Action safe...

Hello -
I am editing a dance project in Final Cut Studio - I have the title/action safe on, and notice that some of the dancers dance right outside of the lines. When I compressed to a Quicktime video, it shows the exact same thing that my project in FCP is showing, meaning that all of the dancers are seen. My question is, those dancers that are outside of the lines get cut out when burning to DVD? They don't seem to be getting cut out on the Quicktime video. Ok, thank you!

Kristina--
Do a search on this forum dealing with TV safe area. A lot of good information.
Basically...If pertinent action falls "outside the lines" (certain dancers in your case), there is the possibility that on certain TV's your dancers may be cut off. By keeping action "inside" the lines you basically insure that everything will show up on all TV's.
T.

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