tv Safe and gridlines greyed out on certain clips

RobertA101

Newbie Location: Gosford. NSW Central Coast Joined: Jan 01, 2013 20:16 Messages: 37 Offline

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Aug 20, 2021 03:34

re-editing an old video
Splitting the timeline at the chapter markers and finding that some of the clips have the tv safe and gridlines greyed out.
Have been inserting a graphic at the start of the problem clip, this may be the trigger but I can,t figure out why.
Any suggestions appreciated. RobertA101
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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Aug 20, 2021 08:39

Could be several reasons perhaps.
1) If you are in "Movie" mode, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear. They only appear in "Clip" mode.
2) If you are using "Titles" and have the title selected that's overlayed on a video/pic, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear
3) Item 2 also applies to Fx added

If none of those are correct, maybe post a pic of your entire screen when the TV Safe Zone lines are missing for other possible clues.

Jeff

RobertA101

Newbie Location: Gosford. NSW Central Coast Joined: Jan 01, 2013 20:16 Messages: 37 Offline

Aug 20, 2021 19:46

Quote Could be several reasons perhaps.
1) If you are in "Movie" mode, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear. They only appear in "Clip" mode.
2) If you are using "Titles" and have the title selected that's overlayed on a video/pic, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear
3) Item 2 also applies to Fx added

If none of those are correct, maybe post a pic of your entire screen when the TV Safe Zone lines are missing for other possible clues.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff, you have hit the nail on the head
2) If you are using "Titles" and have the title selected that's overlayed on a video/pic, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear
Will need to work around that
Robert RobertA101
Win10
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
mobo Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
RAM 16
Geoforce GTX 550 Ti
PowerDirector17 Ultra 17.0.3005.0

PowerDirector Moderator

Senior Contributor Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined: Oct 18, 2016 00:25 Messages: 2104 Offline

Aug 23, 2021 04:52

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Thanks Jeff, you have hit the nail on the head
2) If you are using "Titles" and have the title selected that's overlayed on a video/pic, TV Safe Zone lines won't appear
Will need to work around that
Robert

Hi,

A method that can be helpful is to produce a .png file with a transparent background with appropriate grid lines in an image editing program.
This can then be dropped into a low track and switched on or off to ensure content is within the required grid/guidelines.
It can then be deleted before production.

Cheers
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