Now Steve I've been told on this very list a Subway sandwich would work better with Discovery QC or was it Viacom. Hmmmmm
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...> wrote:
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> The 14:9 requirement is in their Global Tech specs doc that looks to me is dated May of 2006.
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> Here's a copy and paste from that doc:
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> Program Text Title Safe
> Program text should be kept in the text safe area as defined in SMPTE RP 218. For PAL (625) signals, the safe title area is the central 80% of the picture, an area of 576 by 460 pixels beginning 72 pixels from the left edge and 58 pixels from the top of the image and ending 648 pixels from the left edge and 518 pixels from the top of the image.
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> ASPECT RATIO GUIDELINES WHEN DELIVERING LETTERBOX FORMATS:
> 16:9 PAL Letterbox: 216 scan lines, picture starts at line 58, ends at 275
> Images acquired in the 16:9 aspect ratio must be protected for 14:9 viewing.
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> This is part of my issue that tech specs are only what the QC guys WANT to or REMEMBER to call you on when you submit stuff.
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> Personally, if you actually KNEW who would be reviewing your shows, I've bet that 99% of all QC errors could be solved with a beer.
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> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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> On Aug 17, 2012, at 2:21 PM, SP <sppomerantz@...> wrote:
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> > John,
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> > is that something new? I've never seen that requirement, and I've delivered hundreds of hours of shows to Discovery. Never had anything kicked back for title safe.
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