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PortfolioThe best way to present your portfolio of work to clients on your iPad. |
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Portfolio for iPad is a blank slate waiting for your personalization. You can customize its appearance to completely fit your business, giving the appearance of a custom app developed exclusively for you. Click play to the left to view a quick start video showing Portfolio from first launch to being fully set up and ready for customer interaction.
Portfolio offers a self-contained, brandable presentation tool for your business on your iPad. Once set up, it will look like a custom iPad app developed exclusively for your business. Lock the interface with a PIN when you’re done and it’s safe for any client meeting without the worry of exposing the management interface underneath.
Whether you’re a photographer showing photos or videos to a bride-to-be, a wedding venue displaying various table setups, a florist giving the choices of different arrangements, a landscaper showing different layouts, or a web designer describing past designs, Portfolio will give that extra bit of polish and professionalism to your presentation.
The separate management interface lets you build your image and video galleries with drags and taps. Add images or videos from the iPad’s library, through a list of URLs, via your Dropbox account, or from your Mac and Portfolio will handle the rest. You can then drag and rearrange, tap and rename, or touch twice to remove.
Each gallery gets a cover image as well. Tap on any of the thumbnails within it to pop up a menu, then crop the image how you’d like with pinches and drags, and confirm with a touch.
When you don’t want to tether your iPad to load on your new photos and videos, drop them into the Photos folder in your Dropbox. As soon as they sync with the Dropbox service, you’ll be able to add them to Portfolio directly.
Select one, all, or any mix of the files, click Add, and Portfolio will handle loading them all. This is by far the quickest way to get everything set up and running — no more tapping your iPad over and over just to fill a gallery!
The viewer offers a display similar to a filmstrip; thumbnails are shown at the bottom and the currently selected item is shown in full size just above it. Double-tap a full-size image to enter the zoomer. The images are imported at up to 2048x2048 (it’s limited to that by the memory on the iPad), so you can zoom in and look at the finer details. When you’re done, double-tap again to zoom out.
Show a full-screen slideshow on your iPad starting with the current item by tapping the play button. The slideshow fades in and begins playing, looping around if it reaches the end. Tap the screen at any point to display the controls to rewind, pause, fast-forward, or exit the slideshow. Images cross-dissolve for a smooth, seamless presentation.
