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| For 4:3 NTSC specifications.
Please contact for information regarding 16:9 NTSC or PAL specifications. |
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| Photoshop files (psd) are optimal. Tiff is also acceptable. |
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Background images should be prepared in 24 bit RGB format.
Use NTSC safe colors.
If you own Photoshop, there is a NTSC filter that will insure
that you are safe.
Basically, you want to avoid using bright, saturated colors
as they will bleed and look bad on NTSC monitors (a standard
televsion monitor). If you can, try to look at your artwork
on a TV monitor. If not, don't worry, we'll be checking them
out anyway. |
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Standard size for a 4:3 NTSC DVD is 720 X 480. If you make
your menus this size from the get go, you might not be too
happy with the result. A TV monitor doesn't use square pixels
like a computer monitor and so, it has a certain amount of
distortion and will stretch your menu out a bit. Have no fear,
there is a way to avoid this. It's by compensating for this
distortion. Create your menus at 720 X 540 and then shrink
them down when you are done. This makes up for the distortion
of the TV monitor. Make sure that you only shrink the height!
You can also deliver a 720 X 540 menu and we will take care
of sizing them. |
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To compensate for the overscan on television monitors, keep
all important information and action within "safe"
boundaries to ensure it will be viewed on every monitor. While
"action safe" is considered to be 5% from the edge
(648 x 432) and "title safe" is considered to be 10%
from the edge (576 x 384), the general rule of thumb is to keep
all crucial information 70 pixels from the sides and 50 pixels
from top and bottom.
Assuming a 720 x 540 document in Photoshop:
Set Photoshop Guidelines at these positions for Action/Title
safe:
Horizontal guidelines = 27,54, 486, 513
Vertical guidelines = 37,72, 648, 684 |
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In general, using 24 point (or higher) antialiased text will
create the smoothest, user friendly type for DVD applications.
The smallest type in any design should be 16 point.
Avoid serifs as they can create artifacts due to the horizontal
scanning of NTSC.
Miscellaneous considerations:
When working at native NTSC resolution (480 horizontal lines),
avoid single pixel horizontal lines. |
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