Golden Section in Photoshop

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There are numerous plugins and actions available — generally at a price — to help you crop your images in Photoshop to the Golden Section, but the reality is that this is one of the simplest things to do, and you can do it for free.

Simply, open up your image in Photoshop, and then open this template: (click here for a larger version):

Select the whole of the template image, and, with the pointer tool, drag it onto your image.

This should create a new layer, thereby not interfering with your artwork. Double click on the layer in the layer palette, and set the layer options to allow white straight through.

If you resize proportionately, then you are creating a true Golden Section rectangle with the section lines and intersections. If you resize disproportionately, you are still achieving the Golden Intersections for your particular frame shape.

To help with previsualising a crop, you can use the fill tool to fill the area outside the rectangle with black, or any other colour, after you have resized it approximately.

Once you are ready, crop in the right place, and you're done.

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