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Author Topic: What do companies have against printing frame lines? Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-04-2003 07:02 PM                     Isn't magenta invisible to the SDDS reader? I think you can get magenta Sharpies.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-06-2003 07:33 AM                        Any ink that does NOT absorb much red light should be fairly "transparent" to a red LED reader like SDDS. So light magenta or yellow could be used.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-06-2003 08:06 AM                    quote: My only beef is with people who peel the tape off before storage. Then I have to ask myself "is this an in-frame cut?" and I end up double checking. A HA! I think you're on to something. Great idea to leave the tape on.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-06-2003 10:44 AM                     quote: My only beef is with people who peel the tape off before storage. Then I have to ask myself "is this an in-frame cut?" and I end up double checking. With the torn tape still on the film ends, I have no doubt. Leaving the tape on could be either good or bad, and it all boils down to consistency in the booth staff. If the tape is left on, the "next guy" could just hack a frame off, or worse, just hack off enough perfs to get rid of the tape. If the tape is removed, there is the question of whether it was peeled or cut off, which also leaves the question of it being in frame or not. The best way would be to have everyone just peel the tape off. It keeps things in frame, and prevents the policy trailers in particular from getting two frames shorter every run. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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