Not “if” but “when”… Some Video Hints
Posted on October 16, 2006
Filed Under Video
I know I know - this is a blog for non-profit WEBSITE Development. So, why am I doing a write-up on video? Well, if you’re like me, working in the non-profit realm often includes one big thing - VERSATILITY. Often, budgets don’t allow for non-profits to drop the necessary cash for professional services which means that on occasion (more for some than others), there are a myriad of creative arts that drop on the shoulders of the in-house “Web-Guy”.
For me, that is entirely true. Along with web…I also do music, graphics design AND, on occasion, video work.
So…here’s a quick list of “Rule-of-Thumbs” that everyone doing video should know about.
- TV/Video is FIXED RESOLUTION
- create graphics at 72 dpi
- TV/Video is INTERLACED. So, to prevent “flickering”…
- LINES should be 4 pixels wide or wider
- FONTS should be SANS SERIF (i.e. no “decoration”)
- FONTS should be 24 points or larger
- IMAGE PLACEMENT is important because…
- most TVs can’t see FULL SCREEN
- ACTION SAFE is 5% from edges
- TITLE SAFE is 10% from edges
- Computer pixels are SQUARE = 1.0 : 1.0
- TV/Video pixels are RECTAGULAR ~ 1:0 : 0.9
- for 4:3 720×480 video, create 720×540 graphics
- TV/Video color space YUV < RGB Computer color space
- Superwhites (digital video setting) are 109% which are NOT broadcast-safe (tip: set whites in Photoshop to 92% in graphics)
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