A digital projector question

Vultch

Vultch

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Do I need to consider action safe and text safe zones if the video is being shown at a large corporate bash on a digital projector. I assume its all HDMI at the venue.
 
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Can't hurt to be safe, but in my experience, those standards are outdated and originated in the days of tube TV's when that really was an issue.
 
Batutta said:
... but in my experience, those standards are outdated and originated in the days of tube TV's when that really was an issue.
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Oddly, my experience is that this is not the case. Action-safe, at the very least, still matters. This is especially true if the video is intended for a wide range of viewing options. I ignored safety guides on a video for YouTube, thinking that it wouldn't be a big deal on the 'Net. That is true, until someone watches the video on Apple TV. There is an overscan there.

Vultch, my best advice is: if you know that this video is destined only for the corporate gathering and won't go anywhere else, do testing in advance if you can but it may not be an issue. However, if there's any chance of this going anywhere else (including the 'Net), play it safe.
 
Alex H. said:
Oddly, my experience is that this is not the case. Action-safe, at the very least, still matters. This is especially true if the video is intended for a wide range of viewing options. I ignored safety guides on a video for YouTube, thinking that it wouldn't be a big deal on the 'Net. That is true, until someone watches the video on Apple TV. There is an overscan there.
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You can disable the overscan on AppleTV, although I think it's on by default. But as I said, might as well be safe.
 
Alex H. said:
I ignored safety guides on a video for YouTube, thinking that it wouldn't be a big deal on the 'Net. That is true, until someone watches the video on Apple TV. There is an overscan there.
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Ah-HAH!

I have not seen many reasons lately to use the old safety margins....but then THIS pops up.

Thanks Alex. I would never have suspected that one.
 
I used to work at a place that had a TV show which showcased web shorts. Little foggy, but I think people submitted their shorts to the website, users voted on them and the winners were put on the TV show. I can't tell you how many winning shorts got rejected because text (either GFX or text actually in the footage) was out of bounds. Of course we contacted the winners but most of the time they had blown away the raw footage and only had made a texted export. D'oh!

Moral of the story? Aim high. Following basic broadcast specs will do nothing but make it easier to exhibit your finished project (or at the very least make texted and textless masters).


-Andrew
 
Alex H. said:
Oddly, my experience is that this is not the case. Action-safe, at the very least, still matters.
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It happened for the Wife a couple of months ago. She was making a presentation, and using 1920x1080 format... The facility had two displays, an overhead projector, and a TV. The presentation was on both at the same time.

The overhead projector clipped the frame, and her text was clipped because it came to close to the edge. Perhaps we could have fiddled with the overhead... but there often is no time for that in setting up for a seminar...

Now I have to make a safe zone template for her Photoshoping when it comes to making presentation slides.
 
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