Even though I can’t think of a must have use for this app at this very moment doesn’t mean that there isn’t one. You’ll need to take screenshots. You’ll need to take a screenshot of something and email it to a friend. Maybe a copy of some uncopyable photo on Flickr, or a hard to format print job will benefit from Skitch dwelling in your menubar. You’re going to need this app, and it’s a must have free download.
Screen Shooter
Skitch is a screen capture and quick photo editing app that lives unobtrusively in your menubar. When you want to capture something on the screen, just hit the designated keystroke, select the section of the screen you want to capture and Skitch will do the rest. That’s not even the best part. Let’s take a look at the free goodies included in the Skitch interface.
First of all, I wasn’t sure how to take a screen shot of Skitch itself, but I opened up the tool menu at the top left and one of the options is “Snap Skitch itself.” I love this app even more. There are plenty of features in this little guy but I’ll point out the necessities and you can explore the flourishes.
Mark It Up
Usually, when I’m taking a screenshot I’m making a correction on a webpage or giving a tutorial on selling potted plants on ebay. Thus, I need to mark up my screenshot with arrows, circles and text to help illustrate and/or dumb down the processes or corrections I’m trying to communicate. Allow me to fittingly highlight these tools using Skitch:
I love the drawing feature because it smooths out and adjust your lines to make them look like you know what you’re doing. Marking up your captured screens is easy with Skitch, and there are many more customizable options than what you see in the menu bars. You can adjust fonts, add shadow, crop and resize by using features available in the tool menu. Another cool feature is the Cam option in the upper right side. Click this and take a picture of whatever is in front of your webcam.
Share It
Once you’re finished telling a story with pictures, you can tear off that tab at the bottom and drag to Mail.app, Evernote, or the desktop. If you want to change your filetype, click on the filetype drop down menu. I also love that the dimensions and file size are listed in the bottom corner.
So I made a coworker use this app to mark up a publication that was to be submitted to our marketing department. I wasn’t sure if marketing would go for it but they loved having the corrections in an easily illustrated digital copy. There you go: Marketing people everywhere love Skitch.
Give Skitch a try. You can also share your clippings online at Skitch.com.
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