From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs
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The center, the edge, and the rule of thirds
From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs
The center, the edge, and the rule of thirds
- Every visual frame has a center, and it has an edge and both are dynamic. The center is the strongest thing, it's the steady motionless place. If you want to rest, if you want to be calm you go to the center. You can think of it like a little row boat. Stay in the center and everything's good, get over to the edge and it starts getting tippy. Most of us most of the time favor the center. It's the comfort zone, the status quo. When you want to change something, when you want to cause disruption you move to the edge. You've heard the term "rocking the boat", getting to the edge rocks the boat. When the boat rocks the horizon tilts, you feel tossed around, you're looking for balance, things are in motion and unsteady, you feel edgy. Where elements go in the frame and what size they are is key to how we perceive them. To illustrate this we have a white square that represents the page, and a black dot. The square is symmetrical on all sides, so it does not move and the dot is…
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