How does the AppScreens designer work?
The AppScreens designer is where you create and customise store-ready screenshot designs.
You can edit text, devices, images, shapes, backgrounds, layouts and positioning for each screenshot. The designer lets you make quick visual changes directly on the canvas, or use Exact Dimensions when you need more precise control.
Your raw app screenshots are managed separately in App Screens and can be placed inside device elements. When you export, AppScreens creates the final store-ready screenshot assets from your design screens.
The main parts of the designer
The AppScreens designer has a few main areas you’ll use when building your screenshot set.
Project Setup
Project Setup is where you manage the main settings for your project, app and screenshot set.
Use this area when you need to configure the project before designing, such as choosing app details, store setup or project-level settings.
Canvas
The canvas is the main workspace where your design screens appear.
Click a design screen on the canvas to open its edit panel. You can also select elements, move items around and preview how your design screens look together.
Edit panel
The edit panel opens when you click a design screen.
It contains the editable settings for the selected design screen, such as:
Layouts & Elements
Background
Image - elements for uploaded images, SVGs, icons, badges, backgrounds, scribbles and doodles
Title & Subtitle - element for captions
Device - element for phone or tablet frames
Shape - element for editable rectangles, squares, circles, ellipses, triangles and lines
Clicking an element directly on the design screen opens the matching section in the edit panel. For example, clicking a device opens the Device section, while clicking title text opens Title & Subtitle.
Layouts & Elements
Layouts & Elements is the section inside the edit panel where you manage the selected design screen’s elements and layers. Elements sit inside layers. Layers control how elements are grouped and stacked in the design.
Use it to:
see all elements on the selected design screen
add a new element
paste a copied element
copy, duplicate or delete elements
enter drag-and-drop mode
open Exact Dimensions
pick a preset
save the current design screen layout as a preset
An element in a higher layer can appear above elements in lower layers. This is useful when placing captions, badges, shapes, callouts or decorative graphics over other parts of the design.
App Screens
App Screens is where you manage the raw app screenshots used inside your designs. Use this area to upload, replace, reorder or manage the app UI screenshots that appear inside device elements.
AppScreens does not edit the contents of these raw app screenshots. You customise the design around them.
Localize / Languages
The Localize or Languages area is where you manage localised versions of your screenshot set. Use this when you want to create, edit or manage different language versions of your design screens.
Preview & Export
Preview & Export is where you check and output your finished screenshot assets.
This area can include:
previewing your final screenshot set
checking App Store and Google Play listing previews
downloading a zip file
uploading to app stores
running Screenshot Review
viewing export history
checking global warnings before export
Screenshot Review reviews the current store-preview outputs before export. It does not edit your raw app screenshots.
Two ways to adjust your design
There are two main ways to adjust layouts and element positions in AppScreens: drag-and-drop and Exact Dimensions.
Drag-and-drop
Use drag-and-drop when you want to move or resize elements visually on the canvas.
This is the easiest option for most design changes. You can drag elements into position, resize them and use alignment guides to line them up with other elements.
You can enter drag-and-drop mode in several ways:
hover over an element on the canvas and click the move icon
click the move icon from the element toolbar
open Layouts & Elements and click the move icon
click Drag and drop in the Layouts & Elements section
open the element’s dimensions popover and click Drag & drop
on Mac, use ⌘ + K
When you are finished, click Save positions, click the green tick, or press Enter.
Exact Dimensions
Use Exact Dimensions when you need precise control over position, size, spacing, layers or padding.
You can open Exact Dimensions in two ways:
click the right-angle ruler icon beside an individual element
click Exact Dimensions inside Layouts & Elements
The individual element Exact Dimensions popout lets you adjust values such as X position, Y position, width, height and spacing.
The full Exact Dimensions view is percentage-based and helps you adjust the selected design screen’s layout structure, layers, padding and element placement.
Which area should I use?
What you want to do | Where to go |
|---|---|
Set up your app or project | Project Setup |
Edit a design screen | Click the design screen on the canvas |
Edit a specific element | Click the element on the design screen |
Manage layers and elements | Layouts & Elements |
Upload or replace raw app screenshots | App Screens |
Manage translations or languages | Localize / Languages |
Move or resize something visually | Drag-and-drop |
Set exact position, size or spacing | Exact Dimensions |
Preview, download or upload final assets | Preview & Export |