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Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

398 points by NirDremer 13y ago

codeulike 13y ago
Nice. http://placeit.breezi.com/cade2ae http://placeit.breezi.com/cade2ae
- nodata 13y ago
  Nicer: http://placeit.breezi.com/e0d7579 http://placeit.breezi.com/e0d7579
  - deleted 13y ago
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  - deleted_account 13y ago
    http://placeit.breezi.com/3c07b95 http://placeit.breezi.com/3c07b95
    - rfnslyr 13y ago
      Holy shit that is creepy. What/who is that?
      - ColinDabritz 13y ago
        Who is right! Doctor Who villain, the Slitheen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen
    - MarcScott 13y ago
      I like http://placeit.breezi.com/f1bcb26 http://placeit.breezi.com/f1bcb26
  - ColinDabritz 13y ago
    And of course, http://placeit.breezi.com/b0ddd82 http://placeit.breezi.com/b0ddd82 Edit: I was bored. http://placeit.breezi.com/d0f04d5 http://placeit.breezi.com/d0f04d5
    - ne0phyte 13y ago
      http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/productshot/716230/breezi_placeit.png http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/productshot/716230/breezi_...
- Theodores 13y ago
  Tips x 6 + gift, please: http://placeit.breezi.com/b0b75c3 http://placeit.breezi.com/b0b75c3
slawwwc 13y ago
I was just looking for something like this. Works great!
mgkimsal 13y ago
nice idea. i can see people paying for this to use some premium background images. 3-4 generic ones are free, you could offer up a lot more custom ones for a small fee.
sethbannon 13y ago
This should save a lot of people a lot of time. FYI it's all done under Creative Commons license allowing commercial use of the images.
- zalew 13y ago
  with attribution http://breezi.com/blog/using-placeit-images-for-commercial-purposes/ http://breezi.com/blog/using-placeit-images-for-commercial-p... You’re completely ok to use PlaceIt-generated-images for commercial use. You just need to attribute PlaceIt if the work is publicly displayed. We’re ok with any attribution so long as you’re clearly not trying to be an asshole and just burying it. Doesn’t have to be large or very prominent either. Anything along the lines of mentioning PlaceIt is fine. We’d obviously really appreciate a link back.
  - kybernetyk 13y ago
    Hmm, I certainly won't 'watermark' my app store screenshots and distract potential customers. I'd rather pay a fee to breezi for using the templates.
    - philtar 13y ago
      You can mention that you used them in the app description.
philjackson 13y ago
Amazing. Thanks for sharing this. I'd been searching for stock images like the ones offered here in which to superimpose screenshots but always came short so just didn't bother. Now I'll bother.
cdawzrd 13y ago
realistic Apple environments :-) (I realize there are one or two Android and Windows phones in the list, but still...)
davefp 13y ago
I'd love a way to filter the options. Scanning through all the pics looking for all the laptop ones (for example) is annoying. Otherwise: I like it!
nns 13y ago
This has been discussed before over here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914
- cbhl 13y ago
  Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 (118 points, 66 comments, 221 days ago)
cpursley 13y ago
Thanks for sharing, I'll be using it on my revamped marketing site. I think in terms of conversion, potential users emphatically see themselves using the product with their device with this type of frame (opposed just a screenshot with no device frame). However, I would suggest several PC shots. Like Lenovo laptop, Dell monitor, etc instead of being so Apple-centric.
jqueryin 13y ago
This is fantastic. I'm surprised I haven't seen something like this before. I think you've got a great potential market here for monetizing. It's like stock photography meets product upsell. My first suggestion would be to get similar shots to those you've already done with a female replacing the male. It's an easy way to add more shots quickly. I also like the idea of more scenes including people. Make it look like they're having fun and also using the phone/tablet at the same time. Smiling faces sell products!
- zachrose 13y ago
  Yes, absolutely fantastic. "Hands holding photoshop-able screens in environments" is rich photographic territory. I would also love to see fat hairy hands, dark-skinned hands, waxy old hands, prosthetic hands, etc.
replax 13y ago
Seems like this guy's images became somewhat handy afterall: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083
