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Skitch — Snap, Draw, Share
Information about Plasq's Skitch screengrab editor and image sharing Mac application and web service.
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About Skitch
Skitch is a Mac Application that allows you to easily take snapshots of your computer screen and then overlay text and graphics. It even has a 1-click upload feature so you can share your pics to their website skitch.com, your .Mac web space, Flickr or even your own website. A truly awesome Mac application and web service.
- skitch.com — download Skitch.
- help.skitch.com — faq help.
A Bit of Promotion
It's not too often I recommend a new bit of software, but here goes... Head over the skitch.com and download Skitch.
It's a little Mac application that allows you to take snapshots (or screen grabs) of our computer screen. You can resize and crop the grabs plus overlay text, arrows and other graphics. Skitch has a great user interface which makes all this really easy. Perfect for doing a quick screen-shot and then pasting it into an email. You can even grab from an iSight if you've got one.
The really cool thing is that Skitch can automatically upload your images onto the Internet so you can use them on your website. You get an account on skitch.com that allows you to upload your pics to their servers. You can even set it up to upload the files to your .Mac web space, your Flickr account or even FTP the file to your own website.
Once logged into Skitch.com you can open a page with a full set of URLS to share the image or embed it in a page on another site, be it your own site, Facebook or any other. You can even make the image public or private.
It's all very easy to use and well worth a peek. There's even a great intro video on the home page which teaches you to use Skitch in a matter of minutes.
It's just such a great little piece of software that I just had to spread the word.
Skitch Keyboard Shortcuts
Press these keys to take a snapshot with Skitch no matter what application you're currently using:
- Control + Shift + 5 — take a Crosshairs snapshot
- Control + Shift + 5 — take a Fullscreen snapshot
- Control + Shift + 7 — take a Frame snapshot
Skitch Help
- Click + Drag the Skitch cursor — grabs a specified area of your screen.
- Click (no Drag) — grabs an entire window.
- When setting up an FTP Account, enter the full web server path (where the file is stored) and the full base url (where the public views the image).
Skitch Modifier Keys
These are keys you press and hold while pressing another key or clicking your mouse, in order to make Skitch do something.
General Modifiers
- Hold Command (Apple) key — makes current tool the cursor.
- Hold Ctrl key — makes current tool into an eraser.
- Press+Hold Spacebar — lets you drag around everything, including the Snap under your drawing.
- Press Tab key — alternates between the pencil and current tool.
- Press Esc key — exits text edit mode.
Option/Alt Modifiers
- Option (Alt) + Cursor tool — drag-copy items.
- Option (Alt) + Pencil or Eraser tool — makes current tool a color-picker eyedropper.
- Option (Alt) + Circle or Rectangle or Paint Bucket Fill tool — forces new shape to centre.
- Option (Alt) + Arrow tool — draw an arrow to face the opposite direction.
- Option (Alt) + Line tool — draw continuous connected lines, i.e. create a polygon.
- Option (Alt) + Snap button — keep Skitch active so you take a snapshot of the Skitch frame.
Shift Modifiers
- Shift + Cursor tool — select multiple objects.
- Shift + Pen tool — use less smoothing when drawing.
- Shift + Circle or Rectangle tool — get perfect circle or perfect square.
- Shift + Eraser tool — creates a non-grouping fill, where the paint will not 'stick' the lines together.
- Shift + Arrow or Line tool — draw arrows at 45º angles.
- Shift + Choosing a Colour — set the background colour for Skitch item.
- Shift + Perform the Snap — force a timed Snap.
- Shift + Sizing Slider — get continuous sizing, rather than 5 discreet steps.
Ctrl Modifiers
- Ctrl + Webpost button — get menu to change the destination location for uploads.
Macintosh Links
Official Apple Resources
- apple.com — Apple's UK website.
- discussions.apple.com — Apple Discussions community forums.
- selfsolve.apple.com — use Apple's Online Service Assistant to enter a serial number and get warranty info.
Unofficial Mac Resources
- applelinks.com — Apple Links Macintosh news, reviews and how-to guides.
- iusethis.com OSX — I Use This digg style site for sharing info on the best applications for your computer.
- macblogger.net — Mac Blogger rumours and reviews of what's coming out from Apple.
- maczealots.com — Mac Zealots community site with excellent Articles, Reviews, Tutorials and User Requests about Mac hardware and software.
- versiontracker.com — download the latest Mac OSX software.
Mac User Guides & Tutorials
- radmind Mac OSX Manual — exhaustive reference guide.
- tuaw.com Mac Blog — excellent guides to getting the most out of your Mac. Geared towards Mac tech professionals.
- macsc.jthree.co.uk — free video tutorials to Mac OSX users, both experienced and switchers.
- russellbrown.com Tech Tips — great site full of video tutorials by Russell Brown.
- macdevcenter.com — Web Apps with Tiger — tutorial on installing a web server for OSX.
- ksdd.com Mac OSX Server — very good explanation of how the OSX web server works.
- macinstruct.com — Mac Instruct tutorials on a range of Mac related topics.
