every word in the zine, in one place — edits save automatically
Read as a flipbook
Nothing loaded yet — tap “Read my current project”.
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Tip: tap the right or left half to turn the page, or use the arrow keys. In Double view you read two facing pages at once. Zoom in to inspect detail — the reader scrolls only when zoomed. Reads on phones and tablets too.
Read on your phone
zineit.app
Scan with your phone camera to open ZineIt, then read your zine there. (Your photos never leave your device, so the phone opens a fresh copy of the app.)
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Templates
A template sets the layout, typography and margins. Your photos stay yours.
Cover templates
Pick a design for your cover. Your photos and title stay yours — they re-flow into the new layout.
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Download all pages as high-res JPGs
Rendered at 300 DPI from your original photos — not from the screen previews.
Files are numbered in reading order — Project-Name_001.jpg, _002.jpg … and spreads as _Spread-001.jpg. Bleed and page numbers follow your current print settings. Large books take a moment: every page is a full-resolution render.
Print your 16-page zine
Four sheets · printed both sides · folded together · stapled through the spine.
Print order — what actually comes out of the printerReading order — what the reader seesHow to print, fold, staple and trim
Print on A4, landscape, 100% scale, margins none, double-sided, flipped on the SHORT edge. Getting this wrong is the single most common mistake — every page will be upside down.
Check before you commit: print on plain paper first, fold it, and read it through. A paper mockup costs one sheet and saves a whole run.
Fold each sheet in half along the dashed centre line, printed side out. Crease with a bone folder or the back of a spoon.
Nest the sheets inside one another in order — sheet 1 outermost, sheet 4 innermost. Sheet 1 carries the covers.
Align the folded edges against a flat surface, tapping the spine square before you staple.
Staple twice through the spine fold, roughly a quarter of the way in from the top and bottom. A saddle stapler reaches the centre; a standard one works if you open it flat and staple over a soft eraser, then close the legs by hand.
Thread stitch instead, if you prefer: pierce three or five evenly spaced holes along the fold with an awl, then sew a pamphlet stitch with waxed linen thread, ending in a square knot around the long stitch inside.
Trim the fore-edge last — the inner pages creep outward as the booklet thickens. A guillotine or a steel rule and a fresh scalpel blade both work; take 2–3 mm off.
Mini zine print
One sheet · eight panels · fold & cut — print it or save as PDF.
Print landscape at 100% scale, margins None, background graphics on. For PDF, choose Save as PDF in the print dialog. Photos keep their exact aspect ratios — the sheet scales uniformly.
How to fold your zine
One sheet · one cut · eight pages. Printed side starts face up.
1 · Long foldFold in half the long way. Crease hard, unfold.
2 · Short foldFold the short way. Crease, unfold.
3 · Doors inwardFold each short side in to the centre. Open flat — eight panels.
4 · One cutCut only the centre crease between the two middle panels.
5 · Push the endsFold the long way, push both ends to the middle — the slit opens into a plus.
6 · CollapsePress flat with the cover on top. Done — an eight-page zine.
Print landscape at 100%, margins None, background graphics on. With Fill the paper the sheet is borderless — nothing to trim before folding.
Crop photo
Fit the photo to the frame
Zoom
Straighten
Flip
The frame is a mask over your photo. Drag the photo to reposition it, zoom and straighten to taste — your original file is never changed, so you can reset any time.
Drag to move · scroll to zoom · F fit · ⇧F fill · C centre
