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Broadcast Overlay

These preferences appear when Show Selected Item is selected in the Broadcast Monitor box. See Displaying a Clip in the Broadcast Monitor. Use the Broadcast Overlay box to display content with grids, guides or a letterbox, in the broadcast monitor.

NoteThe letterbox displayed in the broadcast monitor is always relative to the border.

Broadcast Overlay box
  Select the overlay option that best works with the content on the broadcast monitor.

Select: | To display broadcast monitor content with:
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Off | No letterbox or reference overlay elements.
Letterbox | The aspect ratio letterbox and guides as defined in the Guide controls of the Grid menu. See Setting Up Aspect Ratio Guides.
All | All letterbox and reference overlay elements displayed in the application monitor.