Screenshot Beautifier
Frame a screenshot with rounded corners, a natural shadow and a gradient, solid or fully transparent background, plus optional macOS window chrome — the polished look of product tweets. Rendered locally, nothing uploaded.
Make a screenshot look designed
Paste a raw screenshot and get it back on a soft gradient background with rounded corners, a natural drop shadow and optional window chrome — the style you see in polished product tweets and changelogs. Rendered locally in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Screenshot Beautifier turns a raw screen capture into something that looks designed: your shot sits on a soft gradient backdrop with rounded corners, a natural drop shadow, and — if you want — a macOS-style window bar with traffic-light dots. It's the visual language of polished product tweets, changelog posts, documentation and launch announcements, without opening a design tool.
Pick one of eight gradient moods, drag three sliders (padding, corner radius, shadow depth), and export at 1× or 2×. The insight line tells you when your output lands in the sweet spot for X/Twitter and LinkedIn link cards. Everything renders on a local canvas — screenshots of your product, dashboard or code never leave your machine.
FAQ
Why do screenshots need 'beautifying' at all?
A bare rectangle screenshot blends into the page and looks like a bug report. Padding, a gradient and a shadow create figure-ground separation that makes the same pixels read as intentional content — it measurably improves engagement on social feeds.
What do the three sliders control?
Padding is the space between your shot and the edge of the canvas; corner radius rounds the screenshot itself; shadow controls the blur and depth of the drop shadow under it. The defaults (48 / 14 / 30) work for most shots.
When should I turn on the window chrome?
When the screenshot is an app or browser view that benefits from looking like a window — product UIs, dashboards, editors. Leave it off for phone screenshots, diagrams or photos.
Which gradient should I pick?
Match your brand or the dominant color of the screenshot. Cool gradients (Ocean, Slate) read professional; warm ones (Sunset, Peach) read friendly. Night works well for dark-mode UI shots.
What export settings are best for X/Twitter or LinkedIn?
Export at 2× and aim for a roughly 16:9 result around 1600×900 — the insight line under the preview confirms when you're in that zone. PNG keeps UI text crisp.
Can I use it for App Store or blog images?
Yes — it's just a PNG/JPG/WebP out. For blogs, 1× is usually enough; for retina-heavy audiences use 2×.
Is my screenshot uploaded?
No. The composition is drawn on a canvas in your browser. Product UIs and internal dashboards stay on your machine — the tool even works offline once loaded.
Why does my output look soft?
You probably exported 1× and the platform scaled it up. Re-export at 2× — vector-crisp text needs those extra pixels on high-DPI screens.