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Using the Effect Preview Monitor
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Understanding Tracking Information in the Effect Preview Monitor
The two boxes above the Effect Preview monitor display the length of the effect in seconds and
frames and the current position in the effect’s position bar.
If you are working with two-field media, the current position display indicates the field that appears
in the monitor. The current position display ends with .1 for the first field of a frame and with .2 for
the second field. These boxes replace the name of the sequence that normally appears in this position.
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If the position information boxes do not appear above the Effect Preview monitor, increase the size of
the window.
Displaying Safe Title and Safe Action Guidelines in Monitors
Many effects can utilize the outer edges of the viewing screen area. If you are editing material that
will be viewed on screens with more limited viewing areas, such as standard televisions, you can use
the Safe Title and Safe Action options to provide visual guidelines in the Effect Preview monitor that
replicate the actual viewable area on a standard television screen.
For example, you can use the Safe Title option as a template for the area in which you want the effect
to operate. In this way, you can avoid the appearance of the effect floating off into a nonviewable area
of a standard television screen.
To display the Safe Title and Safe Action guidelines in the Effect Preview monitor:
t Click the Grid button in the Effect Editor.
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You can customize the type of grid displayed by the Grid button. For more information, see
“Understanding the Effect Grid” on page 64.
Two outlined boxes appear in the Effect Preview monitor. The inner box is the safe title area. All
text and objects should remain within the inner box. The outer box is the safe action area for
video display