Using the Divine Proportion tool

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The Divine Proportion tool lets you use guides based on a classical composition method of the same name. When planning your artwork, you can use the guides to create a sense of proportion, which helps maintain interest as the eye of the viewer travels across a drawing or painting.

Divine Proportion — helps identify where to place focal areas in artwork by using classical composition. This nonprinting layout is primarily used for composing artwork before you begin drawing or painting.

The Divine Proportion tool can help you establish focal areas.

The Divine Proportion panel lets you change the orientation, size, angle, color, and opacity of the Divine Proportion guide that appears on the canvas. You can also adjust the number of levels to determine how many times a section divides within itself, creating a spiral. You can adjust these settings while you work, and you can save them as a preset. You can also move the Divine Proportion guide to a new position.

To show or hide the Divine Proportion guides

You can also show or hide the Divine Proportion guides by clicking the Divine Proportion tool in the toolbox and enabling or disabling the Divine Proportion check box on the property bar.

To set Divine Proportion options

 

To	Do the following
Set orientation	In the Orientation area, click one of the Landscape or Portrait buttons.
Resize the guide	Move the Size slider to the right to increase the size. Move the slider to the left to decrease the size. Size is measured as a percentage of the width or height of the canvas, depending on whether the orientation is Landscape or Portrait.
Change the angle	Type a value in the Rotate box to set the degree of the angle.
Change the color of the grid, spiral, or axis	In the Display area, click the Grid, Spiral, or Axis color picker, and choose a color.
Change the opacity	Move the Opacity slider to the left to increase transparency. Move the slider to the right to increase opacity.
Change the numbers of levels	Move the Levels slider to the right to increase the number of levels. Move the slider to the left to decrease the number of levels.

You can also set some Divine Proportion options by clicking the Divine Proportion tool in the toolbox and modifying the settings that you want on the property bar.

To save Divine Proportion settings as a preset

You can also save a preset by clicking the Divine Proportion tool in the toolbox and clicking the Add button on the property bar.

To delete a Divine Proportion preset

You can also delete a preset by clicking the Divine Proportion tool in the toolbox, selecting a preset from the Presets list box on the property bar, and clicking the Delete button .

To choose a Divine Proportion preset

To move the Divine Proportion guide