What is it?
Simply put, these Photoshop Actions will allow any UX/UI designer or App developer to quickly create a gorgeous rendering of their app as it would appear on an Apple iPad. All that is required on your end is your final designs (and a copy of Photoshop, obviously).
Installation…
The simplest method of installing Photoshop Actions is to double-click or right-click your mouse and select “open”. The following image demonstrates the latter:
(1) Uncompress the archive to your hard drive.
(2) Select all 6 Actions
(3) Right-click your mouse and chose “Open”
These steps are the same for both the Mac and Windows platforms—the Actions will automatically be installed by Photoshop (CS2,3 and 4 – probably CS5 as well).
How it works…
Once installation is complete, go to your ACTIONS palette. All 6 Actions should now be visible (you may need to scroll to the bottom of your ACTIONS palette).
Creating any of the 6 iPad positions is very easy to do. Each Action has 2 steps:
(Step 1) Creates a new document, which is precisely 1024 x 768—the resolution of the iPad screen.
(Step 2) Will render out your iPad product.
Keep in mind that before you play step 2 you must PASTE YOUR ARTWORK on the topmost layer of the document created by step 1. We have a YouTube video that demonstrates the steps to get you up and running:
Sample Rendering…
These Actions will recreate 6 of the most popular angles of the iPad as seen in Apple’s marketing as well as on many websites, which support or sell apps for the iPad.
The image below was done by rendering 3 of the ACTIONS and compositing them manually in a single document. Users should have a minimum of 36 possible variations, if my math is correct.
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Click the image for a larger preview, which is hosted on DropBox.
