Trichromy vs Zinimal

Discover and capture the ethereal beauty of trichromatic photography with this one of a kind camera app. Trichromy is the process of creating color images by combining 3 monochromatic images: typically red, blue, green. Because the exposures are taken at separate times, they layer in ways that range from subtle shimmers to utterly psychedelic. This app features a beautiful, straightforward interface that lets you experiment with trichromatic photography on your phone, no fancy equipment or complicated workflow required!  Use the main shutter to capture three successive exposures with a delay, which you can change with the slider. Or use the individual colored shutters to capture channels in any order and timing you want. This method of producing color images goes back to the 19th century and was one of the earliest. Notably, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky used the trichromic process to document large swaths of early 20th century Russia. Lear more about the history of this little known photographic process on our website, trichromy.net !

Zinimal turns your photos into little printed zines. Pick photos, add a line of text, print one sheet of paper, fold it, cut once — and you are holding an eight-page mini zine. Want more room? The booklet format prints double-sided and grows four pages at a time, as far as your stapler dares. MAKE • Photos from your library — the app only ever sees what you pick • One line of text per page: four typefaces, three sizes, six colors • Facing pages side by side, photos and text spanning the fold • Paper color for every page PRINT & SHARE • Print-ready PDF with cut and fold guides, at full photo resolution • Single-sheet zines also export as a 300-dpi image • A folding guide with pictures lives right in the app QUIET BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking — the app does not even use the internet • Everything stays on your device • Every edit saves itself; there is no save button Paper is patient. Make something small and real.