Day Player Sketch Plugin

A Sketch Plugin for creating placeholder images from online services.

Installation

• Download the latest version (3.0.0)
• Unzip the file
• Double-click Day Player.sketchplugin to install

What Does It Do?

It allows you to insert customized placeholder images into any Sketch document from a number of different placeholder image services:

• unsplash.it
• placehold.it
• fillmurray.com
• placecage.com
• placekitten.com

How to use it

• Open a new or existing Sketch document
• Plugins > Day Player > Service…
• Update the options to your liking, OK/Enter
• The image is created on the canvas

Appending images to an Artboard or Group

• Open a new or existing Sketch document
• Select the Artboard or Group
• Plugins > Day Player > Service…
• Update the options to your liking, OK/Enter
• The image is created within the Artboard or Group
• Image will be placed in the top left corner of the Artboard or Group

Artboard:

Group:

Creating images with dimensions and position of existing Layers

• Open a new or existing Sketch document
• Select the desired Layer
• Plugins > Day Player > Service…
• Update the options to your liking, OK/Enter
• The image is created in the parent group of the selected layer
• Image will inherit the x, y, width, and height of the selected layer

Advanced Service Options

All services offer width, height, and black & white / color options. Unsplash.it and Placehold.it offer further options to customize the placeholder images.

Unsplash.it:

Placehold.it:

Contributing to this project

As with most open source projects, pull requests for bug fixes, and new functionality are always welcome.

Prerequisites

• Node 5.x.x+

Fork this repo and clone a local copy of your fork.

Install dependencies:

npm install

Create necessary application bundle from source by running:

make install

Watch the src and resources directories and recompile when changes are made by running:

make watch

make install and make watch will copy the application bundle to the default Sketch plugins location ~/Library/Application Support/com.bohemiancoding.sketch3/Plugins/ as Day Player.sketchplugin.

See the Makefile for further details on the build process.