Framous 1.0 and Shareshot
Some people, whether you’re in the media or software development or technical support, take and publish a lot of device screenshots. And while an image straight from an iPhone or Apple Watch looks fine, it often looks much better to be put in context by including the device it’s running on as a frame.
I think this is way overdone, but it does make sense when mixing screenshots from different types of devices.
Apple Frames is great, but it ran into a lot of limitations simply because it was a shortcut and not a full app. Fortunately, two new standalone apps take what Apple Frames accomplished to the next level. Framous is a Mac app from the developer of Dark Noise, and ShareShot is a Mac/iPad/iPhone/visionOS app from Montana Floss Co. Both apps let you control which device (right down to the color) is used as a frame, and each have their strengths and weaknesses.
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Framous is much more limited—it only outputs on a transparent background and it only runs on the Mac—but it can compose multiple screenshots into a single image. I was able to drag in screen shots from an iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch into a single canvas, and Framous automatically detected the device and added a proper frame to each one.
I love it. So many little details. You can just drop a screenshot in and copy a framed version out with zero fuss, but there are also all sorts of tweaks and adjustments you can make, right down to choosing which shade of titanium to color your specific iPhone Pro model.
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I wouldn't consider building this for the Crapp Store because I see Apple eventually rejecting it for "uses trademarked design language" or "violates our legal imagery" (even if it's a custom-drawn approximation) or something retarded.
I recall a story of an early app dev getting their app rejected for using a blank round-rect to represent an iPhone and Apple's rejection used similar reasoning.
@Hammer And also: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2009/11/13/airfoil-speakers-and-the-app-store/
