To be sure, the composition lines
should probably also have lines at each side to better signify where the frame frame is. It would make it easier to see. Had Gold also have grid lines, you could set those up instead. But, Gold only has the composition lines. However, the composition lines were meant to break the "working" area up into segments.
If you enter the Precision Preview, take a look at the upper left corner of the dialog. There, you'll see a box called "Zoom." If you change this value your composition area changes. The working area (i.e., "canvas" or composition region) is the entire precision preview region, not just the area representing the slide frame. So, the light gray is NOT part of the canvas/composition region, the dark gray is the composition region/canvas, and the black region represents the screen frame (and is part of the composition/canvas region). So, the composition area is the entire dark gray region and includes the slide frame at its center. Changing this zoom area will let you see as much of the region outside the screen frame as desired. Changing the zoom, therefore, lets you define the region you want to use for composing your slide. You'll also note that the the composition lines are static... and keep the region segmented into rows and columns of 3rds. If you make the zoom 100%, it'll represent only the slide frame and nothing else.
To adjust the safe zone, hit F2 (Show Settings). In the bottom right corner you'll not a section called "Safe Zone for Television Display." Right below it is where you can make adjustment to the size of the safe zone. The default is 10% on each side and 5% at the top and bottom (20% total on sides and 10% total for the top/bottom). Different TV screens (generally tube-based devices) have different amounts of safe zone. This is the region where the gun may not display the video lines well (fuzzy, chopped off, odd/distorted color, distorted image, etc). It has to do with manufacturing tolerances. The safe zone just "hid" this region to just show the area known to be good visually.
Hope that made it clearer (at least clearer than mud!
).
I'll take a look at your show shortly and get back to you on it.
Cheers!
Dale