Quick Start Guide to PhiMatrix™

Following is a quick start guide for experienced users who just want to dive right into the software.

Download, install and launch the PhiMatrix.exe application.  (Requires Windows XP or 2000, with display properties set to highest color option available.)

When the application launches, you'll see:

• The resizable PhiMatrix grid overlaying whatever software you have open,
• A status box showing the XY coordinates of the grid lines in pixels, and
• A toolbox that controls all the software functions and options.

If PhiMatrix isn't already sitting on top of this application, select it by toggling the alt-tab key or clicking its icon on the Windows taskbar at the bottom of your screen.

Now you're ready to begin.

Here's the concept of the program:  No matter what the height or width of the grid, every line on the PhiMatrix grid is in a phi relationship (1.618:1) to the ones next to it.  The beauty of the program is that it easily reveals the phi relationships that can be found in everything from DNA to the proportions of life itself, and, according to many, even pricing and timing moves in the stock market.  (See http://goldennumber.net to explore further.)

To see this in action, go to the tool box, locate the controls for the number of horizontal and vertical lines and set both to zero.  You may want to change the grid line color to make it easier to see.

Now increase the number of vertical lines slowly from 1 line to 6 lines and then back again to 2 lines.

The distance to each new line added is the width of the previous segment divided by phi, or 1.618.

You've just earned your honorary degree in "Phi"losophy!

Now let's analyze an image.

Move the image of the moth below to the top of your browser window so you can see the toolbox below it.

Drag and resize the PhiMatrix grid so that it surrounds the image of the moth below, just like the one in the header at the top of the web site.

Experiment with the PhiMatrix Toolbox on your own or just adjust the settings to match those above.

Congratulations!  You've just analyzed your first image, and shown how the phi proportions of the PhiMatrix grid determine the positions of all four eye-like spots on the moths wings, as well as define the proportion of the width of the lower wings to the upper wings.  You've now earned an honorary degrees in both "Phi"losophy and "Phi"ology.

If you want, you can save your analyzed image by clicking on the Screen Snapshot icon.

With PhiMatrix, you'll find the world a phiner place to be.  Go out and explore the magnificent design of creation and be inspired to create and design your own masterpieces. 

You can play with other examples in the Image Gallery or learn more about using the options of PhiMatrix in the Tutorials section.