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Common questions
Offline use, what happens when a subscription lapses, why an export looks soft, capturing pages behind a login, and how to close an account.
7 September 2026
Aspects and Rotato: which does what
Rotato does animated 3D device mockups and does them beautifully. Aspects does photographic mockups as part of a wider export pipeline.
7 September 2026
Aspects and Shottr: which does what
Shottr is free, tiny and very good at scrolling capture anywhere on screen. Aspects is a renderer with a different job. When each one wins.
7 September 2026
Aspects and CleanShot X: which does what
CleanShot X is an excellent capture-and-annotate tool. Aspects is a renderer. They overlap on one feature and diverge on everything else.
7 September 2026
Use a Photoshop mockup without Photoshop
Mockups are sold as layered .psd files with a smart object. Here is how to put your artwork into one on a Mac without an Adobe subscription.
7 September 2026
Why the same render always gives the same file
A screen recorder samples whatever the display showed. A renderer computes each frame. The difference decides whether you can reproduce your own work.
7 September 2026
Which aspect ratio for which platform
The ratio each destination actually wants, why Instagram's grid changed in 2025, and how to export at it without doing arithmetic.
7 September 2026
How to make a scrolling video of a website
Most tools stitch a long screenshot. Here is how to render a website scrolling as an MP4 instead, at the ratio your destination wants, with the same output every time.
7 September 2026