Safe Area settings for Open/DVD and Digital Cinema projects are almost identical, there are just two differences which we will cautiously outline later in the topic, and for simplicity they will be presented together.
Project Settings- Safe Area page
Maximum Characters Count
Maximum characters per line may vary between 0 and 100 and entering "0" also means that there will not be a limit for the number of characters entered on a line. You can also choose different values for Horizontal and Vertical subtitles (common for subtitles in Japanese, Korean or Chinese).
Count half-width symbols as 0.5 - This option is intended primarily for use when working with subtitle files in Japanese and by turning it on will make EZTitles counts each half-width character as 0.5. Most non Japanese or Chinese characters, like those from the Latin based scripts for example, are considered as half-width and we strongly suggest to leave this option turned off in case you are working with subtitles in other than Japanese language.
If there are subtitle lines which exceed the max. number of characters per row, a notification (
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Margins
Margins/borders resemble an offset from the four ends of the picture and they are used to control text's placement/positioning withing the Safe Area and check if the text fits within it.
Safe Area margins for Open/DVD projects the are typically expressed in pixels 'px' although if you find it more convenient you can switch to percent '%', from the respective Units drop-down, instead. In both cases, however, you'll be able to see their respective value in the other units as well. For example, entering a pixel value will also result in displaying its respective percentage right next.
Safe Area margins for Digital Cinema projects will automatically switch to percent '%' values in accordance with the available DLP XML and SMPTE 428-7 standards.
Pressing the Defaults button restores back the default values of 10%.
Controls the space between the text lines. It can be specified in two ways illustrated with the next pictures:
Row Interval
Usually a few pixels. Specify 0 or a negative number to bring the text lines closer together. |
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Line Spacing
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Safe Area Override
Enabling the Safe Area Override allows you to move left- or right-aligned subtitles a little bit outside of the Safe Area. This may be very helpful, or even required, when working in PAC mode because it allows you to position/align a line in italics to start exactly from the respective SA margin.
The commands for moving rows or the whole subtitle one character to the left can be used. For more information please check here.
Bottom align position
This option affects only bottom/baseline positioned subtitles and is available only for Open/DVD projects in Native mode.
Above Safe Area Bottom is the default presentation. Below Baseline and Over Baseline options are meant for use with letterboxed video when the text should be positioned in the black stripes in certain way:
Below Baseline
The text appears below the baseline as illustrated with the two pictures below:
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The position of the baseline (yellow line) can be modified in addition.
Over Baseline
Subtitles with a single line of text appear below the baseline, while for subtitles with two text lines the higher one appears above the baseline and the lower one - below it:
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The position of the baseline (yellow line) can be adjusted.