferences>Grids & Guides and have them change the Safe Margin amounts. By default After Effects sets the Action Safe region to 10% and the Title Safe region to 20%.
If the motion graphic artist is unwilling to make that change for fear of causing himself to get confused in other compositing projects, have him use the upper and lower midway hatch marks to define the top of their Title Safe region. When brought into Final Cut Pro, the text will line up "correctly".
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