Flexible Online Portfolio for Designers and Photographers
Written by Tara: Freelance Designer on Wednesday, 25 of July , 2007 at 8:55 am
I have recently been reading about a website called format pixel.
“formatpixel is an online application which allows you to create ‘page’ based presentations; anything from magazines to fanzines, brochures to catalogues and even portfolios”
The basic idea is that users can upload images and display them, but the thing that seems to separate this site from others is that it offers you the ability to literally layout pages and edit images - in a sort of stripped down Quark/Photoshop sort of way. Looking at the screen shots it looks like it could be an interesting application. It looks ideal for a designer/student or photographer who wants to create a quick online portfolio of their work. It allows you to embed both moving images (including youtube) and static ones.
It’s free for one project and then from £15 to £40 year depending on the amount of projects and space you require.
Features as listed on the website include:
Editor
- Insert pages
- Use the Spread Planner to arrange the order of, add and delete pages
- Layer objects on your pages in front of and behind one another
- Apply colour to your pages
- Apply background colours to your project
- Utilise the snap-to-grid functions and alignment helpers
- Upload your own images with the built in image library
- Export Projects to your desktop**
Embed projects in your own HTML pages or Blogs
Text objects
- Change font face
- Change font colour
- Change font style [ normal, bold, italic ]
- Change font alignment [ left, centered or right justified ]
- Change the background colour
- Add drop shadow
- Change the kerning [ spacing between letters ]
- Change the leading [ spacing between lines ]
- Add links to other pages, sites or email addresses
Media objects
- Import your own JPG, GIF or PNG [ including support for transparency ] files
- Import FLV Video files
- NEW Link to YouTube Videos
- Create your own formatpixel image library
- Edit the names of your images or delete them
- Crop your images
- Add blending modes to images
- Apply colour filters [ normal, greyscale or sepia ]
- Apply a customisable blur effect
- Scale object
Shape objects
- Change shape
- Change shapes colour
- Add blending modes to your shapes
- Add links to other pages, sites or email addresses
Category: Freelance Graphic Design, Careers and Employment, General Graphic Design, For Design Students
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Comment by Bryan
Made Wednesday, 25 of July , 2007 at 4:50 pm
I signed up for a free account just to play. You can really do some cool stuff with this site, and I think it would be a great way for someone to showcase their portfolio without a lot of “geek-ness” getting in the way.
Before I get flamed, I use “geek-ness” with the utmost respect.
Thanks for the link Tara!!
Bryan
Comment by LaurenMarie
Made Wednesday, 25 of July , 2007 at 5:27 pm
Hey, I’m proud to be a geek! GeeKISSexy 
Nerd, no. Geek, yes!
Tara (or Bryan or anyone who has signed up for it), do you know how it works? Is the end product Flash or HTML? I noticed that you need Flash to work with it.
Comment by Santosh P
Made Wednesday, 25 of July , 2007 at 6:00 pm
amazing platform for freshers to display their artwork…
Though the pricing is a bit higher.. can gain with the features provided!
Comment by Tara: Graphic Design Blog
Made Wednesday, 25 of July , 2007 at 6:39 pm
Hi Bryan
You’ll have to give us a link to what you have created :).
Hi Santosh,
Thats what I thought for students its ideal free for one project then £15 for a years not bad
Comment by Tara: Graphic Design Blog
Made Thursday, 26 of July , 2007 at 5:38 pm
Hi Lauren, sorry your comment got flagged as spam because it had the word sexy in it :). I think it’s flash based.
Comment by LaurenMarie
Made Thursday, 26 of July , 2007 at 5:55 pm
Hahaha, that’s ok. Yes, I found the gallery directory and it is Flash. Too bad they don’t let you have a nice customized link (at least it didn’t look that way).
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Comment by Maria
Made Thursday, 13 of December , 2007 at 4:44 pm
Hi!
This sounds amazing. No need to use complicated stuff (for me) like css. I am going to try it for free and see how it works. It’s good idea to have a all in one tool.
Comment by GIVISION | Jiri Mocicka
Made Thursday, 15 of January , 2009 at 9:31 pm
I dont think this is a solution for basically same prize and small effort you’ll are able to create yourself portfolio based on Slide Show Pro {http://www.slideshowpro.net}
GON
Comment by Lesus
Made Monday, 19 of January , 2009 at 9:32 pm
Some time explaination with video is better for some people.