Last month, we brought you a papercraft project, via Boing Boing, for an iPod Nano cover built on an a uploaded image. A reader, Ryan Stewart, was inspired by this project to create a Web-based automator for this process, and one that works with any iPod. You select your Pod, upload an image, and it generates a PDF for printing and cutting. Mark at BB made this lovely cover using the tool.
Ryan has built several other automators. Last night, I used the HipsterPDA Cover Generator to make a cover for my organizer. I just grabbed the first JPG I bumped into on my desktop, William Blake’s Glad Day, and it fit so perfectly and looks wonderful in action.
Ryan has it set up so that you specify the thickness of your Hipster and the cover is generated with side tabs (and a top width) set to that size. While this looks kind of cool in situ, my Hipster expands and contracts a bit, so the set definition of a width doesn’t make sense. I ended up slicing my side tabs off and I’m happier with it. He also says you must use Legal-size paper or card. I had Letter-size card and just moved the art in Acrobat to fit (just barely) on the page. Worked fine.
After the jump are the contents of my breast pocket: my newly covered Hipster next to my Moleskine Cahier and my new best friend, the Varsity Pilot disposable fountain pen. And yes, I know I suck as a photographer.
Thanks to Alberto on the assist!
