Start from the page, not a file
You want to show a live page: a new landing page, a pricing update, a docs page. The usual path is to screenshot it yourself, find the file, and upload it. Tokokino skips those steps. Paste the page address and the editor captures it for you.
The capture runs on Tokokino servers, not in your browser tab. Your computer never opens the page. After a few seconds the screenshot lands on your canvas, ready to frame and style like anything you uploaded by hand.
Paste the link and pick a device
Open the editor and find the upload card on the empty canvas. It has a link field that starts with https://. Paste the full page address there. Only public http and https addresses work, so check the link opens for a signed-out visitor.
Below the field, pick the device the capture pretends to be: desktop, tablet, or mobile. Each device sets a matching screen width and shape, so choose the one your readers use. A desktop capture suits a marketing site review. A mobile capture suits a landing page check on a phone.
Press Capture Screenshot. The button reports progress while the page loads and renders. Nothing else is needed from you until the image arrives.
Give slow pages a few seconds
Some pages need a moment after loading: a hero animation plays, a font swaps in, or content arrives late. Capturing too early freezes the page halfway, with blank areas or a spinner stuck in the shot.
The capture settings include a delay of none, 2 seconds, or 5 seconds. The delay waits after the page loads, then takes the shot. If your first capture looks half loaded, run it again with a longer delay before changing anything else.
Work with the whole page, then narrow down
URL capture always grabs the full page, top to bottom, at double resolution. What lands on your canvas is a tall image, not just the visible top part.
Scroll through it in the editor and find the part that matters for your visual. Say the pricing page gained a new plan: capture the page on desktop, crop to the plan table, and that crop becomes the visual. Keep the whole page when the length itself is the point, such as a landing page teardown.
Style it like any other screenshot
Once the capture is on the canvas, it behaves exactly like an uploaded screenshot. Put it in a browser frame for site context, or a device frame for a hardware setting. Add a background that fits where the image will be published. Add a short label or an arrow to point at what changed.
When the visual is ready, export it as PNG, JPEG, or WebP, or share a link to it. The capture step changes how the image arrives. Everything after that is the normal editor workflow.
Know what URL capture cannot do
Pages behind a login cannot be captured. The render has no account session, so it sees what a signed-out visitor sees. If the page needs sign-in, screenshot it yourself and upload the file instead.
X and Bluesky links take a different path. They never become page screenshots. They load as editable post cards you can style on the canvas.
Capture is one of the few features that needs the network and Tokokino servers. Editing, styling, and export encoding still run in your browser. If you work offline, capture waits until you are back online.
Open Tokokino and paste your first link. The changelog notes capture improvements as they ship.