Safe Areas

Safe Areas, Aspect Ratio and Overscan are all important factors when designing television graphics, as the different types of television will not always recieve the whole picture.

Television sets now, only come in the square-like 4:3 and the rectangular widescreen 16:9.

The only problem with the different sizes is that 4:3 will crop some of the image, therefore, when designing graphics, designers have to make sure that all of the main action is in the centre of the screen and visible to viewers.