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These actions will help you analyze your image and
crop it to conform to the Rule of Thirds or the Golden Mean.
As you are learning composition, the so-called "Rule" of Thirds and the Golden Mean can be helpful. I prefer to use them
as guidelines, rather than a rule, but I do find them useful when making compositional decisions.
The general idea of the Rule of Thirds and Golden Mean is
that you get pleasing compositions when you place your main compositional elements at certain places in your
photo. The Rule of Thirds Pro and Golden Mean actions mark your image with a grid, and let you adjust the grid and crop your image
so that your main compositional
elements fall at
the intersections of the grid lines.
If you just want to analyze your images without cropping, we have some
free actions that will
draw the grids for you.
Our Image
As an example, let's see how the actions will help us crop this image to conform to the Rule of Thirds.
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Using the Rule of Thirds Action
Partway through the Rule of Thirds Action, we see that according to the grid, the tree is "too far to the right,"
and the action stops to allow us to adjust the grid by dragging the little square handles at the corners of
the grid.
In this
case, we'd adjust the grid so that the tree falls at the intersection at the upper right.
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After Cropping and Removing the Grid
When the action ends, we've cropped the image according to our adjusted grid,
so that it conforms to the Rule of Thirds,
and we've removed the grid.
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Using the Golden Mean Action
The Golden Mean Action works just like the Rule of Thirds action, but the grid is in different proportions.
This is what the image looks like, cropped according to the Golden Mean, before removing the grid.
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For Bolder Grids
For larger images, or if you just want bolder grid lines, use the actions designed for print-size images. You can
recognize them by their icons, which show larger, bolder grids.
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