Twitter, Apple and others on the leading edge of the web are applying the golden ratio in their digital presence. As explained in more detail on the “Design and Composition” post, this ratio can be applied to achieve a sense of natural balance and proportion that applies to any kind of design, and web sites […]
Canvases and walls
Composition with PhiMatrix in the physical, non-digital world The PhiMatrix can also be used for design and composition of non-digital projects, such as a canvas or wall. Just create the grid pattern you want and then use the Data Window feature to convert it to the physical dimensions needed for your project. Select the appropriate grid, […]
Architectural design
The golden ratio appeared in architecture perhaps as early as the Great Pyramid of Giza and in the Parthenon of the Acropolis in ancient Athens. Wherever and whenever it first appeared, it has continued to be embraced by architects in harmonizing their architectural designs with the harmony and beauty of creation itself. Below are illustrations […]
Stock market analysis
Use PhiMatrix as a tool to analyze and predict stock markets or foreign currency exchanges. Timing and price movements in financial markets have long been associated with the Fibonacci sequence, which is used in technical analysis of the markets. Fibonacci number relationships, however, are only approximations of the true golden ratio, or phi, relationship of […]
Phi and the Human Face
Explore the appearance of Phi, the Golden Ratio, in nature and in the beauty of the human form. The human face abounds with golden ratios, and PhiMatrix can easily unveil them, as illustrated in the video below. This can be used to explore the factors that impact our perceptions of beauty. It can also be […]
Golden ratios in nature
The golden ratio appears in the proportions of many living creatures. We’ll use the photo of the moth below to illustrate this, and as a tutorial in using some of the basic controls of PhiMatrix. Let’s start with the wings of a moth, and use it to illustrates the grid orientation, border width, custom grid […]
Golden Ratio Beauty
As shown on the YouTube video on Facial Beauty and the Golden Ratio, featuring Florence Colgate, PhiMatrix makes is it easy to identify golden ratios in the human face. A summary of these “divine proportions” that appear in the face of Florence Colgate, voted Britain’s 2012 “Most Beautiful Face” can be found at GoldenNumber.net. Measuring Golden […]
Dr. Levin’s Dental Grids – Software User Guide
Dr. Levin’s Phi Dental Grid, developed by PhiMatrix, is an authorized software implementation of Dr. Eddy Levin’s copyrighted dental grids, which apply the principles of the golden proportion to dental aesthetics. Instructions are below. Launch the software When you first launch the PhiMatrix software, you will see the Control Grid as shown below: The PhiMatrix grid […]
Dr. Levin’s Phi Dental Grid Concepts
Dr. Levin’s Golden Mean Dental Gauge and Grids apply the golden section to dental aesthetics. These gauges and grids, as shown below, are available at http://www.goldenmeangauge.co.uk. Dr. Levin’s Phi Dental Grid, developed by PhiMatrix, is a software implementation of the very same principles, allowing practitioners to apply Dr. Levin’s concepts of dental aesthetics to digital photographs, which […]
Dr. Levin’s Phi Dental Grids
For decades, Dr. Eddy Levin has pioneered the application of phi in dental aesthetics with his innovative, patented dental gauges and transparent grids. Dr. Levin’s principles are compulsory study in many American Dental Schools. With the PhiMatrix, these same techniques can now be applied to any digital image, to apply the beauty, harmony and balance […]