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 setup application.  (Requires Windows XP, 2000, Vista or Mac OS X with display properties set to highest color option available.)

When the application launches, you'll see the grid and the tool bar.

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.  (Other ratios available in the Professional Edition.)  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 bar, locate the controls for the number of horizontal line (H Lines) and vertical line (V 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 3 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 tool bar to the left of it.

Drag and resize the PhiMatrix grid so that it the top and left sides align with the top and left side of the moth below, just like the one in the header at the top of the web site.

Set the H Axis and V Axis controls to Both to mirror the grid lines on top and bottom, left and right, so that the settings on your tool bar 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 (Camera) 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.