- tehwebguy 13y ago
  Was somewhat sure these were the same but wasn't sure how to find the old post. Neat to see it come full circle.
- prakster 13y ago
  replax, I bow to thee. How the heck did you figure that out!
subsystem 13y ago
I do wonder if something bad happens if you try to screenshot the screenshot script url, being a get request and all.
- jlebrech 13y ago
  something goes wrong
jacog 13y ago
Brilliant. Bookmarked. Would love some Windows-y machines as well, all laptops are Macs. (Which is what I use, but still live in a world of Windows laptops)
ollysb 13y ago
I'd love this as a webservice (I'd pay). I need to create product shots for every customer I have (white labelling) and it would be awesome to be able to generate them on the fly.
ohwp 13y ago
Why not transform the image on the client side? It will save load on the server. But it's a nice idea!
andyhmltn 13y ago
It doesn't work at all for me. I just keep gettign 500's
scrozier 13y ago
Isn't working for me right now...possibly server load? But great idea. I too would pay. And I second the suggestion for more diversity in the shots. E.g., I could use one right now in the hands of a Hispanic teen girl. In general, I would need more women.
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Yes - try in a little while pls
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Give it a try now - and we'll add more women - thanks
aaronz8 13y ago
I tried to drag and drop one of the images on top, but I get: We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Yes, sorry try it in a little while. There's a lot of load right now
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Should be good now
gedrap 13y ago
Found it on HN on January and... Why it's free?! I would be glad to pay for each screenshot generated because saves plenty of time and simply makes presentations look way better. There is a channel (you already have it), there is a real problem to be solved and it's something people would pay... Sounds brilliant :)
- zekenie 13y ago
  I bet its free because now I know what breezi is, and I didn't before Jan. I agree this is an awesome service. I would shell out a few for it too.
  - navidsafa 13y ago
    We're keeping it free for now until we release a much larger library of imagery - at that point, we'll decide what makes the most sense.
    - pyrocat 13y ago
      Maybe 30 stock images for free, gain access to larger library for flat fee.
joeblau 13y ago
I used this for a mock that I posted on Dribbble[1]. I remember when it was first released and there were only a few templates so it's great to see that it's still growing. If the OP is here, how hard would it be to have a scene with multiple images? [1] - http://dribbble.com/shots/1023533-Moneys-Mobile-Digital-Wallet?list=following http://dribbble.com/shots/1023533-Moneys-Mobile-Digital-Wall...
GuitarJ87 13y ago
I created an opensource alternative a few months back, called snappshot. (https://github.com/justinjudd/snappshot https://github.com/justinjudd/snappshot) Right now I have just posted my own images, but my goal is to get other photographers/individuals to add photos of different devices. I am updating my webserver right now, but for now you can run it locally or deploy it yourself.
alevans4 13y ago
Would be awesome if this had stages for industrial environments.
- lttlrck 13y ago
  Yes, that would be fantastic.
enraged_camel 13y ago
I really want to share this with people, but it's horrendously slow. I uploaded a 2048 x 1536 image generated from my iPad, and it has been processing it for the past 10+ minutes. edit: over 20 minutes now. I had to restart it.
- hjalle 13y ago
  It is on HN frontpage, I bet that would be the primary reason why its so slow
- nachteilig 13y ago
  Not working for me either, but I have to imagine the combination of image processing and HN front page isn't terribly kind to a webserver.
  - navidsafa 13y ago
    Should be good now
Yetanfou 13y ago
Only Apple products there - why tailor to the minority? Globally Apple has around twenty-something percent of smartphones, thirty-something percent of tablets and ten-something percent of 'PC's'. You wouldn't suspect if you looked at the media though where it often is Apple or bust. I never understood this herd mentality and I still don't. People will start dropping Android screenshots in your iProducts, Xmonad runninng on Macs (OK, that is plausible but still...), Windows will suddenly magically run on more iProducts, etc. Diversity is good. Apple is not very diverse. Why not add something else?
