Composing: frames, backgrounds and headlines
Put each capture in a device frame on a background, add a headline and a subheadline, and check every output in the live preview grid before you export.
The set editor has three parts: the captures strip at the top, the selected shot with its words and hidden regions, and the outputs grid with a live preview of every shot in every format. The Style inspector on the right applies to the whole set.
Click an output in the grid to see it large. Use ← and → to step through the outputs, Copy Image or Save… to keep one, and Esc or Space to close.
3 shots · 4 formats · 12 images
Device frames
Frames are generic shapes drawn by DemoTake, not artwork of any particular product.
| Frame | Looks like | Used by default for |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | A rounded phone with a thin bezel | iPhone and Google Play phone formats |
| Tablet | A rounded tablet with an even bezel | iPad and Google Play tablet formats |
| Laptop | A lid with a thin bezel on a base | Mac and Chromebook formats |
| Window | A desktop window with a plain title bar | Web formats |
| None | The capture with rounded corners | Apple TV, Vision Pro, feature graphic |
Auto picks the frame from the format, and uses a phone or tablet frame when a web or Mac format gets a phone or tablet capture. Body switches the frame between graphite and silver. Shadow adds a soft shadow under it.
Fitting the capture
The frame's screen takes the shape of your capture, within what a real device looks like. Fit decides what happens when the shapes differ:
- Smart (default): fills the screen when the shapes are close, otherwise shows the whole capture.
- Fill: covers the screen and crops the overflow, keeping the top of the capture (where navigation usually is).
- Fit: shows the whole capture and pads the rest with the capture's own edge color.
For the sharpest result, capture at a size close to the output. DemoTake warns in the export's manifest when a capture had to be enlarged a lot.
Backgrounds
Pick a preset (indigo, sky, lavender, mint, blush, sand, midnight, ocean, graphite, aurora, white or black) or Transparent. Store formats never carry transparency, so a transparent background exports as white there; web formats keep it. Agents and specs can also pass a hex color or a two-color gradient such as #0F172A,#1E3A8A.
Headlines
Each shot has a Headline and a Subheadline. The set has defaults for shots that don't have their own. Choose a type style:
| Style | Headline | Subheadline |
|---|---|---|
| Modern | System sans, bold | System sans |
| Rounded | Rounded sans, bold | System sans |
| Editorial | Serif, semibold | System sans |
Position puts the words above or below the device; on wide formats like Open Graph, a phone sits beside the words instead. Color is automatic (white on dark backgrounds, ink on light ones) or white or ink. Long headlines shrink to fit their space rather than overflow.
Export
Click Export All or press ⌘E. DemoTake renders every included shot in every selected format and shows the folder in Finder. Untick Include in exports to keep a shot in the set but leave it out. Exports replace the previous files, so the folder always matches the set.
Rendering uses fixed colors and the system fonts, so the same set renders to the same bytes on the same macOS version. That's what makes screenshots practical to keep in a repository and regenerate in CI.