iMessage Generator

What this is for

A messages thread is one of the most recognisable interfaces on the phone, which is exactly why it turns up so often in content. Course creators use it to show a conversation flow, product teams drop it into storyboards and UX mockups, and marketers use it to illustrate an example exchange in a deck or a social post. Rebuilding that screen by hand is fiddly, and recording a real phone means using real contacts.

This renders the screen around a script you write, so you control every line and nothing on it is a real person’s message.

Writing a thread that reads right

• Keep messages short. Real texting is a handful of words at a time. Long paragraphs in a bubble are the fastest tell that a thread was written rather than sent.
• Let both people talk. A run of five of your own bubbles with no reply looks off. Alternate sides with the toggle beside each message.
• Use the delivery label deliberately. "Delivered" sits under the last message you sent; "Read" implies the other person has opened it. Pick the one that matches the moment you’re depicting.
• The typing indicator is a mid-conversation beat. Turn it on when the story is that you’re waiting on a reply.

Details that make it look right

• Blue is iMessage, green is SMS. The color is not cosmetic — it tells the viewer whether the other person is on an iPhone. Match it to the story you’re telling.
• Bubbles group. Consecutive messages from the same person tuck together, and only the last one in a run carries the tail. This tool handles that automatically.
• Dark mode is common in screenshots, and often reads better in a feed than a bright white thread.

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