- codereflection 13y ago
  You didn't look far enough. There are Androids and Windows Phones / Tablets to the right.
  - Yetanfou 13y ago
    Ah, better. Now mix them so there is no selection bias.
    - ceeK 13y ago
      Surely it would make more sense to group them? If I'm going to be creating a universal application for iOS, it would be much easier to see all the available options. That said, I do think the other platforms should be given some sort of visibility to show that they're actually present.
  - vacri 13y ago
    I looked far enough. There are very few, especially compared to the endless procession of Apple products, and there are not desktops or laptops.
- crazygringo 13y ago
  Simple: - Apple hardware looks better (regardless of what you think of the rest of it) - Apple hardware is less distracting (more minimalist than most non-Apple stuff) so the focus is on the product itself - Apple has the single most common hardware models (Android may be more common overall, but the iPhone is more popular than any single Android device). I mean really, who wants to have their app surrounded by some clunky boxy Dell laptop? You're basically sending the message of "look at how out-of-date we are". It's not about market share of devices, it's about perception of your product.
trin_ 13y ago
awesome service! any chance of getting a good ol' boring office version maybe with a real monitor or just a laptop on a desk? the kind of people i would use this for really dont go for "macbook air with a notepad in the garden"
brandon272 13y ago
Looks great, but it's taking forever to process the image. And I'm sure that because the app provides no feedback or indication that your image is queued, people are probably stopping the process and re-trying their upload which probably only slows things down tremendously!
evadne 13y ago
I was trying to find screen reflection :) The iPhone 5 screenshot area is off. Top left corner too high, top right corner too close to the right, two bottom corners too close to the right so perspective looks incongruent. Actually content areas in almost all templates are slightly off. All these screens have gaps around them, it’s chrome - bezel - screen gap - pixels. Consider shooting template images with the device showing a solid color so you have the actual image area baked into the original, not with the screen turned off because you’re more likely to get the placement wrong that way.
kafkaesque 13y ago
It looks very nice. Is it possible to add glare/reflection to the actual screen? It would make it look more 'integrated' into the photo's surroundings.
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Some have reflections and glares on them already
ryanbrunner 13y ago
This is a more of a rant on an overall trend than criticism of this site completely, but I honestly do not understand the "drag to upload a file" interaction at all. I'm in all likelihood going to need to navigate through a bunch of folders to locate what I want to upload anyway - why force me to open up Finder, reposition it so that my browser and finder are both visible, with the "drop area" visible as well, find my file and drag it over? With the default file upload that HTML provides, it's going to open a conveniently sized open window from the start, with a clear call to action on how to select the file in question, and no requirement for an awkward drag into some box on a webpage. It really feels like prioritizing "cool" interactions over usability.
- eterm 13y ago
  1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible. 2. With multiple monitors, multiple desktops, etc, quite often people will have their working files open anyway. 3. You can drag a picture straight from another open browser tab so it never needs to touch your browser. 4. Most sites give a choice of either method. 5. It's a fairly intuitive action. I know that I caught older family members struggling when they used to drag images and then the image would display in their browser. At this point they thought the photo was online and would be confused when they couldn't then find it on the site when they came back to it later.
  - rfnslyr 13y ago
    >1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible. It's really not though. I've never had a problem with it.
  - hrabago 13y ago
    I've always thought it was better than Finder, and is still one of the few things I miss from Windows. I could go into why I feel this way but I don't want to go off on yet a other tangent away from the main topic.
