The Composition Guides

DPP++ adds 6 composition guides to the DPP Trim Tool :

  • Diagonal Lines
  • Rule of Thirds Lines
  • Golden Lines
  • Golden Spiral
  • Golden Triangles
  • Golden Rectangles

If you are not familiar with these composition methods, you can read the following page: Golden Section and Photography

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  1. These checkboxes allow to display the “Diagonal Lines”, the “Rule of Thirds Lines” and the “Golden Lines”
  2. These checkboxes allow to display the “Golden Rectangles”, the Golden Spiral” and the “Golden Triangles”.
  3. When using “Golden Rectangles”, Golden Spiral” or “Golden Triangles”, you have to choose from which corner the drawing starts. These four buttons allow to choose the start corner.

Spiral starting from the Upper Left corner

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Spiral starting from the Upper Right corner

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Spiral starting from the Bottom Left corner

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Spiral starting from the Bottom Right corner

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Other composition methods

Golden Rectangles

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Golden Triangles

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Golden Lines

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Rule of Thirds Lines

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Diagonal Lines

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