Best iPad Apps 2011 For Web Designers-Time to Strengthen Your Productivity!

iPad- since its emergence has got a great deal of popularity among all sorts of users. It’s extremely powerful and loved because of its portability and usability. The fame of iPad is not just limited to general population but it has got with it so many features that influenced the world of designers as well. For designers it’s a marvelous new tool strengthening their skills from weaving new ideas to making them a reality. Its portability has enabled them to accomplish their work on the spot with all the necessary tools brought together at one place, and that’s among the biggest advantages one can have from this superb device. A huge range of iPad apps enable the web designers extend their imagination and creativity like never before. But in the midst of the constantly growing App store having thousands of applications, it’s hard for a designer to find the best and useful apps.

For all these reasons and particularly making your iPad application hunt easier I have put together a collection of very powerful and well designed apps, so check them out and give your feedback through comments.

The Web Designer’s Idea App- Keeps You Up To Date

This is a wonderful tool that lets the designers know what’s happening in the world of design. It has more than 1350 website designs organized by color, design style, type etc. enabling the designers to get inspiration for their own design stuff.

Sketchypad – Makes Your Website And Interface Sketching Simpler

SketchyPad has numerous stencils and an easy to use interface. Designers can easily create mock-ups and link between them. It has numerous other features like it saves your results to PNG file with an option to send by email, you can directly import photos to your sketch from your album and a wide range of free icons for mock ups and much more.

Sketchbook Pro- Enables Natural Sketching

This is a pen based interaction app with a bunch of quality tools and features comprising of pencils, brushes, colors, guides, layers etc. Create stunning designs with its multi-touch interface. You can even install 90 additional brushes and stamp brushes from the store. This application converts your iPad into an ultimate digital SketchBook where you can experience the joy of sketching naturally.

Adobe Ideas- Capture And Explore Ideas Anywhere You Go

Adobe Ideas is a digital sketchbook and provides support to Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, the renowned professional design applications from Adobe. The application is fun to use with a simple, clean and fluid interface. You can work with different brush sizes and opacity and configure your own palette. Wherever you go it gives you the power to capture and explore ideas.

iMockups- Draft Wire frames Quickly

iMockups has both a beautiful interface and intuitive functionality. With its use designers can easily draft wire frames for their websites and other applications. It has a multitude of colors, text styles, borders and backgrounds. The application has the power to increase your productivity and keeps you organized.

iDraw- Create Awesome Vector Illustrations

iDraw is a vector drawing and illustration tool and is the most feature-packed application on the iPad. In the app you will discover customizable grid and margins, vector brushes and customizable shape drawing tools. This is one of the most powerful vector illustration apps on the App Store and gives you the feeling as you are working on your desktop PC.

iThoughtshd- Now Map Your Thoughts

Now you have the opportunity to organize your thoughts, ideas and information in a visual form with iThoughtsHD.  It has the best mind mapping tools available and has a very easy to use interface and a clear design. You can easily move your ideas around the map and link them again; you can capture topics and record ideas and thoughts as topic bubbles.

Omnigraffle- Organize Your Diagrams

OmniGraffle is one of the best tools for diagrammatic representation and helps you create diagrams and charts that convey information in an effective manner. When you are in need to represent how processes are carried out and how to present information in a form that is clearly understand, do not hesitate to go for OmniGraffle. You can also wire frame layouts and develop site maps with this application.

Moodboard- Create Inspiration Boards

Mood boards extend designers potential to play with colors, fonts, images and textures to build an aesthetic for their next piece of art work. You can create mood boards for your website or even work on the outlook of an entire brand. You can organize anything like art projects; create collages, designing websites etc.

The Font Game- Your Typeface Identifier

The Font Game is a good learning tool for recognizing different types of fonts. This is actually a game and not a designing tool, makes you addicted to it as you enjoy playing it while also learning to identify over 1,000 popular fonts.

All these applications make a web designer’s life easier while also strengthening their power of imagination and creativity. Let yourself adapt to the ever evolving technologies and increase your productivity. I hope these applications will surely do a great job for most of you, if not for all.

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