Blackmagic Design CINEURSAMWC6KG2 User Manual

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Crosshairs

The ‘crosshair’ setting places a crosshair in the center of the frame. Like thirds, the crosshair is a

very useful compositional tool, making it easy to frame the subject of a shot in the very center of

a frame. This is sometimes used when filming scenes that will be assembled using very fast cuts.

Keeping viewers’ eyes focused on the center of a frame can make rapid editing easier to follow.

Center Dot

The ‘center dot’ setting places a dot in the center of the frame. This works in exactly the same way

as the ‘crosshair’ setting, albeit with a smaller overlay that you may find lessintrusive.

You can enable a combination of ‘thirds’ and ‘crosshairs’ or ‘thirds’ and ‘center dot’ bytapping both

options in the ‘grids’ menu. ‘Crosshairs’ and ‘center dot’ cannot be selected together.

TIP For information on enabling grids on your URSA Broadcast G2’s front and main

SDIoutputs, see the ‘monitor settings’ section in this manual.

Safe Area Guides

The ‘safe area guides’ setting toggles the safe area guides on or off the LCDtouchscreen,

aswell as setting the size of safe area guides for all outputs on your URSA Broadcast G2.

Safe areas can be used in broadcast production to ensure that the most important parts of a

shotcan be seen by viewers. By keeping the most important parts of your shot within a central

‘safearea,’ you can avoid cropping on some televisions, as well as leaving space for

abroadcaster to add bugs, news tickers and other overlays along the edges of the screen.

Manybroadcasters require footage to be submitted within a 90% safe area.

Safe area guides can also be used to assist with framing your shot where you know that the

shot will be stabilized in post production, which can crop the edges of the image. They can also

be used to indicate a specific crop. For example by setting it to 50% whilst recording at Ultra

HD 3840x2160 you can see what a 1920x1080 crop of the frame would look like. The safe area

guides also scale to your frame guides, so they will adjust to indicate the chosen percentage of

your target frame.

The ‘safe area’ indicator set to 50%

To toggle safe area guides for the LCD touchscreen, tap the switch icon in the bottom left of the

screen while in the ‘safe area guides’ tab. To set the level of safe area guides for all outputs on

your URSA Broadcast G2, tap the left or right arrows on either side of the current numerical

value at the bottom of your touchscreen. Alternatively, you can drag the slider left or right.

64Touchscreen Controls

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Blackmagic Design CINEURSAMWC6KG2 URSA Broadcast G2 Camera