Smart Objects - inserting image into screen mockup

[shatchp]

I think you need a bit more than just impose an image over a square on ipad/iphone/imac or any other "i" machine you can think of. You show a site where the pads are angled. Is this what you're trying to achieve?

Anyway, if this is what you're after here's a video of how I'd do it using the perspective mould tool.

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Hi, thanks all for the responses...what a responsive community! I'm actually looking to be able to impose an image on an angled screen, where the image imposed adjusts to the angled screen. You'll note my lack of technical language here...definitely learning this stuff, but I do some web design and I've got to get good with images/vectors.

I'll look over all your input...thanks much!

Sam

[gwpriester]

If you want to stretch a photo over an angled image, then use a Perspective > Envelope (Mould Tool).

In the attached example I used a photo of a smart phone. I drew an outline of the screen (the cyan line). I applied a Perspective Envelope to a photo and I dragged the corners of the enveloped photo and snapped them to the cyan outline.

I added a 30% Black triangle to continue the highlight on the surface of the phone and applied a Linear transparency to make it appear to continue the highlight that is already there.

In Help > Index, search for Envelope Molds for more information.

[Egg Bramhill]

Now you're confusing me Gary You can either have an Envelope Mould or a Perspective Mould ?

then use a Perspective > Envelope (Mould Tool).

This is far to much for my addled beer soaked brain to cope with.

[gwpriester]

My description is based on what I found in the Help when I searched for Envelopes, Egg. I don't make this stuff up. :-)

[letsgofishing]

My description is based on what I found in the Help when I searched for Envelopes, Egg. I don't make this stuff up. :-)

Good laugh...!

[Egg Bramhill]

[angelize]

Frances - It depends on the resolution as far as enlarging an image.

I've been busy with life and have just gotten back to this thread. What I meant about resizing and photo resolution is that Xara has always kept the original photo in it's memory and you can resize a photo down really tiny and then size it back up again with out it becoming pixelated as long as you dont exceed the original photo's resolution. This hasn't always been the case with photoshop hence the smart objects.