  - Groxx 13y ago
    6. file pickers are frequently modal, so you can't do anything in other tabs while trying to find a file.
ceeK 13y ago
Awesome. I was just the other day thinking that there should be this exact service when considering doing one of these shots. This is going to save me a lot of time, thank you. Will be much easier to create marketing assets.
foxhop 13y ago
url2png is kicking my butt when it comes to conversions! They get around 5 new customers for every 1 new linkpeek.com customer.
mjpa 13y ago
I'm guessing it takes a higher resolution image than what the device would use? The sites I tried ended up rendering wrong in terms of what media queries were used...
gdilla 13y ago
I love breezi. Unfortunately, it is against Apple's marketing guidelines to use their product in unauthorized ways to promote your app. It is loosely enforced, but they have pointed it out to us and asked for a takedown (politely). They can also hold it against you if they're considering you for a feature.
- hrabago 13y ago
  Are you saying you've used the "iPhone being held"/"Photographed in context" style before and Apple told you to take it down? I would be interested in this because I've been considering this style for my landing page update.
  - gdilla 13y ago
    We have. But that's because we're a big publisher and Apple manages our account with humans. They expect us to follow their rules (in return for heightened visibility with the iTunes store curation/editorial/marketing folks).
quartus 13y ago
I loaded up my first screenshot sequence of the day. http://placeit.breezi.com/3443524 http://placeit.breezi.com/3443524 Please advise on how to kick up the 4d3d3d3
aytekin 13y ago
Awesome idea. Great execution.
sbashyal 13y ago
Feature request: stages like these http://www.slickwebsite.com/img/showcase1.png http://www.slickwebsite.com/img/showcase1.png Also, stages with transparent background would be nice
triplenineteen 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you are sending a Safari user-agent string for all of the devices. It might be worthwhile to send the proper user-agent strings for each device, so that you'll get a custom response from servers which dynamically generate content based on that header.
quadrant6 13y ago
Very nice. When I typed the url of my own website, which is responsive, it didn't get the responsive version. If it did, it would be perfect.
chmike 13y ago
Can I have one context photo with a laptop on the top of a roller coster ? This could be a good introduction for a VC or startup conference presentation. I would suggest to provide HP or Dell computers too because Apple computer everywhere is getting boring. Ask them to giveaway the laptop as marketing campaing.
nisdec 13y ago
If you do an image search on google you can actually find companies which are using them... for example: http://sobytes.com/world-news-translate-piechart-news-option/ http://sobytes.com/world-news-translate-piechart-news-option... ( Did the image search with this one: http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/stage/stage_image/113/breezi_placeit_17.png http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/stage/stage_image/113/bree... )
the_kat 13y ago
what are the terms of use? what is breezi doing with my uploaded screenshot? can I find that out somewhere? are the screenshots stored on their servers?
the_kat 13y ago
what are the terms of use? what is breezi doing with my uploaded screenshot? can I find that out somewhere? are the screenshots stored on their servers?
XERQ 13y ago
We had a little bit of fun with these: Images + Discussion: http://www.xerq.net/showthread.php?158334-XERQ-marketing-at-its-finest http://www.xerq.net/showthread.php?158334-XERQ-marketing-at-... Images Only: http://i.imgur.com/cN6JnLh.png http://i.imgur.com/cN6JnLh.png http://imgur.com/ZP26pAQ.png http://imgur.com/ZP26pAQ.png http://imgur.com/of7SN4p.png http://imgur.com/of7SN4p.png http://imgur.com/RDPznPc.png http://imgur.com/RDPznPc.png http://imgur.com/ZyKmPkl.png http://imgur.com/ZyKmPkl.png http://imgur.com/xJu3fE1.png http://imgur.com/xJu3fE1.png http://imgur.com/F9T34z7.png http://imgur.com/F9T34z7.png http://imgur.com/OQiCHx5.png http://imgur.com/OQiCHx5.png http://imgur.com/sl892ST.png http://imgur.com/sl892ST.png http://imgur.com/TrOHEyb.png http://imgur.com/TrOHEyb.png http://i.imgur.com/9BDMxZz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9BDMxZz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qUUA1mx.png http://i.imgur.com/qUUA1mx.png *Some pictures may be NSFW

