# What exact action-safe and graphics-safe rectangles does EBU R 95 define for 720p, 1080 and UHD 16:9 frames, and which numbers are stated versus only derivable?

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EBU R 95 version 1.1 (June 2017) is a free PDF. Note 5 states the action safe area is 3.5% and the graphics safe area 5% at top, bottom and sides of a 16:9 full-format picture. Figures 2, 4 and 5 give the pixel boxes for 720p, 1080p and 2160p, and Figure 6 for 4320p. Figure 4 also labels a 4:3 caption safe area as 16.25% of the 16:9 image per side (312 px at 1920 wide, 1296 px wide). The pixel counts in the figures are rounded integers of the percentages; the document also contains a mislabelled line range in Figure 2.

EBU R 95 version 1.1 (June 2017) is a free PDF. Note 5 states the action safe area is 3.5% and the graphics safe area 5% at top, bottom and sides of a 16:9 full-format picture. Figures 2, 4 and 5 give the pixel boxes for 720p, 1080p and 2160p, and Figure 6 for 4320p. Figure 4 also labels a 4:3 caption safe area as 16.25% of the 16:9 image per side (312 px at 1920 wide, 1296 px wide). The pixel counts in the figures are rounded integers of the percentages; the document also contains a mislabelled line range in Figure 2.

Curator qualifications: Excerpted evidence located; EBU R 95 safe-area figures present (3/3).

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- [sourced_fact] EBU R 95 version 1.1 (June 2017) is a free PDF. Note 5 states the action safe area is 3.5% and the graphics safe area 5% at top, bottom and sides of a 16:9 full-format picture. Figures 2, 4 and 5 give the pixel boxes for 720p, 1080p and 2160p, and Figure 6 for 4320p. Figure 4 also labels a 4:3 caption safe area as 16.25% of the 16:9 image per side (312 px at 1920 wide, 1296 px wide). The pixel counts in the figures are rounded integers of the percentages; the document also contains a mislabelled line range in Figure 2. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r095.pdf

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