How to use ScreenGen

What ScreenGen does

ScreenGen turns a phone, tablet, or computer into an on-set screen — VFX plates, phone looks, social feeds, and cueable video or stills — so the camera photographs a real display instead of a blank prop.

Two things it is built around:

1. The take. Arm a beat, clear the chrome, lock the screen, roll. Controls are meant to disappear.
2. The prop. The device in frame is the product. Pair a supervisor remote or drive up to eight displays from one project.

The workflow at a glance

Once these click, the rest is screens that do what their labels say.

Install

Add ScreenGen to the Home Screen so the browser chrome is gone. Open the icon, not the tab. See Install on a device.

Pick a mode

Plates for keying and lighting, Social for feed and vertical skins, Phone for iOS and Android looks, Video for a local recording or a still.

Dress, cue, hide

Fill Content (or Screen) for the shot. Arm a cue when the beat is timed. Hide UI — and Take lock if the display has to stay clean. Full walkthrough: Getting started.

The docs, topic by topic

Get started

Getting started — Tour ScreenGen: pick a mode, dress content, hide the UI, and shoot a clean take.

Install on a device — Add ScreenGen to the Home Screen on iPhone, Android, or desktop for true fullscreen on set.

Screen modes

Production plates — Use ScreenGen chroma green, white, mid gray, and tracking marker plates on set.

Phone UI — Dress iOS and Android home, calls, video calls, messages, and notifications in ScreenGen.

Home screen designer — Arrange apps and dock icons on ScreenGen home screens and export a transparent PNG.

Social skins — Use ScreenGen social feed and vertical skins with stock, green, or custom posts.

Video playback — Play a local recording fullscreen in ScreenGen with scale, loop, mute, and cues.

Still image — Show a PNG or JPEG fullscreen in ScreenGen with scale and cues.

Shooting

Cues, hide UI & take lock — Arm ScreenGen cues, hide controls, wake from black, and lock the take for camera.

Supervisor remote — Pair a second phone or tablet to control ScreenGen off-camera with a QR code or pairing code.

Pair devices — Drive up to eight ScreenGen displays from one phone and push a saved scene to each.

Reference

FAQ & troubleshooting — Common ScreenGen questions: take lock, sleep, uploads, cost, privacy, and updates.