398 points by NirDremer 13y ago

codeulike 13y ago

Nice. http://placeit.breezi.com/cade2ae http://placeit.breezi.com/cade2ae

nodata 13y ago
Nicer: http://placeit.breezi.com/e0d7579 http://placeit.breezi.com/e0d7579
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- deleted_account 13y ago
  http://placeit.breezi.com/3c07b95 http://placeit.breezi.com/3c07b95
  - rfnslyr 13y ago
    Holy shit that is creepy. What/who is that?
    - ColinDabritz 13y ago
      Who is right! Doctor Who villain, the Slitheen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen
  - MarcScott 13y ago
    I like http://placeit.breezi.com/f1bcb26 http://placeit.breezi.com/f1bcb26
- ColinDabritz 13y ago
  And of course, http://placeit.breezi.com/b0ddd82 http://placeit.breezi.com/b0ddd82 Edit: I was bored. http://placeit.breezi.com/d0f04d5 http://placeit.breezi.com/d0f04d5
  - ne0phyte 13y ago
    http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/productshot/716230/breezi_placeit.png http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/productshot/716230/breezi_...
Theodores 13y ago
Tips x 6 + gift, please: http://placeit.breezi.com/b0b75c3 http://placeit.breezi.com/b0b75c3

slawwwc 13y ago

I was just looking for something like this. Works great!

mgkimsal 13y ago

nice idea. i can see people paying for this to use some premium background images. 3-4 generic ones are free, you could offer up a lot more custom ones for a small fee.

sethbannon 13y ago

This should save a lot of people a lot of time. FYI it's all done under Creative Commons license allowing commercial use of the images.

zalew 13y ago
with attribution http://breezi.com/blog/using-placeit-images-for-commercial-purposes/ http://breezi.com/blog/using-placeit-images-for-commercial-p... You’re completely ok to use PlaceIt-generated-images for commercial use. You just need to attribute PlaceIt if the work is publicly displayed. We’re ok with any attribution so long as you’re clearly not trying to be an asshole and just burying it. Doesn’t have to be large or very prominent either. Anything along the lines of mentioning PlaceIt is fine. We’d obviously really appreciate a link back.
- kybernetyk 13y ago
  Hmm, I certainly won't 'watermark' my app store screenshots and distract potential customers. I'd rather pay a fee to breezi for using the templates.
  - philtar 13y ago
    You can mention that you used them in the app description.

philjackson 13y ago

Amazing. Thanks for sharing this. I'd been searching for stock images like the ones offered here in which to superimpose screenshots but always came short so just didn't bother. Now I'll bother.

cdawzrd 13y ago

realistic Apple environments :-) (I realize there are one or two Android and Windows phones in the list, but still...)

davefp 13y ago

I'd love a way to filter the options. Scanning through all the pics looking for all the laptop ones (for example) is annoying. Otherwise: I like it!

nns 13y ago

This has been discussed before over here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914

cbhl 13y ago
Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4988914 (118 points, 66 comments, 221 days ago)

cpursley 13y ago

Thanks for sharing, I'll be using it on my revamped marketing site. I think in terms of conversion, potential users emphatically see themselves using the product with their device with this type of frame (opposed just a screenshot with no device frame). However, I would suggest several PC shots. Like Lenovo laptop, Dell monitor, etc instead of being so Apple-centric.

jqueryin 13y ago

This is fantastic. I'm surprised I haven't seen something like this before. I think you've got a great potential market here for monetizing. It's like stock photography meets product upsell. My first suggestion would be to get similar shots to those you've already done with a female replacing the male. It's an easy way to add more shots quickly. I also like the idea of more scenes including people. Make it look like they're having fun and also using the phone/tablet at the same time. Smiling faces sell products!

zachrose 13y ago
Yes, absolutely fantastic. "Hands holding photoshop-able screens in environments" is rich photographic territory. I would also love to see fat hairy hands, dark-skinned hands, waxy old hands, prosthetic hands, etc.

