Archival Notice This page has been archived and is not kept up-to-date.
Skala Preview
Skala Preview is a powerful tool that allows you to send pixel-perfect, colour-accurate design previews from your Mac to your iPhone or iPad. This feature enables you to test various aspects of your design such as tap sizes, text sizes, colour, contrast, and ergonomics during the design process. This way, you can make necessary changes easily and iterate faster to a better final design.
Please note: This app requires the free Skala View iOS app.
Pixel Perfect: Skala Preview sends lossless, colour accurate image previews to any iOS device. The previews are pixel perfect and the colours are identical to how the final app or website will look on the device.
Zoom In: You can preview at precisely 100% and zoom to exactly 200% to view a non-Retina iPhone design full screen on an iPhone 4 or 4S. Zooming in shows crisp pixels, not an interpolated, blurry mess.
Portrait & Landscape: Skala Preview allows you to preview designs on an iPhone, iPod or iPad in both portrait and landscape orientation. It supports devices with Retina and non-Retina displays. If you’re creating an iOS app, Skala Preview has got you covered.
Realtime Preview: If you’re using Photoshop CS5 12.0.4 or newer, Skala Preview can preview your canvas as you edit. There’s no need for saving or using keyboard shortcuts, just lossless previews in real-time. It is the fastest way to preview a design mock-up on an iOS device.
Send Files & Clipboard: Skala Preview supports Fireworks, Pixelmator, Acorn, and other image editors including older versions of Photoshop. It can send images via the clipboard or by dragging files to its dock icon or window. The clipboard is sent automatically, so you don’t have to break your workflow to send. Just copy something and it’ll appear on your iOS device.
Multiple Devices At Once: Skala Preview allows you to send to as many iOS devices as you’d like. It’s even possible to view different colour blindness testing, orientation or zoom level on multiple devices at once.
Colour Blindness Testing: Skala Preview ensures that your design can be used by those with protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or complete colour blindness.