What are the characteristics of symmetrical composition?

“Symmetrical composition” is to divide the layout into two parts, and use the layout of design elements to make the overall picture present a symmetrical structure, which has a strong sense of order and gives people a quiet, rigorous and formal feeling. Showing a harmonious, stable and classic temperament. In order to let everyone deepen their understanding of symmetrical composition, we will use the knowledge points in the previous issue to conduct a practical demonstration of an exhibition poster. Plan 1 Plan 1 wants to present a chaotic "nightmare" feeling, using a glitch style to express it. Look for picture materials that have a chaotic feeling like a dream, and perform secondary processing on this basis. Place the material image into PS, copy a layer, open the "Layer Style" panel, uncheck the "R" channel in the "Channel" option: Use the "Free Transform" tool to flip the image horizontally to get a duotone effect: Duplicate the new layer and change the "Layer Blending Mode" to "Multiply" to enhance the contrast of the image. The background processing is completed: the main title is drawn, and the strokes of the word "Dream" are separated to make the text look like a dream. A feeling that is both familiar and unfamiliar: other information is re-characterized, and the text is adjusted into a square with both ends aligned, so as to achieve a neat and rigorous effect. Then, through text size comparison, line segmentation and decoration, the information is conveyed more clearly and more beautifully. Place the depicted information on the central axis of the picture, and use a center-aligned layout to make the entire picture appear symmetrical: merge the text of the title into one layer, and change the "R" in the "Layer Style" channel The check mark of the channel is cancelled. Duplicate a layer and uncheck the "G" channel in the "Layer Style" channel. You can get a simple glitch effect by slightly moving the position to misalign it: merge the two text layers, use the rectangular selection tool to randomly select a small part of the text, copy it and move it to create a misalignment. Then randomly draw some red and blue lines to simulate the effect of fault bars. The same steps are also performed for the main text, but the position offset should not be too large to ensure the recognition of the text. Finally, the color of the text is adjusted to blend with the background, and the design is completed: Plan 2 is based on the theme of "dream" and associates it with the "moon" in sleep, and uses this to find materials: place the text information on the central axis of the picture, using center alignment The typesetting form shows a symmetrical state. Pay attention to contrast and rhythm when typesetting. The picture looks relatively "empty", so re-enter the word "dream", enlarge it and separate it from the central axis, and place it on the left and right sides of the picture, so that the overall picture shows a balanced and stable state of left-right symmetry. Finally, fuzzy processing is performed, and the design is completed: Plan 3. Plan 3 is inspired by dreams, which are as ethereal and elusive as mirrors, flowers, and water. Use the "Text Tool" in PS to input the word "dream"; then use the "Ellipse Tool" to draw five circles, with a stroke of "white, 4 pixels", select the five circle layers, right-click and "Convert to Smart Object" . Place it in the center of the screen to facilitate subsequent filter application. Hold down "Ctrl" and click the thumbnail of the ring layer to get a selection of the ring, then press "Ctrl+shift+i" to invert the selection and add a layer mask to the "Dream" layer. Hide the ring layer and you can get the effect as shown in the picture: add "Filter" - "Distortion" - "Water Wave" to the text layer, select "Center Out" as the style, and adjust the number and fluctuation parameters to the maximum : Add a "Water Wave" filter to the ring layer, and adjust the number of parameters to a smaller value: Use a black solid-edged "Brush" with a hardness of 100% to randomly erase on the "Layer Mask" of the ring to simulate The fading effect of the undulating water waves is completed: the word "mirror" is also made using the same method; other text information is centered on the central axis of the picture and distributed on the left and right sides of the picture, showing a balanced and stable state. Finally, add transparent liquid bubble material to render the atmosphere and enrich the picture (there is a download method at the end of the article). Design completed: Plan 4 Plan 4 was inspired by "daydreams" and was designed in the form of "diagonal symmetry", which not only makes the layout symmetrical and orderly, but also breaks the rigidity of the picture. Split the strokes of the word "Dream", add English embellishments, and add a blur effect, which can not only emphasize the nihilistic dream atmosphere, but also make the title effect richer and more beautiful: distribute the well-characterized word "Dream" on the diagonal The two ends echo each other, showing a diagonal symmetrical balance. Other text information is arranged centrally on the central axis, and the design is completed. Scheme Summary Symmetry is a relatively strict and standardized way of composition, but you can use a variety of design techniques to cleverly break the singleness and rigidity of symmetrical composition, and also make the picture have unique beauty, rich visual effects and a good sense of design.