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Great app for developers
This app is great! I was thinking about making app app for myself just like this because I absolutely hate making App Store screenshots (talk about the second 90%). This does what I need to get an app update out the door with ease.
There are a few things that could be done to make it better.
- The device bezels that Apple's marketing resources provide have a license agreement. It appears that these wireframes are being used in the app. The developer should pass on that license agreement to the user of the app to make sure they play by the rules.
- Templates! I'd like to make a template and then provide a JSON file or the like along with a directory to images to automate the app.
- A nice touch would be a File > New Project that asks you which devices and platforms you support and then creates placeholder for required assets.
- While this fall Apple will only require one screenshot per each device type, I would like to see this app have a strong opinion that the best experience is still per-device screenshots.
- Support for multiple windows - different projects. I'd like to be able to look at multiple of my apps at a time. I have a visual style across my apps that I like to maintain. Having to change the device target a bunch is cumbersome and could be much better.
- Support for multiple windows - the same project. I'd like the ability to quickly copy and paste the screenshot captions across different device types to make sure they're all lining up and easily edit with less push and pop.
- Support to duplicate the copy from one device to another. I don't want to copy the entire screen including device screenshot, I want to just copy the image caption to another device.
- The settings pane on macOS feels like it is missing navigation push and pop functionality. For example going into Settings > XCStrings Files, there isn't a 'back' button to go back. When exploring the different settings screens of the app there is more back and forth and reopening of the window that should have IMHO support 'back' navigation.Show lesseDorphy
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the great review! Love the feedback you’ve listed here, but a better place for it would be the official feature tracker, where other users can see your tickets and everyone votes on what to build next. https://picasso.features.vote/board Regarding the back button behaviour, that’s a limitation of SwiftUI for macOS. I can’t seem to get proper navigation to work within a sheet. Also, you are able to duplicate any item in a screenshot to another screenshot. Simply right click to access the menu.It's a good tool for creating screenshots, a feature suggestion
I have a feature suggestion. I want to use colorful background images, but also want to use title text. I can't find a good text color for some of my images. Could there be a background specific to the text so I could set it to white with black text, and still have my colorful image used.andytriboletti
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! You can currently set a shadow on text, which should give you enough contrast on top of your colorful background. I’ll look into adding more options for this though! What would it take for you to give me a 5 star review? P.S. you can use the feature request option in the app’s preferences to submit ideas!Amazing
Thank you for making this tool.Justin Eiskamp
Developer Response
No problem, thank you for the review!Still buggy
This seems like a promising app, but there are some annoying bugs. I'm on a recent version (2.2.1) and still see the weird cross-screen state issues where:
- Editing text will jump you to a previous screenshot
- Adjusting the scale of an image ends up changing the scale of an image on a different screenshot.
But the developer has been very responsive with workarounds so the trajectory is good.Show lessLVB42
Developer Response
So sorry about this bug! It has been a little tricky to track down, but I think I have solved it. For future reference, you can fix this by duplicating the screenshot that is giving you trouble!Super intuitive interface
This app is amazing and so much better than generating app store screenshots by hand or with any of the multiple free sites online. The features to copy screenshots from one device type like 6.7" iPhone to iPad is exceptionally useful, as well as copying a device image or text to a different screenshot.Show lessCaprilyc
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! There’s even more cool stuff in the works 😄Very helpful
I’ve used this app for several projects where we didn’t have a dedicated design team or the designers were too busy with other things.
Picasso has made my life (and my teammates’) that much easier.drewalth
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! What will it take to get to 5 stars?The Best!
I have been using Picasso since pretty much it's release and it has been so amazing! Having seen it through the entire beta for version 2.0, I can confidently say this is the last screenshot tool you will ever need for apple platforms!Mcrich23
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the glowing review!A joy to use
Before Picasso, I had been using a web-based screenshot tool. As a native Mac and iPad app, Picasso is so, so much better. Direct screenshot uploading to App Store Connect is icing on the cake.Re5i5tor
Developer Response
We agree! Glad you’re enjoying the app!Buggy
The app has potential but is filled with bugs.
- Every time when I try to edit text in a screenshot unit, Picasso takes me to a previous unit, even though the text box in this unit has been selected with outlines around it. I had to work around that by deleting the text box and add a new one every time.
- Exporting to App Store Connected worked only once; since then I always get an error message saying it failed.Show lessBAM875
Developer Response
Sorry to hear you’ve encountered so many bugs! We've put a ton of efforts into bug fixes and these should all be fixed in version 2.0.1 or newer.Great app
Thanks for the great app!ahizuabhaidne
Developer Response
Thanks for the great review!
