Grid or other helper for cropping

[Pito Salas]

I would like to see one or more “grids” to help me think about composition as I am cropping an image.

[BenB]

I second that Pito. Good idea !

[Nik Bhatt]

There is a rule of thirds grid in crop currently. Are you asking for another grid option?

[Pito Salas]

Maybe I missed it. Is it on all the time? Or do I have to turn it on?

[Nik Bhatt]

When you enter the crop tool, there is a button that looks like # to the left of the cancel / ok button pair.
That is the grid control.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 5 days ago by Nik Bhatt.

[BenB]

Great, thanks Nik,
I missed that one also !
Lots of “hidden” functions in Nitro -;)

Ben

[thewildrover]

Hi Nik,

Could be handy to include the ‘Golden’ ratio grid too. I sometimes prefer that for some images.

I probably wouldn’t bother with others though – such as the Golden ‘spiral’.

Cheers

Andy.

[Nik Bhatt]

Yes, I can see that, but it would complicate the UI. Right now, there is a single button: on / off. Adding a different choice requires a menu or something like, and crop is already complicated.

[thewildrover]

Thanks Nik,

Yes, I understand, no problem. I know you want to rework the crop tool in the future, it’s something to think about if it could be done. It’d certainly be a useful feature to add. No rush though ;-).

Cheers

Andy

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 3 days ago by thewildrover.

[thewildrover]

Just a thought, as a simple UI option, how about just using a triple click to cycle between none/thirds/golden. Of course I’d understand this wouldn’t work so well for any more, but should be fine for just those perhaps.

Cheers

[Nik Bhatt]

It’s worth considering. Thanks for the suggestion.

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