Frame Guides
Guides provide a range of aspect ratios from various film, television and online standards.
Tapthe toggle switch to on and then select your guide by tapping the left and right arrows or
bydragging the slider control.
Grid
The grid option lets you select overlays to assist with shot framing.
Thirds Thirds will overlay two horizontal and two vertical lines over your image, breaking it up
into 9 smaller sections to help you compose your shot. Thehuman eye typically looks
for action near the points where the lines intersect, so it’s helpful to frame key points
of interest in these zones. An actor’s eyeline is commonly framed along the top third of
the screen, soyou can use the top third to guide your framing.
Crosshairs The ‘crosshairs’ setting places a crosshair in the center of the frame. Like thirds, the
crosshairs is a very useful compositional tool, making it easy to frame the subject of a
shot in the very center of a frame. This is sometimes used when filming scenes that will
be assembled using very fast cuts. Keeping viewers’ eyes focused on the center of a
frame can make rapid editing easier to follow.
Center Dot The ‘center dot’ setting places a dot in the center of the frame. This works in exactly
the same way as the ‘crosshair’ setting, albeit with a smaller overlay that you may find
less intrusive.
You can enable a combination of ‘thirds’ and ‘crosshairs’ or ‘thirds’ and ‘center dot’
by tapping both options in the ‘grids’ menu. ‘Crosshairs’ and ‘center dot’ cannot be
selected together.
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