Photoshop CS4 - Actions

In this category we will be publishing sets of free actions for your personal use. Today, the actions relate to the articles on the Rule of Thirds and the Golden Ratio. They overlay guides on your image showing either the location of the Rule of Thirds key lines or the Golden Ratio lines. Firstly a small tutorial [...] [...]

Rule of Thirds v Golden Ratio - Part Two

Returning to the issue of preference – the result is – that there is no clear preference. In our very small sample no overall preference was found for the various aspect ratios presented – albeit with a greater inclination towards options 2 and 3 (Rule of Thirds and Golden Ratio) as against the other two options(square [...] [...]

Rule of Thirds vs Golden Ratio - Part One

Introduction This post is one in a series about photographic rules and conventions. Here we will contrast the Rule of Thirds with the Golden Ratio to see if images can be improved by using one or the other. What is the Rule of Thirds? This so-called ‘Rule’ is the baby of the two measures. It was devised near the [...] [...]