Framing

Each scene names a composition principle and shows a focal subject. Move and resize your crop so the subject sits where the rule wants it, then take the shot to score.

• Drag inside the photo to position the crop; use the slider to resize it.
• A live grid overlays the active rule, thirds, golden ratio, balance, or leading lines.
• Watch the live composition-match percentage and adjust before shooting.
• Take the shot to lock in your score; press Show ideal to see the perfect crop.

• Desktop: drag the crop, drag the size slider, click Take the shot, Show ideal, and New scene.
• Phone & tablet: drag the crop and slider with your finger, touch-friendly.

• Daily and Practice seeds across Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty.

• Place the focal subject on a rule line or intersection, not dead centre, unless balance is the named rule.
• Resize as well as move, the right crop scale is often what pushes the match past 90%.

Framing teaches the composition rules photographers and designers use, measured objectively on the geometry of the frame.

• Skills: composition, framing, the rule of thirds, visual design
• Best for: roughly grades 5–12 (ages 10+)
• For parents & teachers: composition rules, measured objectively.

Moving and resizing a crop so the subject sits where a named composition principle wants it is composition as a rule you can check.

Naming the principle before the crop is the original method.

Making it explicit is honest about what these rules are. The rule of thirds and its relatives are conventions that reliably produce acceptable results rather than laws of seeing — which is why stating which one you are applying is more useful than being told a crop is good.

Framing teaches the composition rules photographers and designers use, measured objectively on geometry. It is an original, free browser game built in-house.

A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.