Composition Guides

Grid Overlay Tool

Overview

The Grid Guide overlays a series of evenly-spaced horizontal and vertical lines over the image to assist with alignment and composition.

The tool’s options allow you to adjust the number of horizontal and vertical lines, and the color and opacity of the grid.

Perhaps the most common setup is 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines to create a Rule of Thirds layout. But you can tweak both axis independently up to 10 lines.

Options

OptionValuesDefaultDescription
Vertical Lines1102Sets the number of equally‑spaced vertical lines.
Horizontal Lines1102Sets the number of equally‑spaced horizontal lines.
Guide ColorFull color & alphaWhite, 50%Controls the color and opacity of the grid.

As with all other composition tools, the Composition Guides respect the aspect ratio of the input image and Framing Guide A, if enabled.

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