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Safe Area Overlays in the Viewer
You can show or hide a series of safe area overlays in the Viewer. All safe area overlay options are found in the View > Safe Area menu. Each safe area overlay option can be individually enabled or disabled from this menu.
Viewer displaying extents, center, safe, action and title area overlays
— On/Off: Turns all currently selected safe area marker options on or off at once.
— Extents: An outline showing the exact outer edge of the frame. Especially useful when the safe markers are set to an aspect ratio other than that currently used by the Viewer.
— Action: An outline showing the outer 90% action safe area of the frame.
— Title: An outline showing the outer 80% title safe area of the frame.
— Center: A crosshairs showing the center of the frame.
— Aspect: Enables use of the View > Select Aspect Ratio submenu to change the aspect ratio of the safe area markers. You can choose among the following aspect ratios: 1.33 (a.k.a. 4:3), 1.66, 1.77 (a.k.a. 16:9), 1.85, and 2.35.
You can also access these options directly using the DaVinci control panel.
Use Gray Background
Checking the “Use gray background in viewers” box in the User Preference’s UI Settings sets the empty area of the Viewer (if there is any) to a lighter gray, making it easier to see which parts of the Viewer are black because of blanking, and which parts are simply empty because of the way the image is zoomed or panned.