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toc =** __Skitch__ My cool tools for school!!!!!!!!! **= skitch is a fun tool that can be used for many things including, editing pictures, drawing on pictures, typing on pictures and more.

__Uses for Skitch at school__

 * Is very creative
 * good for pictures and animations
 * add to pictures for powerpoints
 * good for computer labs to have on your dock

= __Examples:__ =



= About Skitch =



This is in no way a new application. Skitch has been around for quite some time but we here at Make Use Of don’t only cover new applications. We share the most useful and interesting stuff with our readers. That includes bringing up older software or webpages which you might have missed out in the past or never got a chance to use. So, let me shed some light about Skitch. It was announced by its creator, plasq about a year ago but only released to the general public as a beta about 6 months or so before this. Somehow, it was widely anticipated by users – can you imagine people being excited about a screenshot (and image) capture application? But they were! Probably it was the cool interface it had or the ease-of-use or something else, but it was so heavily covered during the previous Macworld. To me, it made no sense. What was all the fuss about? Actually, if you delve deeper into the roots of Skitch, you will find that plasq has actually created one of the most iconic Mac applications i.e. Comic Life. So you know, Skitch actually has some heritage. Since it’s currently available as a public beta, head on over to skitch.com and sign up for a free account. You’ll get to download the application and a free 2GB account which you’ll be able to host and share the images on the Skitch server. But you don’t necessarily need to upload your images to their server if you don’t want to. Skitch provides you with the options to upload to your own FTP, SFTP, Flickr or .Mac account.



After installing Skitch, it will appear in your menu bar, dock, or both, if you choose. The joy of using it is just about to begin. By invoking certain hotkeys, you’ll bring up the Skitch crosshairs, take a fullscreen snap or the coolest feature that brings Skitch one step further: frame snap! = How To Find = To find how to get Skitch you can just go on google and type in Skitch = Signup =

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After you sign up they send your link to your email adress so you can get started.