Pholium – iPad App – Temporarily Free
Utilizing the iPad’s performance, high image quality capabilities, and inherent tactile experience, Pholium is designed to combine a rich user experience while retaining the highest image quality. With Pholium, you can publish and send your e-books to others and ensure the same high image quality and user experience is available to all.
This app usually retails for $4.99/£2.99 but at the time of this posting it is going free. We have no idea how long it will remain free for, so we recommend you double-check it is still free when you click the download button. Download here.
You can read more about this app below.
Features
* All images (except unprocessed RAW) on the user’s iPad in their Photo app are available for import into the Pholium Gallery
* No image resizing required, Pholium optimizes photos for the best user experience and image quality
* Up to 4 images on a 2-page spread, 1 image on a full 2-page spread, or any combinations therein
* Add and remove pages on the fly
* Images may be freely rotated 360 degrees
* Images may be layered on top of one another
* Realistic book cover, and page look, feel, and control
* Front and back book covers with an image on each
* Book title, and sub-title or author on book cover
* Book cover colors are customizable
* In book editing and reading modes, realistic page turning, full screen, and up to 2X image viewing are possible
* Slideshow available for all images in book
* Images in Gallery can be re-ordered or organized in Stacks
* Images can be edited in the Gallery for fine tuning with; Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, along with creative controls (Black & White, Sepia, and Vibrance)
* All original and shared completed or “published” books are kept in the user’s Library in the app
* Books in process are kept in the user’s Studio in the app and may be edited indefinitely until “published” to their Library
* Wireless cloud uploading and downloading via WiFi for sending and receiving
* Link to web-based viewer with social sharing features for non-app users
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
One Comment
Robert Sinclair
Thanks for the Pholium mention. Pholium is now FREE, and not temporarily. Download it now at the Apple iTunes Store and start making and giving great Pholium photo ebooks.
The Pholium Team