Autodesk 495B1-05A111-1301 - 3ds Max Design 2010, User Manual

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2 In the Display tab of the Player options, locate the Masks and Guides
areas.
3 In the Masks area, select the mask you want the Player to display, or select
None if you do not want to display a mask. Each mask represents the
aspect ratio of a specific film format.
The Player updates immediately to reflect the mask you select.
4 In the Guides area, enable the guides you want the Player to display.
The Player updates immediately to reflect the guides you enable or disable.
To display the: Select:
Safe title guide. This guide indicates the area of the frame in which it
is safe to place titles and graphics (i.e. in which there is no risk of having Safe Title
titles or graphics cropped by the device on which the shot is viewed).
The safe title area is inside the safe action area.
Safe action guide. This guide indicates the area of the frame within
which there is no risk of having any of the image cropped by the device Safe Action
on which the shot is viewed. The safe action area is larger than, and
encloses, the safe title area.
Frame guide. This guide indicates the edges of the frame. Frame Out-
line
Showing or Hiding Tiles
When you define a region of interest (ROI), playback performance can be
improved by loading only the tiles required to display that ROI. You can
choose to show or hide the areas of the loaded tiles that fall outside the ROI.
You can show or hide tiles in a Player view or the fullscreen Player.
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