100 downloads, new designs and more
So, I’ve been pretty busy. I have been working on several side projects and freelance things the last week or few. I thought I would stop long enough to give an update, show off a teaser of some of my work and to celebrate.
First, let’s celebrate: My 960.gs Photoshop actions have been downloaded 100 times as of today. As someone who’s never offered up anything like this before, this excites me a good deal more than it should.
Second, I am still working on a set of Browser User Interface actions, but this process is more complex since I am having to use a script to install the image files, relink to them and load the action into Photoshop.
Thirdly, Here is a small sample of what I have been working on in my spare time. Let me know what you think.
960 Grid Actions
Always looking to increase my level of productivity, I made a quick Photoshop Action that is based on the 960 Grid System. Instead of keeping track of a template file, I thought it would be easier to just make an action that would do the same thing.
The action creates a new file with (almost) the same dimensions as the 960gs templates. So, what are you waiting for? Download the action, install it in your Presets > Actions folder in Photoshop and load it.
Browser UI Actions
Sorry it’s been quiet the last few days. I have been working on a little side project, a set of actions and html templates to ease in adding the browser UI to photoshop comps.
The general idea is to save your flat comp as a .jpg or .png and insert into this HTML template. This will put the UI around your image which gives the client a better understanding how the site will actually look in the browser.
Alternately, I have been working on some actions which will build the UI directly into the photoshop document around your comp, regardless of size. I work at a historically traditional ad firm and they like to show mounted/boarded comps. So that’s the idea behind the actions.
If you are interested in something like this, let me know and I’ll see if I can get some folks to beta test it.