- the easiest photo book maker, 100% free
- incl. a plenty of free designs
- comfy on your big computer screen
The free Pixum Photo World software - so easy, it's fun!
- free photo book maker for Windows, Linux or Mac
- Pixum Photo Books and any other personalized photo gift
- speedy installation and intuitive editor
- make your photo gifts offline - not internet connection required
- save on your computer for easy access anytime
Why using the software for making your next photo book?
The answer is that simple: the Pixum Photo World software sets no limits to your creativity! Discover the great variety of design options - starting with smart layout suggestions and free modern stickers. The software also offers a wide range of backgrounds. Choose a colour that matches your photos for your Pixum Photo Book cover, calendar & co. Let us impress you with the high photo book printing quality and precise colour reproduction. Pixum brings your digital photos to life!
Free Design Options for Your Photo Book
Up to 202 Pages Possible
Got a bunch of amazing photos from your journey and wish to keep all these in the photo book? Simply add further pages - depending on the paper type, you can get up to 202 pages and the book will still look neat! Opt for large book sizes (A4 and XL square) for the maximum page capacity. Click here for more tips on working with book pages.
Photo Book Templates and Layouts
Choose a matching one from the great variety of pre-designed book templates, styles or layouts. You can still adjust the selected layout to your liking and simply fill it with your favourite photos and text. There are built-in templates and some additional ones for a free download.
Photo Frames and Shadows
Highlight your photos by adding an elegant photo frame or a shadow to it. Pick a matching colour to balance out the whole page.
Photo Masks and Design Frames
In addition to the simple coloured frames, our photo book maker offers you a great choice of designed frames and photo masks. A photo mask changes the contour of the photo turning it, for example, to a circle or giving it the form of a particular animal. Try this feature for your next Pixum Photo Book, especially if it's a gift for your (grand)children. Watch our video tips on making a photo book.
Maps and Travel Routes
The special feature for your travel Photo Book. Most of the modern cameras save GPS data with the snaps. Simply add photos to the book page and the software suggests a matching map to your travel. You can also add a route line to the map and put photo pins on the stops with your own photos. Find out here how to add a map.
Cliparts and Stickers
Cliparts are vector graphics that have the looks and feeling of a cartoon. By clicking on the button "Add further elements", you can download even more stickers to the photo book maker. Such cliparts or stickers are great if you're making a book for children or want to add some fun to the book story. There's a great selection of speech balloons for a comic book, too! Find other tips for making baby photo books.
Time-saving Assistant
Our smart assistant is a real time-saver! It will make a book draft that you still can edit page by page. It's an algorithm that arranges the selected photos to a good-looking book in no time and is the best choice for making a photo book on a particular travel or event. The assistant sorts the images either by date taken or by file name, and you set the page number and how many photos per page you'd like to have. Within minutes, you get a neat book draft that you can now make perfect. Read more on how to save time while making a photo book.
Shiny Highlights
That bit of luxury for your Pixum Photo Book cover or Greeting Cards - highlight your text with a gold, rose gold, silver or glossy colour embossing.
Page Backgrounds
Use page backgrounds for a better showcase of your photos. Either a uni coloured background or colourful patterns or textures on various topics, be sure to find a bunch of favourites (by the way, you can mark these as "favourites" for easy access). Best suitable for photo books on a particular event such as wedding, birthday party or holiday. Proven tips on choosing a perfect background
Videos in a Photo Book
Drag and drop the video onto a page - just like you do with a photo. In the printed Pixum Photo Book, the video will appear as QR code to be scanned by a mobile device. The video clip will then play on your smartphone or tablet. Choose the storage period in the shopping cart. We'll email you before it expires so that you can extend it. More tips on adding a video to your photo book
Products you can make in the Photo World Software:
Pixum Photo World software: System requirements
Pixum Photo World software: Overview of operating systems
| Operating system | Version |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows (32/64 Bit) | Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 |
| Mac OS X | from 10.11 (El Captain) |
| Linux | for Linux 64-bit system libraries "ia32-libs" and "lib32gomp1" must be installed |
System requirements
Processor and memory
- Intel compatible Prozessor 1,4 GHz or higher
- at least 2GB of RAM
- for video clips in the book, the software requires a 2 GHz processor (or higher)
- Recommended space on the hard disk for installation is 450 MB plus 5GB of additional space on the hard drive for the project data. A large Pixum Photo Book with 130 pages, backgrounds and 6 images per page might easily be a 1.5 GB large file.
