Helium2 creates lightweight albums that link to your photos wherever they live. Then brings them to life — animated balloon slideshows, 3D shape displays, mosaic art, interactive photo trees, collages, and greeting cards. All local, all instant.
Helium2 is purpose-built for people who have real photo collections and want to organize them without compromise.
Albums store links to your photos, never copies. Your files stay exactly where they are. No cloud, no syncing — just your local machine.
Drag, rotate, resize and layer photos on a canvas. Export at print-ready resolutions up to A2 / B2 paper size. Save as PNG or PDF.
Apply 9 creative mask shapes — circle, star, heart, flower, hexagon, arch, diamond, and more — to any photo in the collage editor.
Choose from 12+ decorative frame overlays — nature themes including forest, ocean, sakura, autumn, bamboo, and meadow. Control opacity and tint.
Switch instantly between Aurora, Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Berry, and Midnight themes — or build your own with the custom color editor.
Set beautiful custom covers for each album. Choose from 12 built-in designs (Ocean, Cosmic, Sakura, Gold, and more) or pick any photo from your files.
Instantly search photos by filename. Sort by date added, name (A–Z), or newest first. Works live as you type — no waiting.
Helium2 silently monitors your albums for missing or moved files and logs every change. Get notified in-app and review full logs any time.
Drop photos or entire folders directly onto an album. Helium2 crawls sub-folders automatically and skips duplicates — just drop and done.
Watch your photos float up as glowing polaroid balloons against a starry sky. 12 gradient backgrounds, sparkle effects, and record as a video to share instantly.
Your photos texture the faces of real 3D shapes — cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, cylinder, and gem — rotating and bouncing in perspective. Record as video.
Photos rendered on 8 animated 2D shapes — circle, hexagon, star, heart, diamond, leaf, pentagon, burst — bouncing with physics, glow effects, and shape-specific overlays. Record as video.
Place photos anywhere on an interactive tree — Oak, Cherry, Pine, or Minimal. Each photo sits in a shape (circle, leaf, heart, star…) you can rotate, resize, and reposition. Export as PNG.
Design personalized greeting cards using photos from your albums. Add text, choose layouts, and export print-ready cards for birthdays, anniversaries, and special occasions.
Every view is designed to get out of your way and let your photos shine.
Browse your album as a responsive thumbnail grid. Adjust thumbnail size from 80 to 400 px, search by name, sort any way you like. The sidebar shows your album collection with custom covers.
Your photos are texture-mapped onto the faces of real 3D shapes using perspective projection and affine mapping — no WebGL needed. Six shape types, adjustable count, 12 backgrounds, record as video.
Photos rendered on 8 animated shapes with glow halos, vignette, and shape-specific overlays (leaf veins, heart highlights, star sheen). Bouncing with physics, 12 backgrounds, record as video.
Design personalized greeting cards using photos from your albums. Add text, choose layouts, and export print-ready cards for birthdays, anniversaries, and every special occasion.
Switch instantly between Aurora, Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Berry, Midnight and more built-in themes — or open the custom color editor to build your own palette from scratch.
Click + New Album and give it a name. Albums are instant — no wizard, no setup.
Drop a folder, pick individual files, or use Add Folder. Helium2 links to photos in-place.
Your photos appear instantly in a beautiful grid. Search, sort, or open the full-screen viewer with one click.
Select images and launch Balloons, 3D Shapes, Mosaic, Photo Tree, Collage, or Greeting Card. Record or export with one click.
No subscriptions. No hidden fees. Pay once, own it forever.
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Available for Windows. Lightweight installer, fast startup, no bloat.
Requires Windows 10+. Version 1.0. ~65 MB.
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