replax 13y ago

Seems like this guy's images became somewhat handy afterall: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083

tehwebguy 13y ago
Was somewhat sure these were the same but wasn't sure how to find the old post. Neat to see it come full circle.
prakster 13y ago
replax, I bow to thee. How the heck did you figure that out!

subsystem 13y ago

I do wonder if something bad happens if you try to screenshot the screenshot script url, being a get request and all.

jlebrech 13y ago
something goes wrong

jacog 13y ago

Brilliant. Bookmarked. Would love some Windows-y machines as well, all laptops are Macs. (Which is what I use, but still live in a world of Windows laptops)

ollysb 13y ago

I'd love this as a webservice (I'd pay). I need to create product shots for every customer I have (white labelling) and it would be awesome to be able to generate them on the fly.

ohwp 13y ago

Why not transform the image on the client side? It will save load on the server. But it's a nice idea!

andyhmltn 13y ago

It doesn't work at all for me. I just keep gettign 500's

scrozier 13y ago

Isn't working for me right now...possibly server load? But great idea. I too would pay. And I second the suggestion for more diversity in the shots. E.g., I could use one right now in the hands of a Hispanic teen girl. In general, I would need more women.

navidsafa 13y ago
Yes - try in a little while pls
navidsafa 13y ago
Give it a try now - and we'll add more women - thanks

aaronz8 13y ago

I tried to drag and drop one of the images on top, but I get: We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.

navidsafa 13y ago
Yes, sorry try it in a little while. There's a lot of load right now
navidsafa 13y ago
Should be good now

gedrap 13y ago

Found it on HN on January and... Why it's free?! I would be glad to pay for each screenshot generated because saves plenty of time and simply makes presentations look way better. There is a channel (you already have it), there is a real problem to be solved and it's something people would pay... Sounds brilliant :)

zekenie 13y ago
I bet its free because now I know what breezi is, and I didn't before Jan. I agree this is an awesome service. I would shell out a few for it too.
- navidsafa 13y ago
  We're keeping it free for now until we release a much larger library of imagery - at that point, we'll decide what makes the most sense.
  - pyrocat 13y ago
    Maybe 30 stock images for free, gain access to larger library for flat fee.

joeblau 13y ago

I used this for a mock that I posted on Dribbble[1]. I remember when it was first released and there were only a few templates so it's great to see that it's still growing. If the OP is here, how hard would it be to have a scene with multiple images? [1] - http://dribbble.com/shots/1023533-Moneys-Mobile-Digital-Wallet?list=following http://dribbble.com/shots/1023533-Moneys-Mobile-Digital-Wall...

GuitarJ87 13y ago

I created an opensource alternative a few months back, called snappshot. (https://github.com/justinjudd/snappshot https://github.com/justinjudd/snappshot) Right now I have just posted my own images, but my goal is to get other photographers/individuals to add photos of different devices. I am updating my webserver right now, but for now you can run it locally or deploy it yourself.

alevans4 13y ago

Would be awesome if this had stages for industrial environments.

lttlrck 13y ago
Yes, that would be fantastic.

enraged_camel 13y ago

I really want to share this with people, but it's horrendously slow. I uploaded a 2048 x 1536 image generated from my iPad, and it has been processing it for the past 10+ minutes. edit: over 20 minutes now. I had to restart it.

hjalle 13y ago
It is on HN frontpage, I bet that would be the primary reason why its so slow
nachteilig 13y ago
Not working for me either, but I have to imagine the combination of image processing and HN front page isn't terribly kind to a webserver.
- navidsafa 13y ago
  Should be good now

Yetanfou 13y ago

Only Apple products there - why tailor to the minority? Globally Apple has around twenty-something percent of smartphones, thirty-something percent of tablets and ten-something percent of 'PC's'. You wouldn't suspect if you looked at the media though where it often is Apple or bust. I never understood this herd mentality and I still don't. People will start dropping Android screenshots in your iProducts, Xmonad runninng on Macs (OK, that is plausible but still...), Windows will suddenly magically run on more iProducts, etc. Diversity is good. Apple is not very diverse. Why not add something else?

