Documentation images

Start with the documentation screenshot style guide to decide what to capture and annotate. Browse real help center articles for examples, then use the maintenance workflow to track which images need replacing when your interface changes.

Topics

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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Screenshots in documentation: best practices for help centers, with examples

Decide what to capture, how tightly to crop it, what to annotate and what the surrounding text still needs to explain.

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Practical guides and examples

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Examples

Help center examples: 10 articles and their screenshots, annotated

Ten help center articles, from Apple and Slack to Things and Raycast, captured the same day and annotated on one thing: how their pictures show the product.

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

Guide

How to keep help center screenshots up to date

Keep a list of every image, re-shoot when a release touches its screen, and write down one look so new images match the old ones.