[req] composition helper
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I'm looking for a plugin / extension to assist when framing views. It should be a screen overlay (toggle on/off) but not appear in the image (-s) created in the scenes/pages set using it.
Something like the photography uses:
- Phi Grid
- Fibonacci Spiral, this should have ability to be placed in the 4x different positions
- Rule of thirds
Does anyone know of such a tool (or tools)?
EDIT
added rule of thirds
- Phi Grid
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Thea has Rule of Thirds...
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Thanks Rich, unfortunately I'm not a Thea user. Ideally I would like this to show up in SketchUp.
Rule of thirds could be added to list in first post.
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Would be nice. Twilight also has something like this. Til then you can put the image in the background watermark temporarily
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You could place those images as watermarks saved in a style.
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@srx said:
You could place those images as watermarks saved in a style.
You are quite correct, I realize that would be a method, except you'll constantly have to change styles and update scene/page properties as you go along and create/adjust them.
I was hoping for something that would automate the process somewhat.
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just put a tracing paper sheet upon your monitor hehe.
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@rv1974 said:
just put a tracing paper sheet upon your monitor hehe.
The tracing paper is quite opaque, I can't see so well through it...
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ok, what about 4 rubber ring bands?
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the masking tape is working just fine, thanks
seriously though, I want to get the topic back on track
I'd love to hear from anyone who knows of something like this
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Make PNG images with a transparent background.
For Phi, Fibonacci, Thirds etc.
Make equivalent Styles using these as Watermarks, applied over the whole screen - or as desired.
Set up Scene-tabs using these Styles - but create them so they do not affect camera settings etc, so you can toggle them on/off.
Save these Styles out to a Collection for global reuse...This screenshot is from within SketchUp, using a Watermark as suggested...
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draw2D with GL line in the workspace canvas would be much slicker.
Similar to the way SketchUV overalys a grid with the tab key.
You could tab through various composition guide styles. You could even add safe areas etc to really frame your shots.
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