Love this idea and the final images look great. One gripe with the UX, and I'm starting to see this everywhere, is that the only way to upload a file is to drag it onto the browser. Why not add the option for a standard file input form? Drag and drop uploading breaks my workflow substantially - am I alone in this?
Came here to say the same thing - I hate drag and drop everywhere! I have to resize my browser window, move it around, open up a file browser, resize that, find the file, drag and drop it, close the file browser, and resize my web browser. How annoying! I think it's because it's an OSX paradigm, so stuff that's very design-y tend to use it, and it ends up with the usual OSX "looks nice, isn't very practical" effect.
I love the service though - could use some 'outdoor' shots in urban environments, a crowd, a concert, a subway stop, stuff like that. Bookmarked.
I love divvy, but a file input field is still easier. Both options require you to go through a file browser to find your file, but a file input doesn't make you resize any windows then resize them back.
I don't get why so many product screenshots focus on showing use on an Apple computer/device when statistically most of your users will not be using Apple.
Perhaps more early adopters are using Apple? Or it just makes it look cooler?
If you're making a mobile app, or especially something for tablets, in a lot of cases most of your users WILL be using Apple products even if it's not specific to iOS.
Market share? It's been shown that even though a lot of "android" devices may be out there, the majority of use and engagement from mobile platforms is still coming from iOS.
For many markets (probably globally too?), there's no single smartphone that's more popular than the latest iPhone. So if you're only going to put one device in a photo, that'll probably be it.
And if you look only at the demographics you're interested in, it's likely that iOS will be at or near the top anyway.
Well, if you're making an iPhone app or Mac app, then it's obvious.
But I assume you meant specifically in the case of specifically non-Apple stuff... because they look better to more people (or at least most of us learned to buy into that perception), and represent to many a more "premium" experience. I've seen it on TV ads for years now -- blank-labeled Macbook Pros say "sexy".
I don't understand this comment, or any of the replies. It's not like anyone makes an Android app and thinks "well, since the iPhone is more popular, I'll go with that for the screenshot".
Maybe for mobile websites, but I don't see anyone screenshotting those...
I might be missing something here, but - where's the license to the photos?
These would obviously be useful for commercial purposes, but I have to see some usage license for it.
Awesome idea. I was thinking that I needed something like this just this past weekend. I was working on a demo for my iPhone and the product actually works, but it was pouring rain all weekend in SF so I couldn't go outside and take a good pic.
Adding a few more devices or even shots with multiple devices would be a great addition, but the core concept is great.
Looks great -- As a note, I got a response after about a 1-2 minute process time. Would be great for you to show where I am in the process queue location instead of just the loader so that I don't think there was a browser or server error.
Is it possible to also have a multi-device template (showing the screen simultaneously on iPhone, Macbook, etc?)
Sorry, yes there is a lot of people hitting the server right now. Yes, that would be possible but I think what we're going to do is add PNG outputs so you can place them together with your own backgrounds as well.
This is fantastic! Kudos for coming up with this amazing service. We just launched our software for Mac and putting the screenshot of the app in a Macbook makes it so much more beautiful!
If you can also add some Windows monitors and desktops on transparent background then other non Apple folks would also be able to use it. :)
Suggestion - You might look into creating some templates pre-sized to be ready to upload to the appropriate app store(s). Something like http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio but for promotional graphics.
This is cool. If you don't mind my asking, are you using imagemagick to generate the final image? I went through some of the js/css and I didn't see any CSS transforms or js trickery (funny comment about IE in there though).
I don't really have a problem with people using a standard form for content, I understand it's nice to make engaging interactive content, and artistic projects that entertain, inspire or amuse, sometimes though, you just want to read some words, look at some images and find out some facts, a standard form can be very good for that.
