LittleSnapper Review: Skitch, Watch Out!
-Great QuickSnapper uploading service
-No iSight support
There are many applications to take screenshots with on your Mac, even the built-in screenshot tool. But sometimes this just isn’t enough. Maybe you want a way to take a snap of an entire web page, or you need a quick way to share your screenshots with a friend. LittleSnapper, from Realmac Software, does just that.
LittleSnapper’s main feature is the ability to capture an entire website. As you browse the Internet, you can hit a keystroke and LittleSnapper will automatically save the whole web page as an image file. You can also open the current website in LittleSnapper and select a specific area to capture. When you open up a website in LittleSnapper you have two main choices: you can save the whole page, or you can select a section from it. As you hover your mouse pointer over sections of the web page, areas will become highlighted and you just need to click to capture it. LittleSnapper also includes the basic screenshot tools, so you can snap anything on your screen.
Once you have your screenshot, you can edit it. LittleSnapper comes with the basic tools. You can draw lines, circles, boxes, and arrows, and add text to your screenshot. You can also use the blur and highlight tool to hide or point out a section of the image. There is just one last step before you share your image: add information. You can add tags and/or a description.
LittleSnapper lets you quickly upload your images using Realmac’s QuickSnapper service. When you upload images to your QuickSnapper account people can view the image and add comments. QuickSnapper is currently in beta, so you may experience minor problems. Not only does LittleSnapper let you upload images to QuickSnapper, but you can also upload to Flickr or an FTP server.
With LittleSnapper you might be taking a lot of screenshots, so you can organize your screenshots in the LittleSnapper library. LittleSnapper lets you create collections and folders to organize your images. Folders can contain collections, and collections contain your screenshots. You can also create smart collections for easy organizing. You just need to set different rules, like rating or tags, and all applicable images will go straight to the collection.
LittleSnapper still comes with its flaws. While editing images, there isn’t a quick way in the toolbar to edit the text size and font. If you want to change the font you need to open the standard font window in the menu bar. There also isn’t a way to create a shape with a filled color. If you want to take a picture using your iSight and quickly share it, you would need to take the picture in a different application; LittleSnapper doesn’t have iSight support.
LittleSnapper is a great application to share screenshots. It works perfect for many uses, from sharing website designs to annotating images for your blog. You can download a free trial, or buy LittleSnapper for $39 from Realmac Software.
Hi Jack
Thanks for the review. Just like to point out that you can, in fact, fill shapes in Edit mode. Simply select the shape in question and go to the Layers menu -> Style menu and choose either Stroke or Fill.
There’s a number of other tips for LittleSnapper that we’ve just published over on the Realmac blog that you may also find interesting:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/blog/index_files/ten-top-tips-for-super-snappy-snapping.php
Thanks
Nik
Skitch is currently FREE, watch out LittleSnapper!
Skitch = $Currently Free
LittleSnapper = $40
I was in the Littlesnapper beta, and I loved it. But It’s not worth $40 to me. I’d gladly pay $20-25, but its outrageous right now.
Looks awesome but it is rather pricey…
I haven’t purchased LittleSnapper yet but I’m going to. I understand the $40 price because Quicksnapper.com is free only because the price is covered in that $40 LS fee.
I’ve seen the Skitch videos and it looks like a wonderful product but it’s just a wee bit too busy UI wise for me. I like the look of LS and the way it works. I keep the beta open in the dock ready to snap a pic.
I think LS and Quicksnapper make a lot of sense for people that love saving web based pics and more. There are so many pictures that I like to keep but I don’t want them in my iPhoto and I really don’t want them coming up in Spotlight searches.
Hopefully I’ll be able to segregate my websnaps from the rest of my system and have a nice way to access them with LS and tagging. eBay fans should love being able to use Quicksnapper.com to host files for their items on sale. Designers and photogs should love LS for the Flickr support as well.
Well done Realmac. For version 2 keep it uncluttered and looking good.
I like the program, mostly the library for the snaps, but it is a little expensive in my oppinion.
Although LS is a screen snap app it’s so much more: cataloging, organizing, sharing, full webpage snaps, etc.) To the person that needs to take plenty of screen snaps (web developers, product manual writers, tutorial writers, etc.), keep them organized and be able to share them $40 is a steal.
LS is a version 1 app and no doubt will grow in power and features and ultimately I think will easily eclipse Skitch. Don’t get me wrong, Skitch is a fine app and I’ve been using it for some time but LS is more powerful for what I need. Also, who knows how long Skitch will be free? It’s still currently in beta.
LS might not be for casual screen snappers but it sure fits the bill for those with more demanding needs.
Littlesnapper is quite good, but has plenty of room for improvement in terms of both UI and interaction. Skitch is currently free and it’s my main screengrabber app of choice. At $40 (£28.63), LittleSnapper is much too expensive, I’d probably pay £7 for this ($10), but no more.
Most of my screenshots I need in mails. So one shortcut for taking the screenshot and automatically put it into a new mail would be nice. It is possible in SnapzPro for example.
At this moment, much too expensive …. sorry.
I got LittleSnapper in my MacHeist bundle and it’s alot more powerful than Mac OS X’s Grab.app and I don’t have to hold down control+command+shift+4 inorder to capture the whole screen and I can upload directly to QuickSnapper.
I wouldn’t have got this if it was $40 dollars since it’s a little pricy compared to other options. Overall, it’s a promising program…
Guys, I felt current version of Voila i.e. 2.0 is a much more polished tool than Little Snapper. definitely check it out and give it a thought before purchasing Little Snapper. Voila is much more user friendly and feature rich application. Its a great capturing and annotating tool. I love their concept of taking multiple screenshots at the same time. Its more than steal at the same price…
Voila 2.0 does indeed look good but they’ve got a tough road to walk with so many good choices. I got both LittleSnapper and Layers for a song so I’m well covered in the area of screen grab areas. If Voila wants to get some marketshare their going to have to participate in a software bundle of some sort.
I just couldn’t figure out how to capture in Little Snapper… Whole load of SH** application man…
Hey I have worked on Little Snapper and Skitch. But there is another application worth mentioning and that is Voila. It is a great app. Helps me a lot in my field of work. Makes capturing screen shots a breeze. Love their new version with the awesome organizer and multiple DOM capturing ability
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