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Guides on framing screenshots and screen recordings in iPhone mockups: status bars, demo videos, App Store screenshots, and automating the whole thing from an AI agent.

September 14, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Convert a Video to H.264 on iPhone with a Shortcut

Screeny exports video in HEVC, Apple's default codec. Some apps and scheduling tools still want H.264. A three-action shortcut converts it from the share sheet.

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August 2, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

Device Mockup Generator: Free iPhone Frames for App Screenshots

What a device mockup generator does, when a free transparent PNG frame is all you need, and the three steps a frame alone still leaves you to do by hand.

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August 2, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

Rotato Alternative for App Store Screenshots

Rotato is a Mac 3D mockup studio. Screeny frames screenshots on the phone that took them. Which fits depends on whether you need motion or a set of ten.

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August 2, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Upload App Store Screenshots with the API

The App Store Connect API has no single upload endpoint for screenshots. Here is the reserve, upload, commit sequence and the checksum step people miss.

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August 2, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

Why Mockup Tools Watermark Your Exports (and Why Screeny Doesn't)

A watermark on a free export is a distribution channel and a conversion lever at once. Why the mockup category runs on them, and the trade Screeny made instead.

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August 1, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Put a Video in an iPhone Frame

Three ways to wrap a screen recording in a real iPhone bezel: the full DaVinci Resolve route with alpha exports, a desktop mockup tool, or the phone that recorded it.

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July 18, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

Automate Your App Store Screenshots with Claude and MCP

Screeny for Mac exposes an MCP server, so Claude Code can frame, style, and batch-export your entire screenshot set from a prompt.

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July 12, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Clean Up the Status Bar in App Screenshots

Carrier name, 23% battery, 3:47pm: every way to replace a messy status bar with Apple's clean 9:41 look, compared.

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July 6, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Make an App Preview Video on Your iPhone

Turn a plain screen recording into a polished demo video: device frame, clean status bar, and keyframe zoom animation, without a Mac or After Effects.

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June 30, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

App Store Screenshot Sizes in 2026

The screenshot dimensions App Store Connect actually requires, which sets you can skip, and the fastest way to produce a full compliant set.

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June 25, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

Why Is It Always 9:41 in Apple Ads?

The story behind the time on every iPhone in Apple's marketing, and how to get the same clean status bar in your own screenshots.

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June 20, 2026 · Lazare Kolebka

How to Put a Screenshot in an iPhone Frame

Three ways to wrap your screenshot in a real iPhone bezel: a design tool template, a web generator, or an app that does it in seconds on your phone.

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