Guides to every tool in Snix.
20 short guides, from your first capture to PDF summaries. Each one names the real menus and keys, so you can follow along in the app.
Start with the first guide
Getting started
Install, allow screen recording, take your first capture.
Capture
Regions, windows, displays, menus and timed shots.
- Capture shortcuts and menusStart any kind of capture from the keyboard, the Capture menu, the menu bar or the capture toolbar, and change the shortcuts.⌃⌘5⌃⌘6⌃⌘W⌃⌥⌘5⌃⇧⌘5⌃⌘U
- Use the macOS screenshot keysMake ⇧⌘3, ⇧⌘4 and ⇧⌘5 open your captures in Snix, and switch back to the macOS screenshot tool whenever you like.⇧⌘3⇧⌘4⇧⌘5
- Capture any part of your screenSelect an exact area of the screen, adjust it with handles or typed sizes, and capture it again later in one step.⌃⌘5⌃⌥⌘5
- Capture a window or the full screenCapture a single window with clean transparent corners, or a whole display, including choosing one of several displays.⌃⌘W⌃⌘6
- Capture menus and timed shotsCapture an open menu with its menu bar title, or start a region capture after a countdown so you can set up the screen first.⌃⌘U⌃⇧⌘5
Mark up
Arrows, text, shapes, stamps, pen and highlighter.
- Select, move and style markupPick tools from the sidebar or keyboard, set color and size, and move, resize, copy or delete any annotation.⌘A⌘Z⇧⌘Z
- Draw arrows, shapes and freehandPoint things out with arrows, frame them with rectangles and ellipses, draw lines, and sketch or highlight by hand.⌥⌘A⌥⌘R⌥⌘M⌥⌘I
- Add text and stampsType labels right on the image, edit them in place, and mark items with check, cross, question, important or star stamps.⌥⌘T⌥⌘P
- Crop, resize, rotate and flipTrim a capture to what matters, change its pixel size, add a white margin, and rotate or flip the page.⌥⌘K⌘R⇧⌘R⌘F
Covers
Mosaic, frosted glass and solid covers, and what leaves your Mac.
PDFs
Pages, annotations, copying text, the markup list and summaries.
- Copy text from images and PDFsSelect and copy the text in screenshots, images and PDFs, with text recognition that runs only on your Mac.⇧⌘A⌥⇧⌘C
- Work with PDFsMark up every page of a PDF, manage its pages, and export it with editable annotations, sharp vectors and searchable text.⌘[⌘]
- Markup list and summarySee every annotation page by page, jump to any of them, and export a PDF that opens with a linked summary of all the markup.⇧⌘L
Share and save
Drag out, copy, export formats and .snix projects.
- Export, copy, drag and shareGet your marked-up image out of Snix by dragging the file icon, copying, sharing or exporting in the format and quality you need.⌘E⇧⌘C
- Save projects and use windowsSave .snix projects to keep every annotation editable, work in several windows at once, and recover unsaved work.⌘S⇧⌘S⌘N⌘O
Settings and help
Retina images, Skitch files, settings, languages and fixes.
- Hi-Res and Retina imagesUnderstand how Snix keeps every Retina pixel, shows images at their real size, and exports files that look sharp in other apps.⌘1
- Open Skitch 2.9 filesOpen images saved by Skitch 2.9 with their arrows, text and stamps editable again, and save them as Snix projects.
- Settings, menu bar and languagesChoose the interface language, the capture delay and shortcuts, and whether Snix stays in the menu bar or opens at login.⌘,
- Fix permission and capture problemsGrant screen recording permission, add Snix to the list by hand if it's missing, and fix shortcuts or captures that don't work.