I just made a couple 1.85 title safe .png checker overlays if anyone has any use for them. In FCP X, I use a combo of Digital Heavens Grid X, and Andy’s Safe Guides, both free and worth having. We wanted a “prettier” checker for some AE/PS stuff though, so I just rendered these out in 2K 16:9 (2048 x 1152). Grab ’em if you want, the nice thing is they can of course be used in any NLE or Photo/GFX editing software. One has a 20 x 20 grid, the other has 10 x 10. Both have 1.85 crop boundaries, center cross, and title and action safe guides. Just click the image to load the full size version in a new tab and save them to wherever.
NOTE: These are SMPTE specs, not AES/EBU.
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“NOTE: These are SMPTE specs, not AES/EBU.”
Erm… what difference does that actually make in this case? I don’t actually know…
– RK
Wouldn’t that only be relevant for e.g. color bars?
There actually is a difference. The in EBU version title safe area is bigger and closer to action safe. So I guess if you’re “safe” in this version you’d be fine…
“The in EBU version title safe area is bigger”
Really? I had no idea. But then there are those that say that as of LCD panels, there is no such thing as action and/or title safe anymore… 😉
(but even if that were true, I would never ignore them, for mere esthetic reasons alone…)
I hear ya… you’ll notice there is no 4:3 Center Cut guide in these. So old fashioned! 🙂
Thanks Charlie they are just what I needed for typography love the 20×20