codereflection 13y ago
You didn't look far enough. There are Androids and Windows Phones / Tablets to the right.
- Yetanfou 13y ago
  Ah, better. Now mix them so there is no selection bias.
  - ceeK 13y ago
    Surely it would make more sense to group them? If I'm going to be creating a universal application for iOS, it would be much easier to see all the available options. That said, I do think the other platforms should be given some sort of visibility to show that they're actually present.
- vacri 13y ago
  I looked far enough. There are very few, especially compared to the endless procession of Apple products, and there are not desktops or laptops.
crazygringo 13y ago
Simple: - Apple hardware looks better (regardless of what you think of the rest of it) - Apple hardware is less distracting (more minimalist than most non-Apple stuff) so the focus is on the product itself - Apple has the single most common hardware models (Android may be more common overall, but the iPhone is more popular than any single Android device). I mean really, who wants to have their app surrounded by some clunky boxy Dell laptop? You're basically sending the message of "look at how out-of-date we are". It's not about market share of devices, it's about perception of your product.

trin_ 13y ago

awesome service! any chance of getting a good ol' boring office version maybe with a real monitor or just a laptop on a desk? the kind of people i would use this for really dont go for "macbook air with a notepad in the garden"

brandon272 13y ago

Looks great, but it's taking forever to process the image. And I'm sure that because the app provides no feedback or indication that your image is queued, people are probably stopping the process and re-trying their upload which probably only slows things down tremendously!

evadne 13y ago

I was trying to find screen reflection :) The iPhone 5 screenshot area is off. Top left corner too high, top right corner too close to the right, two bottom corners too close to the right so perspective looks incongruent. Actually content areas in almost all templates are slightly off. All these screens have gaps around them, it’s chrome - bezel - screen gap - pixels. Consider shooting template images with the device showing a solid color so you have the actual image area baked into the original, not with the screen turned off because you’re more likely to get the placement wrong that way.

kafkaesque 13y ago

It looks very nice. Is it possible to add glare/reflection to the actual screen? It would make it look more 'integrated' into the photo's surroundings.

navidsafa 13y ago
Some have reflections and glares on them already

ryanbrunner 13y ago

This is a more of a rant on an overall trend than criticism of this site completely, but I honestly do not understand the "drag to upload a file" interaction at all. I'm in all likelihood going to need to navigate through a bunch of folders to locate what I want to upload anyway - why force me to open up Finder, reposition it so that my browser and finder are both visible, with the "drop area" visible as well, find my file and drag it over? With the default file upload that HTML provides, it's going to open a conveniently sized open window from the start, with a clear call to action on how to select the file in question, and no requirement for an awkward drag into some box on a webpage. It really feels like prioritizing "cool" interactions over usability.

eterm 13y ago
1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible. 2. With multiple monitors, multiple desktops, etc, quite often people will have their working files open anyway. 3. You can drag a picture straight from another open browser tab so it never needs to touch your browser. 4. Most sites give a choice of either method. 5. It's a fairly intuitive action. I know that I caught older family members struggling when they used to drag images and then the image would display in their browser. At this point they thought the photo was online and would be confused when they couldn't then find it on the site when they came back to it later.
- rfnslyr 13y ago
  >1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible. It's really not though. I've never had a problem with it.
- hrabago 13y ago
  I've always thought it was better than Finder, and is still one of the few things I miss from Windows. I could go into why I feel this way but I don't want to go off on yet a other tangent away from the main topic.
- Groxx 13y ago
  6. file pickers are frequently modal, so you can't do anything in other tabs while trying to find a file.

ceeK 13y ago

Awesome. I was just the other day thinking that there should be this exact service when considering doing one of these shots. This is going to save me a lot of time, thank you. Will be much easier to create marketing assets.

