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Grid Settings
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Grid Settings: Display Tab
Option Description
Type Selects a different grid for each standard film type. For video projects, use the Square grid
type. The grid for the Academy option includes a safety margin on the left that is used for
adding the optical sound track.
The following options are available: Square, Standard Film, Academy, Super 35,
Anamorphic.
Color Defines a color for the grid axes and the grid points.
Show Safe Title Displays the safe title area. Create video titles within this area to ensure that they are
viewable on a regular television screen.
Show Safe Action Displays the safe action area for video display. This box is self-adjusting for different
project formats.
Show 14x9 Zone
Show 1.66 Aspect
Show 1.85 Aspect
Show 1.77 Aspect
Select one or more of these options to display the grid you want.
Show Axes Displays the grid axes.
Show Tick Marks Shows tick marks along the axes. Use the Fields option to set the number of tick marks.
Show Thirds Divides the screen into three sections. This is especially useful if you are creating titles for
the lower third of the screen.
Show Points Shows the grid points. Use the Fields option to set the number of grid points.
Show Position Info Displays the position coordinates of any point in the Effect Preview or Record monitor.
Your Avid editing application uses compass coordinates and X, Y coordinates. For
compass coordinates, (0, 0) is the center of the axes. For X, Y coordinates, (0, 0) is the top
left corner of the monitor. X values increase to the right, and Y values increase as you
move down. For more information, see “Displaying Position Coordinates” in the Help.