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Overview of PhiMatrix™ concepts and applicationsPhi: Noun, fI or fee - The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
used to represent the irrational number 1.6180339887..., or 1.618 for short. Whether you look to quantum mechanics or to movies like "The Matrix," a deeper understanding of reality is unveiled once you understand the matrix upon which it is built. The matrix upon which the proportions of life and the universe is constructed is based on the number known as phi. PhiMatrix is a graphic analysis and design tool that lets you see and apply phi proportions to any image. It overlays any other program you have on your computer, from digital image editing software to your "My Pictures" folder, and then lets you save your analyzed image to disk. It's unique features include:
It can be used for any design application your mind can conceive, whether laying out a canvas for painting, cropping a photo, creating marketing materials or designing everything from clothes to cars to furniture to buildings. While the Golden Section has been used for centuries, the concept for PhiMatrix is based on an original insight of its developer in 1997 that the Golden Section could be applied in repetition to a line to create a "Golden Ruler™." Each section of the ruler is in phi proportion to the section from which it came:
This Golden Ruler was then applied in two dimensions to create a "Golden Grid™."
The Golden Section analysis is traditionally used with a fixed phi proportion of 1.618 in the height and width. The "Golden Grid" concept applied in the PhiMatrix software allows proportions to be variable in height and width, yet still shows the "golden ruler" sections on both the horizontal and vertical axes. Application of these concepts to images of a variety of life forms revealed that their physical dimensions were all based upon the same proportions of design using the number phi. Examples are shown below.
These same proportions have been used by mankind to achieve some of its greatest works of art and architecture.
It's now being used in design for a variety of applications:
The Golden Ruler and Golden Grid were first presented in 1997 from http://goldennumber.net (and its predecessor site) in the form of a template that could be printed to a transparency and used as an overlay to documents. PhiMatrix expands this concept and capability to digital images.
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