The Safe Text Area Guides - MagicBox VIP User Manual

The Safe Text Area Guides

Notice that besides the black background and the "This page
needs a background" text, there is a thin white rectangle:
This rectangle represents what is called the "Safe Text Area", or
sometimes the "Safe Title Area."
Computer monitors and television screens are somewhat
different in how they display images. A computer monitor
shows you the entire image, usually surrounded by a thin black
border. On a television screen, however, the image is stretched
slightly so that it goes past the plastic bezel of the picture tube,
creating the appearance of a picture that goes from edge to edge
without any border. This process is known as "Overscan".
The problem with overscan is that no two TVs are adjusted the
same, and will "waste" varying amounts of display area. This
means that any text you have near the edge of a display,
although it may look OK on your TV, might get chopped off on a
different one.
This problem has led video professionals to define what is
known as the "Safe Text Area". Text placed inside this area will
show up for sure on any TV that isn't terribly out of alignment.
In VIP Composer, this area is represented by the thin rectangle.
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