foxhop 13y ago

url2png is kicking my butt when it comes to conversions! They get around 5 new customers for every 1 new linkpeek.com customer.

mjpa 13y ago

I'm guessing it takes a higher resolution image than what the device would use? The sites I tried ended up rendering wrong in terms of what media queries were used...

gdilla 13y ago

I love breezi. Unfortunately, it is against Apple's marketing guidelines to use their product in unauthorized ways to promote your app. It is loosely enforced, but they have pointed it out to us and asked for a takedown (politely). They can also hold it against you if they're considering you for a feature.

hrabago 13y ago
Are you saying you've used the "iPhone being held"/"Photographed in context" style before and Apple told you to take it down? I would be interested in this because I've been considering this style for my landing page update.
- gdilla 13y ago
  We have. But that's because we're a big publisher and Apple manages our account with humans. They expect us to follow their rules (in return for heightened visibility with the iTunes store curation/editorial/marketing folks).

quartus 13y ago

I loaded up my first screenshot sequence of the day. http://placeit.breezi.com/3443524 http://placeit.breezi.com/3443524 Please advise on how to kick up the 4d3d3d3

aytekin 13y ago

Awesome idea. Great execution.

sbashyal 13y ago

Feature request: stages like these http://www.slickwebsite.com/img/showcase1.png http://www.slickwebsite.com/img/showcase1.png Also, stages with transparent background would be nice

triplenineteen 13y ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you are sending a Safari user-agent string for all of the devices. It might be worthwhile to send the proper user-agent strings for each device, so that you'll get a custom response from servers which dynamically generate content based on that header.

quadrant6 13y ago

Very nice. When I typed the url of my own website, which is responsive, it didn't get the responsive version. If it did, it would be perfect.

chmike 13y ago

Can I have one context photo with a laptop on the top of a roller coster ? This could be a good introduction for a VC or startup conference presentation. I would suggest to provide HP or Dell computers too because Apple computer everywhere is getting boring. Ask them to giveaway the laptop as marketing campaing.

nisdec 13y ago

If you do an image search on google you can actually find companies which are using them... for example: http://sobytes.com/world-news-translate-piechart-news-option/ http://sobytes.com/world-news-translate-piechart-news-option... ( Did the image search with this one: http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/stage/stage_image/113/breezi_placeit_17.png http://placeit.breezi.com/uploads/stage/stage_image/113/bree... )

the_kat 13y ago

what are the terms of use? what is breezi doing with my uploaded screenshot? can I find that out somewhere? are the screenshots stored on their servers?

the_kat 13y ago

what are the terms of use? what is breezi doing with my uploaded screenshot? can I find that out somewhere? are the screenshots stored on their servers?

XERQ 13y ago

We had a little bit of fun with these: Images + Discussion: http://www.xerq.net/showthread.php?158334-XERQ-marketing-at-its-finest http://www.xerq.net/showthread.php?158334-XERQ-marketing-at-... Images Only: http://i.imgur.com/cN6JnLh.png http://i.imgur.com/cN6JnLh.png http://imgur.com/ZP26pAQ.png http://imgur.com/ZP26pAQ.png http://imgur.com/of7SN4p.png http://imgur.com/of7SN4p.png http://imgur.com/RDPznPc.png http://imgur.com/RDPznPc.png http://imgur.com/ZyKmPkl.png http://imgur.com/ZyKmPkl.png http://imgur.com/xJu3fE1.png http://imgur.com/xJu3fE1.png http://imgur.com/F9T34z7.png http://imgur.com/F9T34z7.png http://imgur.com/OQiCHx5.png http://imgur.com/OQiCHx5.png http://imgur.com/sl892ST.png http://imgur.com/sl892ST.png http://imgur.com/TrOHEyb.png http://imgur.com/TrOHEyb.png http://i.imgur.com/9BDMxZz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9BDMxZz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qUUA1mx.png http://i.imgur.com/qUUA1mx.png *Some pictures may be NSFW