Apple Releases iAd Producer 2.1

Apple today released an update to iAd Producer, its Mac application aimed at allowing designers and developers easily create and test rich advertising banners to feature on Apple’s iAd platform. The new version of the app, 2.1, provides support for WebGL assets in iAd content, brings support for the new iPad, and supports the new media object in iAd JS.

From the release notes:

Provides improved load and save performance for iAd projects.

Improves the performance of exported ad units.

Facilitates better pre-load behavior for assets in exported ad units.

Allows ad upload and testing with iOS devices connected via USB.

Reduces device memory usage for image views.

Enables use of image sprites.

Provides support for on-device debugging.

Enables Twitter integration in iAd content.

Simplifies visualization of animations by providing an onion-skinning view.

Expands the types of assets that can be imported and managed in the asset library to include common document types.

Supports the new media object in iAd JS.

Provides support for integration of WebGL assets in iAd content.

Extends device support to include iPad (3rd generation).

Version 2.0 of iAd Producer was released in November. iAd Producer is available for download here.