CNET Editors' review
Skitch is an unusual app--a combined free tool and online service--that can help you capture, edit, and share screenshots from your computer.
You don't have to sign up for a free user account to use the app, but you have more options once you do (and an optional paid subscription unlocks even more features). The screen-capture tools, accessed through the app or its menu bar icon, work much like the built-in screen-capture tools in OS X, and can likewise be mapped to hot keys. You can snap a pic using crosshairs, capture a whole window, or use a timer.
Once an image is captured, that's when Skitch gets more interesting: the app pulls up a tool-filled frame around the image, with easy buttons for annotating it with text, arrows, and shapes. You can quickly resize and crop the image, too, by dragging a corner or side, respectively. The options for sharing the image are even better, as you can upload to the Web (to your own Skitch account by default, or to Flickr, MobileMe, WebDAV, FTP, or SFTP) or use the Drag Me tab to drop the image right into another app or window (including right into a chat window or Web form)--a great feature that can keep your desktop from getting cluttered with screencaps. The ingenious Drag Me tab also lets you quickly select the image format, with more options for paying subscribers. If you upload to your Skitch account, you can go there to create a link, control privacy, and even quickly generate HTML for different image sizes.
With all these handy drag-and-drop tools, a clean interface, and support for several popular image-sharing sites, Skitch is the perfect tool for those who need to grab quick screens and add annotations.
Publisher's Description
From plasq:
Skitch Inc was formed as a company in 2010 by four partners spread across Australia and Norway. With help from contributors based in Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Australia and the US, Skitch has become our beloved 'Swiss Army knife' of visual communication. We built Skitch and skitch.com to solve our own needs of sharing a visual idea, fast -- and if you have the same need, then we're sure you will fall in love with Skitch too.
What's new in this version: Enhanced Evernote server support.
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"Fully satisfied by your product."
Version: Skitch 1.0.4
Pros
Very easy to use.
Cons
No problem so far.
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"This is seriously my favorite app"
Version: Skitch 1.0.3 (v4163)
Pros
As a web developer I love using this to capture bugs on the site and pass pics of them around as URLs, and you can comment, and mark up the images, etc.
Cons
I liked the fact that you used to be able to send just the image and not the whole Skitch page. But, I suppose it's only fair to make people use their interface, since they are providing us with such a great service.
Summary
I know that there are other ways to accomplish the same things, but, Skitch is so easy and such a great interface, that I love it. I think it's a great tool for capturing funny stuff on the internet, especially if it's hard to reproduce, like an ad, or a bug. Anyway, I feel this is a great resource for anyone who does web development, and also great for archiving just stuff that you like from different eras.
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"Easy to use and doesn't hog resources"
Version: Skitch 1.0.1 (v3984)
Pros
It's a very easy to way to grab selective screen shots for educational presentations.
Cons
There really isn't anything I didn't like about it although I'm sure that some power users will find it slow and the interface a bit limiting.
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"The best"
Version: Skitch 1.0b8.5
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
It's simply the best snapshot tool for the mac, and the integrated free web hosting gives it the extra points for ease of sharing. -
"Skitch Rulez!"
Version: Skitch 1.0b8.3
Pros
I love Skitch, it's so cool how you can share and I had no idea having a camera to take pics of what you see on the internet would be!
Cons
I wish they had a version for your phone!
Summary
This is one of my top 3 Apps for Mac.
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"Five Stars!"
Version: Skitch 1.0b6.1
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
What a fantastic tool this is! If your not a techy person, download Skitch because this application is made for people like us. It's fun, fast and so very useful for heaps of different situations such as quickly inserting pictures into your email or just grabbing a picture that takes your fancy when browsing the internet to store for use later on. Every Mac user should have this handy little app sitting in their dock. It's an absolute delight! -
"Love It!"
Version: Skitch 1.0b6.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I, too, was a beta tester as well as being a bit of a techno wienie. Skitch is so easy to use and wonderful to look at. I think I might be smiling every time I open it up! -
"Love It!"
Version: Skitch 1.0b6.1
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I, too, was a beta tester as well as being a bit of a techno wienie. Skitch is so easy to use and wonderful to look at. I think I might be smiling every time I open it up! -
"From an early beta tester to \"I can't wait to..."
Version: Skitch 1.0b6.1
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...purchase this\"
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I got to see this program in action at Macworld 2007 and darn neared drooled over it.
I then became an early beta tester for it. This is one app where I look forward
to the updates and when I can purchase it I will be ready.
This is the beginning and the end if you have to take screen shots and then upload them.
It also can make simple quick edits that can be uploaded not only to its own site (Skitch) but also Flickr and .mac. One click, upload....there is no step 3, its that easy.
No this isn't photo shop, if you need to get something up quick and dirty this program does the job and does it extremely well. No muss no fuss. -
"Skitch is awesome"
Version: Skitch 1.0b6
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I can't miss it. It's really a must have, a killer app :-)
The support (via forum) is also very good.
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