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Grid Settings
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Grid Settings
Grid Settings: Coordinates Tab
Option Description
Scale Mode Lets you work with a grid that indicates boundaries for a format other than the one in which you
are working. This is useful when you are creating graphics (like titles) that must remain safe in
other formats.
Select one of the following options depending on the current and target formats you need. When
you do not specifically need a grid that represents another format, use the Normal option, which is
the default.
• Normal
• 4:3 Inside 16:9 Monitor
• 4:3 Outside 16:9 Monitor
• 1.66 Inside 4:3
• 1.77 Inside 4:3
• 1.85 Inside 4:3
Increments Lets you control grid increments.
• Fields: Sets the number of tick marks along the grid axes as well as the number of visible grid
points. The default value is 12.
• Sub Fields: Sets the number of divisions between visible grid points for the snap-to-grid
feature. Setting Sub Fields to 1 snaps objects to visible points only. A value of 2 provides
1/2-field jumps. A value of 4 (the default value) provides 1/4-field jumps, and so on. Setting
Sub Fields to 0 turns off the snap-to-grid feature.
Source Scan
Size
For film projects, where an optical house scans film for the addition of visual effects. The default
values are 720 x 486 pixels.
Source Grid
Adjustments
Lets you shrink or offset the grid.
• Hor. Offset and Vert. Offset: These options move the grid on the image either horizontally or
vertically, and are intended mainly for film projects.
• Inset: This option shrinks the grid proportionally.