{"id":3550,"date":"2020-07-06T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appsgeyser.com\/blog\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:56:02","slug":"right-screenshot-app-for-googleplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/right-screenshot-app-for-googleplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Right App Screenshot for Google Play &#8211; Android App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pf-mu8-ake6496-ake-card-02-l-1024x396.png\" alt=\"Taking the right app screenshot for Google Play\" class=\"wp-image-11243\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been inundated with emails from users that want to create an Android app and want more details regarding Google Play and how to get screen shots for your developers account. Today I would like to take you through a step by step process of capturing a screen shot and resizing it to suit Google Play requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is an app screenshot?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A screenshot is a photo snapshot of your app, the aim of a screenshot is to take your potential app user inside your app before they have even downloaded your app. You may wonder why this is important, well, you want to use this opportunity to \u2018sell\u2019 your app to the right audience, it is important that you have the right people downloading your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What app screenshots do I need?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. 2- 8 screenshots \u2013 Min-max sizes 320px to 3840px 24 bit PNG (no alpha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. High Resolution Icon \u2013 512px*512px &nbsp;&#8211; 32 bit PNG with Alpha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Feature Graphic \u2013 1024px*500px \u2013 24 bit PNG (no alpha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Promo Graphic \u2013 180px*120px \u2013 24 bit PGN (no alpha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I take a screenshot of my app?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Download your app<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013You can download your app to your mobile device by scanning the QR code on your AppsGeyser dashboard. You can download a QR reader from GooglePlay&nbsp;QR Barcode Scanner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Take a screenshot<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Different phones have different inbuilt functions to take screenshots. The Samsung Galaxy S2 for example allows you to take a screenshot by clicking the Home and Power button together at the same time. To find out of your mobile phone has this inbuilt feature, Google it with the word \u2013 how do I take a screenshot with\u2026\u2026\u2026.(name of your mobile phone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where do I save the screenshot?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Once you have your screenshots, I find it simple to email them to my gmail account and then save them to the image folder created for my application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I resize my screenshot?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are different image sizes and types that you will need to create for your GooglePlay and other app store accounts. Most of the images will require just changing their sizes to fit the requirements and your High Resolution icon will require a little more attention as it will require you adding an alpha layer to your image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Image size<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>with no alpha<\/strong> \u2013 To change your image size, we use the free downloadable programme called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gimp<\/a>. These files should not have alpha channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>Gimp<\/strong> and click on <strong>open image<\/strong> \u2013 Choose your screenshot you want to resize<\/li><li>Ensure it is <strong>RGB mode<\/strong> \u2013click on Image \u2013 Mode and tick RGB<\/li><li>To scale simply click on <strong>Image<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Scale Image <\/strong>(check size you need)<\/li><li>Click apply<\/li><li>Click Save as \u2013 The file will save as .XCF you need to export it to PNG<\/li><li>Click on export \u2013 The file will now save automatically as 24 bit PNG<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;<strong>High resolution Icons 32-bit PNGs with an alpha channel for transparency \u2013This has a little extra step required in order to ensure the image has an alpha channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open your image<\/li><li>Ensure you are in RGB mode Image \u2013click on Mode and tick RGB.<\/li><li>Click on Layer \u2013 Transparency \u2013 Add Alpha Channel. (If this option is greyed out there is already an alpha channel on the image, otherwise add alpha.)<\/li><li>To scale simply click on <strong>Image<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Scale Image <\/strong>(check size you need)<\/li><li>Click apply<\/li><li>Click Save as \u2013 The file will save as .XCF you need to export it to PNG<\/li><li>Click on export \u2013 Due to the image having the alpha channel the image will automatically save as 32 bit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this has helped you to get your screenshots for your GooglePlay account. If you want to create an Android app and make it successful you really need to upload it to GooglePlay and get the attention of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been inundated with emails from users that want to create an Android app and want more details regarding Google Play and how to get screen shots for your developers account. 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