FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

1. How do I change the font?

2. Is it possible to arrange multiple clippings/Snaps on the one page?

3. Does the person I send my Skitch picture too have to have Skitch to see it?

4. I want to Snap a menu in a window of an application, but it disappears when I switch to using Skitch!

5. I dragged in an image from iPhoto, and then added some drawing, and then when I printed the image it came out all "chunky" and pixelated.

6. Why can't I resize boxes, and circles that I draw with Skitch, like I can in other applications?

7. I want to take a Snap of the Skitch window itself, so I can show someone something about Skitch, but every time I press a Snap button, Skitch disappears. How can I get it to always be visible when I am Snapping?

 


1. After selecting your text, or for all future text, choose 'Show Fonts' in the Toolbox menu. From there you can select any font available.


2. In Skitch 1.0 this is not currently possible, to keep things simple. We suggest a general purpose layout application if you want to layout many images on a single page.

3. If you send a .jpg file from Skitch (which it is set up to do by default), then no. Almost any computer can open a .jpg file. However, the person receiving the .jpg file will not be able to move around the shapes you have drawn etc. If you want your friend to be able to continue editing the Skitch then your friend will need to get Skitch. Your friend may download it from http://plasq.com/skitch.


4. Use a timed Snap mode, by setting a hot-key and holding Shift when you drag the cross-hairs, or by holding Shift when you press the Snap button. This will then give you a number of seconds to switch to the application you want, before the Snap happens. Alternatively, you can use the Shift+Command+5 hotkey when in any application to get straight to the Skitch crosshairs.


5. If you want the output of Skitch to be print-ready, than you need to tick the 'Export at original size' button after you drag the photo into Skitch.


6. It's actually a pretty complicated answer. Basically, we made Skitch as simple as possible to use, and to keep it this way meant that we had to reduce the complexity. If you want to do complex line drawing, then you might like to utilize a more complex application like Adobe Illustrator. Applications which can open .svg files from Skitch allow you to take your Skitch drawing and apply more complex editing to it. There is a trick to resize shapes - Cut the object, resize the Skitch window, then Paste, then resize back to the original size.


7. If you go to the Preferences, you will see an option "show Skitch window in fullscreen and crosshairs Snap". Check that box, then press Done to return to the Skitch window. Now when you take a Snap, Skitch will stay visible. Or, you can hold down Option/Alt when pressing the Snap button on the Skitch frame.