Frame Guides
The ‘frame guide’ setting toggles the appearance of frame guides on the LCD touchscreen.
You can also choose from seven frame guide options for all outputs on your URSA Broadcast.
Frame guides include aspect ratios for various cinema, television and online standards.
Tap the 'frame guides' icon while accessing 'LCD monitor options'
to access your URSA Broadcast's frame guide settings
To toggle the appearance of frame guides on your URSA Broadcast's LCD touchscreen, tap the
switch icon in the bottom left of the screen.
Choose the frame guide you want to use by dragging the slider left and right, or tapping the
arrow buttons on either side of the currently selected aspect ratio.
The available guides are:
16:9
Displays a 1.78:1 aspect ratio compatible with 16:9 HD television and computer screens.
This ratio is most commonly used for HD broadcasting and online videos. The same
aspect ratio has also been adopted for Ultra HD broadcasting.
14:9
Displays a 14:9 aspect ratio used by some television broadcasters as a compromise
between 16:9 and 4:3 television sets. Ideally, both 16:9 and 4:3 footage remains legible
when center cropped to fit 14:9. You can use this as a compositional guide if you know
your project may be broadcast by a television station that uses 14:9 cropping.
URSA Broadcast LCD touchscreen with 14:9 frame guides enabled
4:3
Displays the 4:3 aspect ratio compatible with SD television screens, or to help with
framing when using 2x anamorphic adapters.
2.35:1, 2.39:1 and 2.40:1
Displays the broad widescreen aspect ratio compatible with anamorphic or flat
widescreen cinema presentation. The three widescreen settings differ slightly based
on the changing cinema standards over time. 2.39:1 is one of the most prominent
cinema widescreen standards in use today.
1.85:1
Displays another common flat widescreen cinema aspect ratio. This ratio is slightly
wider than HDTV 1.78:1 but not as wide as 2.39:1.
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