In The Darkroom With The Rule Of Thirds
A few days ago I revealed a simple and very effective trick to help you check your photos and their composition using the Rule of Thirds (Click Here To Read The Article). While that is a great tip I have an easier way to check your work using a little known preference in Photoshop using the "Grid".
From now on, any image you open you can quickly and easily overlay a grid that when you set it up correctly will instantly show you the Rule of Thirds that you can even assign a key shortcut to toggle it on and off at will. To get it set up, first we need to do the following steps:
- Go to: PREFERENCES > GUIDES, GRIDS & SLICES...
- In the dialog box, look at the box where it says GRID
- First, select a bright color so you can see the grid such as LIGHT RED
- For the STYLE, select LINES
- Here is the important part... In the GRIDLINE EVERY type in 33.33 and change the drop-down to PERCENT
- For SUBDIVISIONS type in 1
- Click OK to save your new preferences
Click Here To View How To Set The Preferences In Photoshop
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To see your new preferences in action and to overlay your Rule of Thirds grid, simply go to VIEW > SHOW > GRID and voila! An instant Rule of Thirds Grid! You can also assign a shortcut to access this very useful new trick by going to EDIT > KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS... that with a simple keystroke you can turn off the Rule of Thirds grid very quickly and conveniently. It's that simple!
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Robert La Follette
www.robertlafollette.com
