Skitch, the best thing to ever happen to screenshots

For a while, when I wanted to take a screenshot, I used Grab. Grab had limited features, was horrible in tight spaces, and only saved in TIFF format. The only thing good about Grab was that it offered a timed shot (but only full screen). Then I discovered the keyboard shortcuts ⌃⌘3 and ⌃⌘4. I still use these shortcuts in some situations, they can save in .jpg if you have SuperDocker. Also, these shortcuts offer crosshairs and they highlight the screen in the area of the snapshot, much better than Grab. But now, I use the best screenshot tool ever created. Once you use this tool, you will never need another screenshot tool... ever. I'm talking about Skitch.

Skitch is the only screenshot capturing and sharing tool you will ever need. Skitch is also multifunctional. Not only can you take a screenshot, you can also draw on the screenshot you just captured, and one click share it with the world. Skitch also has one feature that surprised me, you can take a snapshot with your webcam, either built-in or connected, without leaving the application, and doodle on the snapshot! Why? I have no idea, but it sure is fun!



Skitch is extremely easy to use, it hides in your menu bar when not in use.
Just click it and you are brought straight to the application, no wait, no "Please Register" screens, just the application.

Now, notice the menus around the edges. On the left side are all of your drawing controls (From Top to Bottom): Select tool, Free Draw tool, Line Draw tool, Circle Draw tool, Rectangle Draw tool, Fill tool, Eraser tool, Text tool, Arrow Draw tool, Line Size Selector. On the right side you have your choice to take a screenshot (Snap), take a picture with your webcam, (Cam), select drawing colors (Color), and obviously Undo and Wipe/Clear.








Another great feature is that it allows you to select where and in what format you save the photo, in my case, .jpg on the desktop.

Taking screenshots with Skitch is very easy:

1) Figure out what you want to take a picture of.

2) Drag to select what you want to take a picture of.












3) Release to snap

4) Customize your screenshot!

Also, to finish up, here's one cool thing I just found out about today. Skitch actually automatically names the screenshot depending on what you take a picture of (i.e.desktop, safari, applications), and it's not vague, it actually looks at what takes up most of the photo and names it, try it for yourself!


Hope you liked this! Skitch is available for free here.