asc screenshot resize

Use this skill to prepare screenshots for App Store Connect. Do not rely on a hard-coded dimension table in this skill; the CLI owns the current size matrix.

Source of truth

Always discover current accepted sizes from asc first:

asc screenshots sizes --output table
asc screenshots sizes --all --output table

For local validation before upload:

asc screenshots validate --path "./screenshots/iphone" --device-type "IPHONE_65" --output table
asc screenshots validate --path "./screenshots/ipad" --device-type "IPAD_PRO_3GEN_129" --output table

Common current device-type anchors:

• IPHONE_65 for the common 6.5-inch iPhone screenshot set.
• IPAD_PRO_3GEN_129 for the common 12.9/13-inch iPad screenshot set.

Run asc screenshots sizes --all when targeting other display types such as 6.9-inch iPhone, Apple TV, Mac, Vision Pro, iMessage, or Watch.

Workflow

1. Sanitize filenames

macOS screenshots can contain hidden Unicode spaces that make tools fail with "not a valid file". Sanitize before batch work:

python3 -c "
import os
for f in os.listdir('.'):
    clean = f.replace('\u202f', ' ')
    if f != clean:
        os.rename(f, clean)
        print(f'Renamed: {clean}')
"

2. Inspect dimensions and metadata

sips -g pixelWidth -g pixelHeight screenshot.png
sips -g hasAlpha -g space screenshot.png

App Store Connect rejects screenshots with alpha transparency. Strip alpha by round-tripping through JPEG:

sips -s format jpeg input.png --out /tmp/asc-screenshot-no-alpha.jpg
sips -s format png /tmp/asc-screenshot-no-alpha.jpg --out output.png
rm /tmp/asc-screenshot-no-alpha.jpg

Batch-strip alpha from PNGs: