Rule of Thirds Grid

[Barry Beckham]

The opportunity to use larger images in our slide shows does give us the freedom compose the image in the 16:9 aspect ratio and larger images give us freedom to animate.

With that in mind, I'd like a rule of thirds grid that I can apply over the player in the time line 

[Tonton Bruno]

Hi Barry.

You already have the grid in the O&A window.
I don't see were you want to put an extra grid, and what will be the purpose.
Could you please develop ?

[Barry Beckham]

Did you make adjustments to the grid to get it to show the rule of thirds. I haven’t done that or looked at doing that.  I just wanted a rule of thirds I could select easily.

[davegee]

Select 3x3.

DG

 

[Barry Beckham]

I’m away from the computer right now and perhaps I was a little hasty and need to take a more detailed  look at the grids. I admit I haven’t done that.

[davegee]

There is enough information in the Online Help to get you started.

The default is the number of Sub-divisions in x and y directions that will show on the AR of your project. The major divisions (orange default) contain ten sub-divisions in each direction.

You can also experiment with the Pixels option.

DG

 

[Barry Beckham]

I have never even looked at the grid much and for reasons I can’t explain, I never even tried any other settings, but of course 3 by 3 is obvious when you stop and think about it 

 

[goddi]

Took me a while before I figured out what '3x3' meant. But you have to uncheck the 'In pixel' selection before entering the '3x3'.

Gary

[Tonton Bruno]

This is the way to configure it.

Personaly I prefer to use a grid 10 by 10, with the orange lines crossing at the center of the screen.

This is useful to evaluate the position of any subject.

If you use the shape transition, you can then give precise coordinates for the center of the effect.

And then you obtain a fine result.

This way to work was described many years ago by Aginum on Diapositif forum.

[cead]

Tonton Bruno,

Thank you for this clear explanation. I didn't know that.

Regards,

Frans

[JudyKay]

Wow! That was a helpful thing to learn. Thanks.