Resources for the crew · Camera department

Frame lines and framing charts

(Traguardi e mascherini, versione italiana)

Choose the camera and the delivery formats: get the overlay to load on the monitor, the framing chart to print for the framing test and the exact pixels of every extraction, for editorial, VFX and colour.

01Camera

Camera Recording mode Lens

Desqueezed monitor

02Aspect ratios

Other ratio (e.g. 1.43) Safe area on the first ratio

The first ticked ratio is the main one: solid line. The others are dashed.

03Style

Type Matte opacity Line colour Thickness (at 1920 px)

Ratio labels Centre cross

04Extractions

Ratio	Recorded pixels	Area used

05Download

PNG resolution Chart paper size

How to use it. The PNG is transparent: load it as an image overlay on the monitor (for example with the Image Overlay tool on SmallHD monitors or the Onion Skin on the Atomos Ninja, which accepts 1920 × 1080 PNGs). The overlay assumes the monitor shows the whole recorded image, centred: if the camera sends a different area to the monitor, compare it with the in‑camera frame lines before shooting.

Print the framing chart at 100%, without fitting it to the page, and shoot it during the camera tests: it is drawn in true proportions, so with anamorphic lenses the centre circle must be round again after the desqueeze. For in‑camera frame lines use the manufacturer’s official tools, such as the ARRI Frame Line Tool.