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Widescreen box? About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. Widescreen box? // Roundtable 1  |   Order by default Post by Methusela // May 18, 2007, 8:32pm Methusela Total Posts: 414 Hey, does anyone know if 7.5 still has that old feature where you could make a camera and then, when in the camera's view, have a widescreen "box" outline to show where the camera would see? Please oh please tell me it's here somewhere. If it isn't how do I know what I'm rendering? (You can tell I've never figured that out any other way. :D) Post by splinters // May 18, 2007, 9:01pm splinters Total Posts: 4148 I just use the 'safe area' function in a small window in model side. R-Click on the view icon of that window to bring up the window size and set the safe area ratio you want-make sure you check the box to see the red square. Is this what you meant? Post by Ambrose // May 18, 2007, 9:04pm Ambrose Total Posts: 261 Look through the camera and you know what it renders... SeYa/Ambrose... Post by DigitalSoapbox // May 19, 2007, 7:27am DigitalSoapbox Total Posts: 71 Look through the camera and you know what it renders... SeYa/Ambrose... ...But you don't know what will show up on an NTSC or HDTV screen without the safe area, since you lose a portion of the edges, all the way around. That's why it's called a "safe area." :) In most programs you actually get TWO boxes around an image - a smaller, "text safe" area, and a larger "action area" - because you can lose some of the action and still be able to tell what's going on, but you can't lose any of the text: http://songhaysystem.com/bitmaps/VegasNTSC/VegasVideoPreview1.gif http://www.tv-handbook.com/images/TV%20Safe%20Area.jpg See? Even film cameras have a safe area that can be seen on the camera's monitor. Being able to see this is very important when dealing with video, film and animation. Post by Methusela // May 20, 2007, 3:33pm Methusela Total Posts: 414 Ah yes, that's exactly what I was looking for, thanks guys!

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