Linearity for Shipaton Builders
Welcome, Shipaton builders! We're glad to have you here. This guide walks you through everything you need to turn your app launch into a full set of polished, on-brand visuals with no design team required.
Linearity, in short
Linearity is an AI-native creative platform that generates editable marketing designs. One prompt gives you on-brand app store graphics, promo visuals and social assets you can actually edit: text, layout, color, vectors, all of it. Resize, tweak and reuse for every channel.
Three parts working together:
• Linearity AI. The generation engine. Describe what you need in plain language and it builds a first draft using your brand's logo, colors, fonts, and templates. Trained specifically for producing marketing and app-launch visuals.
• Linearity Curve. The vector editor. Once something's generated, Curve is where you take it apart and rebuild it: move objects, edit text, swap colors, adjust shapes, replace logos. Every generated asset is a real, editable Curve file.
• Linearity Move. The motion tool. Turn a static asset into a short animation or video-ready graphic — useful for launch teasers, animated social posts, or App Store preview videos.
Two ways to use Linearity:
• Web. Generate assets straight from your brand guide, right in the browser. No install, no setup. Best for quick generation on the go or if you're not on a Mac.
• Mac app (.dmg). Everything in web, plus full editing. Once you've downloaded the Mac app, every asset you generate can be opened, edited, and animated without leaving Linearity. Recommended if you plan to fine-tune your launch assets rather than use them as-is.
Special offer: 50% off for Shipaton builders. Locked In
Shipaton builders get 50% off with code SHIPATON2026. The price is locked in for as long as you stay subscribed.
This offer is redeemed through the web app.
Where to find it: Go to Settings → Upgrade Plan → select "Business Plan" and enter the code at checkout.
What's included in the Shipaton exclusive offer:
• AI-powered design generation
• Editable vector graphics
• Brand Hub & shared assets
• AI resize & localization
• Background removal & AI upscaling
• Team collaboration
• Linearity Curve & Move
• 500 GB cloud storage
• 6,500 refillable credits monthly
Installation
1.Create an account using your company's email address at cloud.linearity.io.
2. Download the Mac app from updates.linearity.io.
3. Open the DMG file and drag Linearity into your Applications folder.
4. When you open Linearity for the first time, you'll see the onboarding screen. Pick "I already have an account." You'll then get a quick product tour. Worth completing it to get familiar with the interface and the non-AI features too.
Resources
• Help Center. Tutorials and guides covering every part of Linearity.
• Book a 1:1 session with the Linearity team. Get hands-on help setting up your brand or generating your first assets.
• Community / Discord. Connect with other Shipaton builders and the Linearity team. Reach out for help with billing, accounts, or technical issues.
• Support. Reach out for help with billing, accounts or technical issues.
Prompt your first asset
1. Add your brand. Connect your website. Linearity pulls your logo, colors and type automatically.
2. Create a new document. Size doesn't matter, you'll prompt it from here anyway.
3. Press the intelligence tool in the left toolbar.
4. A prompt field appears at the bottom of the screen. Type in what you'd like to design.
5. Click Generate. This can take up to 10 minutes. If Linearity AI is unsure what you mean, it'll ask you clarifying questions before generating.
Adding your app screenshot to a design
You can drop your own app screenshot straight into a generation. Linearity will build the design around it.
1. Start a new prompt as usual.
2. Attach your app screenshot to the prompt (use the attachment button).
3. Describe what you want built around it, e.g. "put this screenshot in a phone frame, add a headline announcing our launch, use [Brand] colors."
4. Generate. Linearity places your screenshot into the design and builds the rest around it.
5. Switch to the Mac app to fine-tune positioning, swap the frame, or adjust text once it's generated.
Tips and tricks
• Mention the brand you're designing for in the prompt. Linearity will pull in your connected brand assets automatically.
• No need to write an essay. Linearity's AI is trained for marketing visuals. Short, direct prompts work great. But if you have something specific in mind, go ahead and spell it out.
• Not happy with a result? Regenerate or tweak instead of starting over, that's the whole point.
Example prompts
App store screenshots
• "App store screenshot showing our onboarding flow, [Brand] colors, headline: 'Track everything in one place'"
• "Feature screenshot for our paywall screen, clean and minimal, highlight the free trial"
Promo & launch graphics
• "Launch announcement graphic for Shipaton, bold headline: 'We're live', [Brand] logo top left"
• "Instagram post announcing our v2.0 update, energetic, product screenshot in the center"
Social & marketing
• "Carousel post: 3 slides explaining how our app works, one feature per slide"
• "Twitter/X banner with our logo and tagline, dark mode style"
Ads
• "Facebook ad for our app, before/after style, CTA: 'Download free'"