Talk:Safe area

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There is a suggestion to merge "Safe Area" with "Overscan". I think they should remain separate articles. I think the 5% and 10% refer to distance, not square area. So if you have 480 lines, the title safe lines are from 49 to 432. Indie_Film 23:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

This article doesn't make sense without a diagram.

Anyone consider adding a diagram since the bot destroyed the existing one? I would, but I only know the percentage of screen area that is title safe, I don't know what the margin percentage is.

I have no idea if things are the same in Britain, but there is a safe area diagram with percentages at this site http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/credits/position.shtml . RadicalPi 06:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at this EBU Recommendation: Television Production for 16:9 Widescreen: Safe Areas, taken from [1] --Fransdj 10:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I Support merging Title safe and Action safe into safe area not overscan, as they fall into policy based techniques rather something that's part of broadcast television's hardware technical spec like overscan. Framing shots, graphics and captioning decisons are based on safe area standards. Eventhough overscan is the reason safe areas exist they're still separate topics. -IncidentFlux 21:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I greatly support merging Title safe and Action safe into safe area. Merging overscan into safe area should probably done too, but it's not quite a slam dunk like the other merges I mention.Bollinger 01:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terminology

In the Hollywood I knew, at least, the screen areas were called "safe action" and "safe title," but a film so-composed was said to have been shot "TV-safe." Is this nit worth including?Jim Stinson 03:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

"Safe area" is also the designation for a United Nations protected zone. There should be some sort of disambiguation link.

71.249.130.166 13:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding pixel co-ordinated

It would be handy if someone could post to this page the pixel co-ordinates of these "title safe" and "safe areas" within the 720x576 section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.144.124 (talk) 09:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)