How can I create safe area for pictures in TV slideshow !!!

[Leszek12]

Hello !

I am preapering a slideshow in Adobe Premiere. I am working in PAL system, and I would like to create a safe area for my pictures in order to see them whole on my TV set. I tried it in Photoshop. I created a black picture in 768*576 format and paste a bit smaler picture of my interest in the center. It looks perfect at computer screen. I mean the picture was in a black picture as it should be. However on the TV screen it looks slightly different my picture of interest was crooked in the edges. Therefore it looks strange. What could I did wrong ?

What is the best way to create safe - area for TV slideshows using Adobe Photoshop ?

Thanks in advance

Leszek

[kirky99]

Almost sounds like the TV you displayed it on is out of whack. Did you try different TVs?

I know on my TV's here in the US, I allow a safe area of between 5% and 10%. It's a pretty large area.

[edDV]

Hello !

I am preapering a slideshow in Adobe Premiere. I am working in PAL system, and I would like to create a safe area for my pictures in order to see them whole on my TV set. I tried it in Photoshop. I created a black picture in 768*576 format and paste a bit smaler picture of my interest in the center. It looks perfect at computer screen. I mean the picture was in a black picture as it should be. However on the TV screen it looks slightly different my picture of interest was crooked in the edges. Therefore it looks strange. What could I did wrong ?

What is the best way to create safe - area for TV slideshows using Adobe Photoshop ?

Thanks in advance

Leszek

Marginal TV sets have difficulty with abrupt white to black edge transitions. It stresses the high voltage power supply. Try a neutral gray background. You also might want to experiment with soft picture edges or soft borders in Photoshop.

[Leszek12]

Thanks for your reply !

Could you tell me briefly how can I make soft picture edges or soft borders in a quick way ?

One more question, Does every TV's has its own safe area ? Or all Tv's have rather this same size of safe area. Cause I am wondering if I will have to make different slideshow for different Tv's. I just like when everything looks perfect

[edDV]

Thanks for your reply !

Could you tell me briefly how can I make soft picture edges or soft borders in a quick way ?

One more question, Does every TV's has its own safe area ? Or all Tv's have rather this same size of safe area. Cause I am wondering if I will have to make different slideshow for different Tv's. I just like when everything looks perfect

"Safe areas" explained here
http://www.uwsp.edu/it/telecomm/utdlr/tutorials/tvgraphics/fortv.htm

In Photoshop, search "Feathering"

[junkmalle]

Hello !

I am preapering a slideshow in Adobe Premiere. I am working in PAL system, and I would like to create a safe area for my pictures in order to see them whole on my TV set. I tried it in Photoshop. I created a black picture in 768*576 format and paste a bit smaler picture of my interest in the center. It looks perfect at computer screen. I mean the picture was in a black picture as it should be. However on the TV screen it looks slightly different my picture of interest was crooked in the edges. Therefore it looks strange. What could I did wrong ?

Now you know why televisions overscan. Most of them don't have good linearity on all four edges, they're not good at centering the image, etc. You didn't do anything wrong, your expectations were just incorrect.

One more question, Does every TV's has its own safe area ? Or all Tv's have rather this same size of safe area. Cause I am wondering if I will have to make different slideshow for different Tv's. I just like when everything looks perfect

Every TV is different. Even a single TV will differ depending on how long it's been on, how hot it is, the picture it's displaying, etc.