In the Setup / Interface menu, you can select an overlay from a list of overlay presets to apply to your media. You can use these overlays for play out to VTR.
The following overlay presets are available:
- Area: White outline showing the framing of the selected resolution and aspect ratio.
- Safe: White outline showing the full image area, the safe action and the safe title.
- Mask: Black mask showing the framing of the selected resolution and aspect ratio.
- Mask Broadcast: Use this mask when you want to playout the full video signal of the grade to VTR, using the Full Range playout option.
Overlays are available for the following resolutions:
- NTSC (720x486)
- PAL (720x576)
- 1280x720
- 1920x1080
- 2048x1556
Note: Overlays are not saved with the grade file. They are a user interface attribute that is saved with the session. Overlays cannot be rendered to files.
See VTR Playout and Full Range Video Signal.