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PlaceIt by Breezi - Generate Product Screenshots in Realistic Environments
- n0nick 14y agoVery cute idea. I might be missing something here, but - where's the license to the photos? These would obviously be useful for commercial purposes, but I have to see some usage license for it.
- jpxxx 14y agoOh, that moment of frisson when a piece of the future arrives. This is so excellent, thank you!
- navidsafa 14y ago:) glad you like it
- jdevonport 14y agoWow brilliant, what a handy tool, thanks!
- thomasgravina 14y agoReally cool idea. Is there any website providing the same for Android Platforms?
- navidsafa 14y agoWe'll add them in a few hours
- yanivs 14y agovery cool I would add rotated iPhone (Landscape) scenes to the mix
- jmedwards 14y agoI love the idea, but I worry it has little practical use for business - it'll be the web faux pas equivalent of using unmodified Bootstrap!
- tudorw 14y agoI don't really have a problem with people using a standard form for content, I understand it's nice to make engaging interactive content, and artistic projects that entertain, inspire or amuse, sometimes though, you just want to read some words, look at some images and find out some facts, a standard form can be very good for that.
- navidsafa 14y agoThat's why we added the png ones. You can put your own environment behind it. We'll add more of those this week.
- mseebach 14y agoThis is cool, but I think more transparent background scenes would be useful.
- navidsafa 14y agoGreat suggestion. Yes makes a lot of sense. We'll add those today.
- TobbenTM 14y agoIf only there were some non-Apple devices...
- navidsafa 14y agoWe'll add about 5 more non-apple device today. Check back around this afternoon (pst). Thanks
- jmtucu 14y agoIt's nice but only for Apple products...
- mctx 14y agoDid we break it? We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.
- navidsafa 14y agoHey, jut ran out of disk space. Will be back in 20 minutes.
- bjhoops1 14y agoWe just need those plastic guns that deliver the drug which takes away mutant powers.
- tnorthcutt 14y agoI think you may have commented on the wrong post :)
- bjhoops1 14y agoHaha yes I did. Not sure how I managed that. :P
- aforty 14y agoSeems like it's broken at the moment. I'll check in later. Neat idea and execution!
- navidsafa 14y agoShould be ok now - sry about that - we ran out of space
- joeblau 14y agoAwesome idea. I was thinking that I needed something like this just this past weekend. I was working on a demo for my iPhone and the product actually works, but it was pouring rain all weekend in SF so I couldn't go outside and take a good pic. Adding a few more devices or even shots with multiple devices would be a great addition, but the core concept is great.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI don't get why so many product screenshots focus on showing use on an Apple computer/device when statistically most of your users will not be using Apple. Perhaps more early adopters are using Apple? Or it just makes it look cooler?
- aroman 14y agoWell, if you're making an iPhone app or Mac app, then it's obvious. But I assume you meant specifically in the case of specifically non-Apple stuff... because they look better to more people (or at least most of us learned to buy into that perception), and represent to many a more "premium" experience. I've seen it on TV ads for years now -- blank-labeled Macbook Pros say "sexy".
- mchanson 14y agoSame reason fast food commercials always show skinny people.
- athst 14y agoIf you're making a mobile app, or especially something for tablets, in a lot of cases most of your users WILL be using Apple products even if it's not specific to iOS.
- hayksaakian 14y agoMarket share and pictures of a hand holding an iPhone disagree with you.
- TillE 14y agoFor many markets (probably globally too?), there's no single smartphone that's more popular than the latest iPhone. So if you're only going to put one device in a photo, that'll probably be it. And if you look only at the demographics you're interested in, it's likely that iOS will be at or near the top anyway.
- athst 14y ago
- rjsamson 14y agoThis is pretty awesome! Are there plans to charge for this? Keep it free?
- navidsafa 14y agoI can't see us ever charging for this. Just wanted to give out something valuable to the community
- rexreed 14y agoLooks great -- As a note, I got a response after about a 1-2 minute process time. Would be great for you to show where I am in the process queue location instead of just the loader so that I don't think there was a browser or server error. Is it possible to also have a multi-device template (showing the screen simultaneously on iPhone, Macbook, etc?)
- navidsafa 14y agoSorry, yes there is a lot of people hitting the server right now. Yes, that would be possible but I think what we're going to do is add PNG outputs so you can place them together with your own backgrounds as well.
- kevincennis 14y agoSeems like it should be possible to do everything in the browser using canvas.
- sutterbomb 14y agoLove this idea and the final images look great. One gripe with the UX, and I'm starting to see this everywhere, is that the only way to upload a file is to drag it onto the browser. Why not add the option for a standard file input form? Drag and drop uploading breaks my workflow substantially - am I alone in this?
- rexreed 14y agoAgreed. Indeed it would be even more useful / powerful for me if I could interact via API ala imgur or imm.io
- Mizza 14y agoCame here to say the same thing - I hate drag and drop everywhere! I have to resize my browser window, move it around, open up a file browser, resize that, find the file, drag and drop it, close the file browser, and resize my web browser. How annoying! I think it's because it's an OSX paradigm, so stuff that's very design-y tend to use it, and it ends up with the usual OSX "looks nice, isn't very practical" effect. I love the service though - could use some 'outdoor' shots in urban environments, a crowd, a concert, a subway stop, stuff like that. Bookmarked.
- odelaguila 14y agoyou guys should use http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://mizage.com/divvy/ is great for resize windows without touching the mouse.
- sutterbomb 14y agoI love divvy, but a file input field is still easier. Both options require you to go through a file browser to find your file, but a file input doesn't make you resize any windows then resize them back.
- Domenic_S 14y agoWhy resize your browser? cmd+tab to Finder, cmd+n a new Finder window, browse to file, drag it in... (PC win+e a new explorer window and do the same thing)
- baconner 14y agoSuggestion - You might look into creating some templates pre-sized to be ready to upload to the appropriate app store(s). Something like http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio but for promotional graphics.
- Flemlord 14y agoExcellent idea. I'd love to have MS Surface as an option (in horizontal orientation). I'd also love the ability to do it with a video.
- Mojo83 14y agoWoww Amazing! PlaceIt also available in the Chrome Store: http://goo.gl/XtUDJ http://goo.gl/XtUDJ in 3 Languages (English, Spanish and Arabic)
- pazimzadeh 14y agoAw come on, you got on the front page didn't you?
- gotrythis 14y agoJust yesterday, I was looking for this. Thanks!
- nodesocket 14y agoWould love MacBook Air, but with no (transparent) background.
- navidsafa 14y agoWe'll add that for you - check back in 1 hr
- nodesocket 14y agoCan I get http://placeit.breezi.com/productshots/12 http://placeit.breezi.com/productshots/12 and http://placeit.breezi.com/productshots/15 http://placeit.breezi.com/productshots/15 in transparent background. Thank you very much.
- navidsafa 14y agoSure. We'll probably add them at some point this week
- jbrooksuk 14y agoPerfect and just in time for when I go back to work!
- purephase 14y agoThis is cool. If you don't mind my asking, are you using imagemagick to generate the final image? I went through some of the js/css and I didn't see any CSS transforms or js trickery (funny comment about IE in there though).
- jasondenizac 14y ago'cause the only customers worth having use apple products!
- yashg 14y agoThis is fantastic! Kudos for coming up with this amazing service. We just launched our software for Mac and putting the screenshot of the app in a Macbook makes it so much more beautiful! If you can also add some Windows monitors and desktops on transparent background then other non Apple folks would also be able to use it. :)
- navidsafa 14y agoSure thing. We'll add some on Tuesday. Please check back then.