- The software requires the internet connection for the installation process, for updating the prices and product features as well as for the ordering process.
- If you wish to download additional design templates and backgrounds, you will need internet access.
- You can make your new Pixum Photo Book completely offline till it's ready to be ordered.
Installation & First Steps
Software Version for Your Country
Make sure to be surfing on our homepage for your delivery country - each version of the photo book maker allows to submit an order to a particular delivery country. There are two versions of the app in the English language: one for the UK and an international one. Check whether your delivery country is on our list.
Should you have made your book in a wrong version of the app, simply save the project to your computer and install the matching software version to submit the order.
The first steps of making a photo book
Run the Pixum Photo World software and navigate with the mouse to the photo books section.
- Choose the book shape & size. Take a glance at your selected photos - are these mostly portrait or landscape shots? Landscape and square books give you more options to combine several pictures per page, while portrait-shaped books looks like a classic book from a bookshelf. You can change the size afterwards, too, but not the book shape.
- Select the book paper type. Matt surface makes the colours look muted and noble while glossy paper finish enhances contrasts and vividness. You can switch to a different paper type while you work as well.
- Now, decide whether you'd like to get a book draft made by our smart book assistant, or create your artwork completely by yourself. The book assistant is of a great help if your photos can be sorted either by file name or date taken. In case you've got scanned photos or have just created photo collages, or already know what the pages will look like, it's easier if you design the book by yourself. Click here for further information on working with the assistant.
- Hard back photo books, softcover or booklets? Change the cover type first in the editor mode, when you see the separate spreads in the book maker. Click on "Change product details" to switch to a different cover, paper type or to change the book size.
- Save your book draft by clicking on "Open" > "Save" and get back to it later by loading it from the "Open" section.
FAQs about the Pixum Photo World software
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New Features
- new smart editor for you to easily find any design tool the book maker has to offer
- more space for product display for a detailed view
- added room for your design: hide the page navigation, the toolbox or even the thumbnail view of the pages
- customizations for MAC OS 10.15 Catalina and MAC OS 10.14 Mojave
New Products to Discover
- pure luxuy: Pixum Photo Book with real leather or linen cover
- highlights for book cover & greeting cards now also available in rose gold
- more pages for most popular sizes: up to 202 pages now possible
- custom sizes for Wall Art
- brand-new gift ideas: Photo Magnets, Enamel Mug, premium-quality Shopping Bag, Photo Box with Prints and more!
Be inspired by creative ideas for your Pixum Photo Book
Take advantage of the possibilities offered by Pixum for your photo book and be inspired by our creative ideas and tips. For example, browse our Pixum Photo Book gift ideas and make a wedding album, a guestbook, a voucher booklet and much more. Or try one of our photo book tips and make song books, professional portfolios, etc.
Prefer not to install any photo book maker?
You've got the choice! Run our lean Online Editor or download our mobile Pixum app to make an amazing photo book with your best snaps and also add captions and coloured backgrounds.
The Pixum Photo World software would be the best choice for you if you're all into the creative process and love to use various design tools to showcase your most favourite photos.
Feedback | Pixum Photo Book
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The photo book you have chosen is currently only available in the Pixum Photoworld Software. Please create this photo book on your PC/Mac or select one of our other formats.
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Use your smartphone photos directly and create photo books, wall art & much more. Save it and come back to it later.
- We recommend it:
for creating your photo book on your tablet or on your smartphone on the couch and at your own speed.
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