How to create a Rule of Thirds grid in Davinci Resolve

The Rule of Thirds, which is probably derived from the Golden Mean and the Phi grid, is a basic design technique that can help you add balance (symmetrical or asymmetrical), beauty, and a higher aesthetic quality to your visuals. The rule of thirds is a basic technique that photographers and filmmakers use for framing their shots. Subjects placed exactly in the middle can often make for an uninteresting image (but not always). A viewfinder (or a slide or screen in our case) can be divided by lines-real or just imagined-so that you have four intersecting lines or crossing points and nine boxes that resemble a tic-tac-toe board. These four crossing points are areas you might place your main subject, rather than in the center. Here I show you how I make a simple grid in DaVinci Resolve when I edit videos.
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[@JuiceNoodles7]

thank you so much, ive been trying to find a simple video of how to put a grid over the ENTIRE timeline rather than just one track like this for so long

[@TheCadWoman]

Short and sweet. Thank you very much. :)

[@Despacitoporelmundo]

Nice trick. Once I saw it, I thought "how lazy I am not thinking about it". Thanks!

[@HeavyLiftSkilling]

Thank you very much

[@davideastaugh8896]

Thank you, to the point and helpful

[@MaximilianonMars]

Short and sweet, thank you very much!

[@GreenGoatProductions]

Great video, I used this to copy a shot i'm trying to match from John Wick. Cheers mate, very helpful

[@jac001]

This is clever 🙂

[@dashingheights]

This is great, thanks man! Helped me a lot with reframing

[@aroshanafilms]

Thanks 😍

[@marcus3877]

Works great man! Thanks so much!

[@user-xg6dh5hj4j]

спасибо! выручил бро.

[@RealDaveTheFreak]

Awesome, thx! 😍

[@Kroclo]

Much appreciated thank you i shall try to make better youtube thumnails with this grid

[@muhammadzain7299]

Helped alot. THanks :)

[@nagruvajse]

tnx

[@armando.visuals]

What would be the settings got 9:16 - 4:5 and 4:3? Is there a math i can do to apply what i need per ratio?

[@tanakioko8143]

life saver

[@nogi7028]

The problem with this is the inspector tab will always be on the adjustment clip after you move the play head, instead of the video

[@Experternas]

Really!!!! Omg. such a simple thing and you need to make a fucking homebrew trick to get grids. that is just sad. Davinci needs to step up.

[@StevenDiLeo]

agreed, how is this not a default viewing option

[@azamat_lovecook]

спасибо! выручил бро.