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Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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Post by the_kat » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 12:39 PM UTC

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?

Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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Post by gdilla » Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 2:34 PM UTC

hrabago wrote: post #64

gdilla wrote: post #62

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.

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.

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).

Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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Post by solstice » Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 8:11 PM UTC

eterm wrote: post #47

ryanbrunner wrote: post #46

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 m…

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…