Additional resources for viewing and previewing – Adobe After Effects User Manual
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Note:
You should always design from one edge of the frame to the other, because computer monitors and some television sets may show the entire
frame.
The conventional action-safe zone is 90% of the width and height of the frame, which corresponds to a margin of 5% on each side. Keep
important visual elements within this zone.
The conventional title-safe zone is 80% of the width and height of the frame, which corresponds to a margin of 10% on each side. Keep text that
you intend for the audience to read within this zone.
Compositions with a frame aspect ratio equal to or near 16:9 have two additional center-cut safe-zone indicators. The center-cut indicators show
which parts of a 16:9 composition may be cut off when the image is shown on a 4:3 display. Such cropping is a concern when creating images for
high-definition displays that may also be shown on standard-definition television sets. By default, the center-cut action-safe margin is 32.5%
(16.25% on each side), and the center-cut title-safe margin is 40% (20% on each side).
The center-cut safe-zone margins are only shown if the frame aspect ratio for the composition is equal to or near 16:9.
Safe zones and grids in Composition panel
A. Grid B. Center-cut title-safe zone C. Center-cut action-safe zone D. Title-safe zone E. Action-safe zone
Aharon Rabinowitz provides a video tutorial in the
the Creative COW website that explains safe zones.
Additional resources for viewing and previewing
When you want to view certain crucial frames in a composition—such as when showing them to a client for interim approval—you may want to
create a contact sheet. Jeff Almasol provides a script that creates a contact sheet that consists of a grid of specific individual frames from a
composition. You specify which frames to show by setting layer markers. For more information, go to
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