PIP (Polycontrast Interference Photography) is a visual non-invasive scanning system that reveals where current problems may exist and interestingly where developing issues might arise.

The course aims to deliver not only a foundation of cognitive understanding behind Human Energy Field Analysis but also cultivate the desire to explore beyond current boundaries and treat the subtle energy systems.

The intensive two day introduction into Polycontrast Interference Photography (PIP), including metaphysical understanding of the holistic nature of being, is a stand alone Certificated Proficiency Course in PIP.

PIP (Polycontrast Interference Photography) Energy Field Imaging, is a visual, safe and non-invasive scanning methodology. A trained PIP practitioner is capable of indicating healthy and imbalanced areas of the body, which in turn relates to areas of ease and stress. PIP has potential as a predictive evaluation system, as it reveals the surrounding energy waves and disturbance perhaps before physical issues take hold. It further acts as a motivational measurement system to encourage patients to make better informed health choices and steer clear of developing issues. Additionally it assists the practitioner to evaluate their course of treatment as subsequent changes can be evaluated with further PIP scans to measure the changes.

PIP is primarily used in clinics to improve healthcare approaches. It is relatively straight forward to use, having computer and camera experience helps with learning and also reducing the price of the system. PIP shows the interference and transference of light patterns, at and beyond the visible range, mostly from the near infrared spectrum. It does this by video recording and then recoding the light intensities through the PIP computer programme. We use standardised clinical environments.

PC with a Pentium Processor, with a speed of 400MHz or higher, running any of the following: Windows XP, XP Pro, XP Media, 2000, ME, Windows 98. It will not run on Windows 95.

384M RAM, more memory will be required if running Windows XP.

Graphics card: we recommend NVidia Ge-Force 2 or later as our software is optimised for this chip, but any recent 24 or 32 bit graphics card will be adequate.

A 256 colour VGA or SVGA (super VGA) display is adequate for PIP, however do choose one with the largest screen which your budget allows to enable viewing of a greater detail of a PIP scan at a time. 16 or 32 colour modes are not sufficient for PIP. Rather a selection of 24 bit or 32 bit colour is needed. All modern screens posses this capability.

The number of monitors is limited only by the number of graphics cards on the system. Notebook computers can usually drive two displays: the LCD screen & an external monitor simultaneously. Simply move any of the PIP windows from one monitor to the other!

COLOUR PRINTERS

There are three main types of colour printer and there are a range of models from different manufacturers for each type. You should choose the printer that best fits your budget and requirements for speed and quality. All printers print on A4 size paper though some more expensive models print also on A3 paper. We recommend flat loading ink-jet or bubble-jet printers such as Hewlett Packard printers.

Ask to see samples of colour printouts (preferably digitised photographs) to help you in your decision. You may wish to compare the printout with the same image on the computer screen, though sometimes a difference in colour output may be due to a limitation of the computer screen. For example most cathode ray tube displays cannot show the pure secondary colour yellow.

Resolution refers to the number of dots per inch (dpi) that a printer can generate. The greater the dpi, the greater the amount of detail that can be portrayed. Most printers have resolutions of at least 300 dpi, which is sufficient for PIP; however the quality of the dots varies widely, as does the accuracy of the colour.

Colour laser printers are usually by far the most expensive and offer the highest quality output, though this is likely to be unnecessary for the current PIP system.

	The best camera to use is one of the new digital mini DV camcorders. PIP Reality has the option to receive images from a digital camera via a USB, USB2 or a Fire Wire port. The Reality can thus be used with any WEB CAMERA, however the PIP processed images will be limited by the pixel and the frames per second limitation of any camera.
	The PIP takes 32 frames per second and if a web camera is used it is suggested that a good quality one be selected with a high capture and pixel rate. However images will be fully readable on the lowest specification digital camera.

PIP pictures are best taken in diffused natural daylight but as this is Impossible to keep constant we recommend the use of 'full spectrum' lighting tubes. These are the closest (although still a great distance away) to reproducing standard daylight wavelengths of Visible, Ultra Violet (UV) and Infra Red (IR) energy. New PIP Environment. Fig 1.
The room should be light controlled, with no sunlight entering the scanning area. White black out material can be purchased from most fabric shops and then velcro can be used to attach it to the window to standardise the lighting environment. Daylight is constantly varying and so it must be eliminated from the clinic environment.

Sometimes there is incompatibility between other software programmes & the PIP Reality. Therefore if you are using your system for other non recommended applications as well as PIP we accept no responsibility for any disk corruption or loss of data.

PIP Energy field Scan does not take the place of medical equipment, but gives an ‘energy field reading’ that correlates to areas of stress and ease. PIP Energy field Scan is in ‘research stage’ and there are no medical claims for what we are seeing.