Re: [Avid-L2] 16x9/14x9 title safe + 23.98/59.94 delivery

Please ignore my second question.
That was just dumb.
I haven't had my coffee yet today . . .

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On Mar 12, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:

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> Hey L2-ers,
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> A few questions for you all this Saturday:
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> 1- I just want to make sure my logic is holding up (as this one line below is causing some "discussion").
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> The delivery specs for this show state:
> "HD: 16x9 ˆ 14x9 title safe"
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> So, my understanding of that is that all titles should be placed within the 14x9 title safe area (which makes prefect sense to me).
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> Since Avid doesn't have this as part of the Grid displays, I made the following in Photoshop:
> http://i56.tinypic.com/6ih8xj.jpg
> Based on that, all titles should be within the inner-most blue rectangle . . . correct?
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> 2- The delivery specs state:
> - the production must be 1080p 23.98PsF
> - "The shows TRT and Format Breakdown (clock) must reflect Drop Frame Timecode (DFTC) to match broadcast 59.94Hz clock."
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> I know I can display the TC in 29.97DF format, but is there an easy way to keep track of duration in Avid other than doing the math manually?
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> 3- All audio elements and the guide QT movie for mixing must also be 1080p/23.976, but they are asking for the final masters to be 1080i/59.94.
> - Any recommendations for this?
> - My thoughts are to either:
> A) master to the native 23.98 then transfer/convert to a 1080i tape
> B) open the 23.98 sequence bin in a new 59.94 project, then transcode for output.
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> Thanks for any input you may have.
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> Cheers,
>
> B
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> Benjamin Hershleder
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