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Dynamic Symmetry Questions

Dynamic Symmetry Introduction  What is Dynamic Symmetry? How can Dynamic Symmetry help the artist design his painting? How would you use a Dynamic Symmetry grid to evaluate other paintings?  Or to determine if the painting was constructed with the help of a dynamic symmetry grid? What is the Rule of Thirds? What are the advantages of Dynamic Symmetry over the Rule of Thirds? What is Harmonic Armature? What are the differences between the Dynamic Symmetry and the Harmonic Armatures? Was Dynamic Symmetry invented by Jay Hambidge around 1910? Who also wrote about Dynamic Symmetry? Mathematics and Dynamic Symmetry What is the Mathematics behind Dynamic Symmetry? Geometry? Which Euclidean Theorems or Axioms are used in Dynamic Symmetry? How did the Classical Greeks and the Egyptians use the concepts behind Dynamic Symmetry? What role did musical theory play in Dynamic Symmetry? Art and Dynamic Symmetry Which artists have consciously and publicly used Dynamic Symmetry?  Sub-con...

How To: Grid Overlay on an Existing Painting using Photoshop

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Introduction It's helpful to have your transparent grids in a folder on your computer that is easily accessible. Construction 1.Select an existing painting to be overlaid with a grid and drag it to Photoshop (or open it with Photoshop). 2. Find the desired "PNG" grid for the overlay on your painting. (See other posts for instructions on the creation of this particular hand-made grid), 3. Drag it over your painting image in Photoshop.  Sometimes the painting image itself has a color profile that doesn't allow an overlay. In this case do a Screen shot of the painting jpeg image (see below for instructions) to convert it to a png without the color profile and start over. 4. Stretch the overlay to fit the painting by grabbing the corners and dragging to the image corners. 5. Convert it to transparent by changing the setting in the layer from "normal" to 'multiply'.  If the overlay is black with white or light lines, use the setting "screen" or ...