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The whole pipeline, one page
How raw app screenshots become a store-ready deliverable, in four stages, plus the optional Pro stage that shows you the exact App Store Connect change before you publish it yourself.
Every other page on this site covers one stage well. This page shows how the stages connect —
from the screenshots already on your phone or in your repository to the file you hand fastlane
or App Store Connect.
#The whole pipeline, one page
ShotOps has one continuous job: turn raw app screenshots into a store-ready deliverable. Four stages get you there, and the same Tidebook example runs through all four.
1 — Raw screens
Five flat PNGs, straight from the simulator or a device. Nothing styled yet.
Five raw Tidebook screens before device frames, captions or panel composition. 2 — Styled preview
ShotOps places each screen in a 3D device mockup, adds your captions, and composes the panels at App Store sizes — low-resolution, free, and fast enough to iterate on the design.
The same screens as a low-resolution preview strip, ready for a quick design decision. 3 — Saved, editable project
Once the design holds, save it. The look, the captions and every locale stay editable after the conversation that made them ends.
The same five panels, saved as an editable project with its look, its captions and its two locales. 4 — Store-ready bundle
Full-resolution panels, one folder per locale, zipped into the shape
fastlane deliveralready expects.One zip, one folder per locale, uploaded by your own fastlane.
A Pro plan adds one more stop before that last mile, without changing who makes it: Review a
release locally reads your live App Store Connect state,
computes the exact difference your bundle would make, and opens that diff in a read-only page on
your own machine — so you know precisely what would change before you run fastlane and make it
change for real.
#Where each stage runs
| Stage | Runs on | Costs |
|---|---|---|
| Raw screens | Wherever they already are | Nothing |
| Styled preview | Your computer (Local MCP) or ShotOps Cloud (Hosted MCP) | Free |
| Saved project | ShotOps account storage | Free |
| Store-ready bundle | Your computer or ShotOps Cloud | Store-ready output and Hosted rendering — see Plans and output |
| Release review (Pro) | Your computer only | Included with Pro; see Review a release locally |
| Publishing | Your fastlane, your App Store Connect | Nothing ShotOps charges for |
#Continue
- Render your first preview walks the first two stages start to finish.
- Work on a saved project covers stage three.
- Ship every locale covers stage four for more than one language.
- Review a release locally covers the optional Pro stage before you publish.