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Guides for product screenshots, app demos and release notes

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Ellie’s labels picker on an iPhone over a blurred green meadow, with the Home projects row lifted forward on a white band that runs past the phone’s edges

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How to make a good product screenshot

Follow one screenshot from a clean capture to an image someone can understand at a glance.

Product screenshots

Three App Store screenshots of Ellie side by side, headlined Put your tasks on your calendar, Dump every task in one place and Keep every detail with the task, each above an iPhone showing that screen

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How to make App Store screenshots, step by step

Plan the screenshot sequence, capture real app screens, add readable headlines and check the files before submission.

App Store screenshots

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How to make an app demo video: plan, record, cut and export

Turn one useful app interaction into a short video: plan the story, record it, make the edit and export for its destination.

Screen recordings and demos

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Alternatives and side-by-side comparisons of the apps people use for screenshots, recordings and changelogs.

21 comparisons

Three browser windows over a blurred meadow: CleanShot's homepage in the middle, headlined There are average capture apps. And there's CleanShot., Shottr's orange homepage on the left and Xnapper's dark homepage on the right

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CleanShot X alternatives: the right Mac app for each job

Product screenshots

Three browser windows of App Store screenshot templates on a lilac background: a purple language app set in the middle, a beauty shopping set on the left and a green gratitude journal set on the right

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App Store screenshot generators: free plans, prices and whose screens they show

App Store screenshots

Three browser windows on a pale blue background: Xnapper's homepage in the middle, headlined Snap Beautiful Screenshots Instantly, CleanShot's Background tool editor on the left and Shottr's homepage on the right

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Xnapper alternatives for beautiful Mac screenshots

Product screenshots

Two browser windows on a pale pink watercolor-style background: the top of AppScreens’ homepage, headlined App Store Screenshot Generator, and the top of AppLaunchpad’s homepage, headlined App Screenshot Generator

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AppScreens vs AppLaunchpad: two App Store screenshot editors compared

App Store screenshots

Three browser windows over a blurred meadow: Shots' homepage in the middle, headlined Create Amazing Mockups, Screenhance's homepage on the left and Pika's homepage on the right

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Shots.so alternatives for device mockups and product shots

Product screenshots

Three browser windows on a soft lilac background: OBS Studio’s homepage at the top, with the line “Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming”, above Cap’s homepage on the left, headlined “Record. Edit. Share.”, and Screen Studio’s homepage on the right, headlined “Beautiful Screen Recordings in Minutes”

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OBS alternative for Mac: what to use when you only need to record

Screen recordings and demos

Practical guides and examples

How-tos, worked examples and references.

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Guide

App Store screenshot templates: where to get them and how to fill one

App Store screenshots

Three browser windows on a soft gradient: Apple’s Product Bezels downloads in the middle, Free-Mockup’s iPhone 17 Pro mockup page on the left and BrandBird’s iPhone 17 mockup generator on the right

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iPhone 17 Pro mockups: Apple’s bezels, free files and generators

Product screenshots

An Ellie for Mac planner window with a Brain Dump list, three day columns and a Timebox calendar, on a blurred green meadow background

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How to screen record one window on a Mac

Screen recordings and demos

The Simple, but powerful section of the Ellie homepage, with its Time blocking, Brain dump, Recurring tasks and Analytics cards, in a whole Chrome window with ellieplanner.com in the address bar, on a pale blue sky

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How to make a browser window mockup from a screenshot

Product screenshots

Ellie's task list with a 9:41 status bar in a black iPhone 17 Pro frame on a soft teal background

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iOS Simulator screenshots: a device frame, a clean 9:41 status bar and where they save

App Store screenshots

Ellie for Mac's week board over a blurred green meadow, with the label picker lifted forward on a white card

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How to keep help center screenshots up to date

Documentation images

An Ellie task with a due date, notes and three subtasks, shown inside a black iPhone 17 Pro with a Dynamic Island, centered on a blurred mint background

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How to put a screenshot in an iPhone frame, and check that it fits

Product screenshots

Ellie for Mac planner window with a green Plan the spring break budget block at 2 PM on the Timebox and an open-hand mouse pointer resting on it

Guide

How to hide, smooth or fix the cursor in a Mac screen recording

Screen recordings and demos

Ellie for Mac task columns seen close up, with the Research a standing desk card mid-drag over the Wed column

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Auto zoom in screen recordings: how to check and fix it

Screen recordings and demos

Ellie's task list for Wednesday, September 16 on an iPhone over a painted sky, with a round glass loupe centered directly over the 00:41 / 02:55 time total next to Add a task

Resource

A free Claude Code skill for writing changelog entries

Release notes and changelogs

An iPhone showing Ellie's Wednesday calendar on a soft mint background, beside the caption Drag a task onto the calendar to schedule it, with a gray touch circle on the screen

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Claude Code video editing: cut, zoom and caption a screen recording with MCP

Screen recordings and demos

Three iPhones on a pale lilac background showing Ellie’s day list, its calendar with the day’s tasks as blocks, and its Brain Dump list

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How to automate App Store screenshots: fastlane, Xcode test plans or an agent

App Store screenshots

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Product screenshots

Make an app screen easy to understand. Capture it, choose a crop, and add a frame or background when it helps.

10 guides

App Store screenshots

Build an App Store screenshot set. Check Apple’s dimensions, capture the Simulator and prepare consistent exports.

20 guides

Screen recordings and demos

Show an app doing something useful. Plan a short demo, record a clean take, then cut, zoom and export it.

Ellie's Task Priority sheet on an iPhone with the Medium option lifted forward and High, Low and No priority dimmed

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Documentation images

Help someone finish a task. Choose useful screenshots, label the right detail and keep images accurate as the app changes.

Amy's Settings screen on an iPhone with the Customize Goal Bar row lifted forward on a light band, between Calorie Estimate Bias and Use Location for Restaurants, while the rest of the screen is dimmed

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Release notes and changelogs

Explain what changed and who it helps. Write the update, choose its format and publish a changelog people can use.

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