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Re: Can you do this in PS?
Old 04-28-2007, 02:20 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Highbarger View Post
Reading your explanation gave me an idea... why not create the 'rule of thirds' grid and save it as a custom shape. Then you just use the shape tool to draw out the shape in one easy step. When you're finished, delete the shape layer.
That might work. I've never tried it. I didn't go into great detail on my previous post, but I have two existing images with the grids already drawn on them. One is white with black lines and border and the other is 18% gray with white lines and border. I then load one or the other, and drag it on to the photo to be worked with. I then press Ctrl T to go into the Free Transform mode and and resize the layer to taste and then start dragging it around. This works very well and is very flexible because I can constrain the proportions of the layer or not depending on the cropping effect that I want.

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