Constructing a Transparency Viewfinder
Introduction: Michel Jacobs, author of a well-regarded work on Dynamic Symmetry, recommends the use of a transparent grid rather than painstakingly drawing the grid on each panel:@1920. Here's a public domain pdf of his dynamic symmetry book: HERE . One point of disagreement with others is that Jacobs emphasizes a principal point of interest (as do I) but others say this is not necessary; the composition as a whole must be used. And it can have many different points of interest. The important point is how they relate to each other and in fact lead to each other. I have a Kindle copy as well as a paperback. Very little math. The main point here is that others have recommended the use of a transparency. These are the 5x7 images I created using photoshop using the 'canvas' sizing to create the 5x7 final result. Right click on an image to download. Unfortunately the downloaded images are smaller. Resize them in Preview to 5 x 7 or in any other jpg viewer you use. You can print ...