The Golden Ratio recently swept the awards in an international photo contest. When you see an attractive face or body your mind is subconsciously recognizing the golden ratio proportions that appear throughout the human form and nature.  Our minds are wired to perceive this proportion as natural, balanced, beautiful and aesthetically pleasing.  It should be […]

PhiMatrix can be used to crop a photo to highlight key elements with golden ratio proportions to give a better sense of balance and composition. This is illustrated in the two tutorials below. Cropping using the Phi grid Start with the original photo sailboat.jpg below: If the Border Size is greater than zero, reduce it to zero […]

PhiMatrix user quote:  “The feature to use Phi for matting is also very useful for photographers like me. It has happened several times that customers, looking in a gallery at a matted and mounted print said: “The layout of this print has something special, but I don’t know what.” “That’s Phi, the natural balance, that’s […]