Comments on: Review: QuickSnap Screen Capture App

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:44:39 +0000

I have some Skitch invites if anyone is interested. First come, first served.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:31:47 +0000

I prefer Grab, but i’ll have to try this out.

By: Mark Papadakis

Mark Papadakis — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:28:54 +0000

SnapNDrag is nigh perfect as far as I am concerned. ImageWell is great, too.

By: Energetics

Energetics — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:21:51 +0000

I never use mySkitch. :P

By: Seb Payne

Seb Payne — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:55:41 +0000

I can see where you are coming from Paul but I’ve just started to use Skitch and love it. Most of my screenshots are either to show somebody something or to blog something. To show somebody something, the mySkitch service is perfect and to blog something, it goes straight to Flickr.

The drawing functions of Skitch are over the top I agree and the application has a very un-Mac interface but I can live with it. If mySkitch remains free and Skitch itself is cheap then I’ll keep on using it!

By: Matt Brett

Matt Brett — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:26:43 +0000

Yay, another screetshop app that does exactly what all the others do. Being a recent switcher, this is one area that I've been repeatedly disappointed. I used to use SnagIt on Windows. I haven't been able to find something on OS X that can even come close to its capabilities. SnapzPro has nothing on SnagIt and it's nearly double the price.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:24:28 +0000

Probably this from now onwards for the timing facility

By: Ben Lilley

Ben Lilley — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:11:12 +0000

Helpful to know thanks, since I ordered my very first Mac (MacBook uh oh) today.

PS: Is that the Mandolux grass desktop you’re using?

Cheers,
Ben :)

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:32:54 +0000

I think Skitch is brilliant – you could set your own custom key for a screenshot and then drag it to wherever you need for editing, even Photoshop. The meagre image editing tools in Skitch are plenty for my needs, and I’m really enjoying the drag me tab, especially dragging straight into a blog post in textmate for instant upload.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:27:00 +0000

I used to use the “Capture” widget from vanillasoap.com, but am far happier with Skitch now.

Just back off holiday, so trying to catch up with things here…

By: Ash Haque

Ash Haque — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:06:07 +0000

I dunno, one thing that really bugs me is macs screen capturing ability. Sure you have lots of options and need animations (like the camera popping up), but you gotta press like 3-4 buttons.

In windows, I hit print screen, open up photoshop, make the selection then save. It sounds like a lot more work, but I guess I’m just used to it and you have a lot more control.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:34:46 +0000

@Joshua – yeah I knew that kinda sounded weird. Let me put it this way, I’ve always known about them but never used them first hand as I’ve relied on widgets/apps to do it for me.

By: Jon-Michael

Jon-Michael — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:32:17 +0000

I use âŒ˜â‡§4 with space and âŒƒ variants. I do use Paparazzi! for long screenshots though.

By: Aptmunich

Aptmunich — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:17:19 +0000

Snapz Pro ftw!

By: titanium_geek

titanium_geek — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:32:26 +0000

hey! this is why I read this blog… now I know about cmd+shift+3/4

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:29:47 +0000

I use mySkitch. :P

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:56:30 +0000

I find the statement “You can go the built-in OS X route with the Cmd+Shift+3/4 shortcut key variants, which I always found to be too much trouble to learn.” kind of odd especially considering you’re an experienced Mac user.

I think Cmd+Shift+3 is one of my default fingerings that I’ve just become accustomed with over the years. As well, I find Cmd+Shift+4+Space really helpful for tutorials, et al. And it allows you to do icons, the dock, etc… as well.

I also use Cocktail or the usual terminal commands to change the default screenshot format every once in awhile if I need to as well.

It kind of looks like Quicksnap is simply a GUI layer on top of OS X’s features and at $15, it seems a bit ridiculous. I’m usually the last one to ridicule shareware prices, but this feels kind of silly. In fact I should make a utility called “QuickDoc” and maybe charge $14.95 for it ($10.99 for the first week on MacZot!).

By: Zach Hale

Zach Hale — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:07:04 +0000

I’m a big fan of the default screenshotting options but lately I’ve been using Skitch to do a lot of my grabs.

By: Sam Lu

Sam Lu — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:52:40 +0000

I also use the Capture dashboard widget for my screenshot needs. If that doesn’t work, then I’ll resort to Cmd+Shift+3.

By: Blake Brannon

Blake Brannon — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:45:16 +0000

I think I will just stick with Cmd+Shift+3/4 then Photoshop for my needs.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:55:52 +0000

Great find Paul!

By: Jake Jarvis

Jake Jarvis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:42:20 +0000

Great little app. I’ve always used Cmd+Shift+3/4 to create PNGs and then Preview if I need to convert to GIF or JPG (or Photoshop if I need them decently compressed).

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:42:00 +0000

I use my buddy CMD SHIFT 3, 4 and space. And the occasional CTRL for some copy to clipboard action.

Gotta love useless widgets and apps that do nothing. (Well, actually, I don’t…)