How to Use Evernote Skitch

open Evernote Skitch on your PC

and this window will open

this is Skitch’s toolbar

while this is Skitch’s editing toolbar

and this is Skitch’s editing window

Part 1:

Evernote Skitch’s Basic Editing Elements

this is the navigational toolbar

click Skitch for admin works

click New to open a blank window

click Open to view a previously saved file

click these for saving options

OPTION 1: save to evernote

OPTION 2: save as image

Click Print to make a hard copy of your file

click Edit for editing tools

click View to change the size of the editing window

click Tools to view the editing toolbox

There are two ways how to access the toolbox

Option 1: Click Tools in the toolbar

Option 2: check the navigational box on the left side of the window

Using the navigational box is more

convenient while editing

Toolbox Element #1 : add an arrow

Tip #1 : change the color by clicking the color box

Toolbox Element #2 : add a text

Tip #2 : again change the color by clicking the color box

Toolbox Element #3 : add a frame

Toolbox Element #4 : add a highlight to texts

Toolbox Element #5 : add colored stamp(s) to the image

Toolbox Element #6 : crop the image to a desired size

Toolbox Element #7 : change the color of texts or elements

click help for any program support

check show tips for quick Skitch tutorials

click show updates to update your Skitch desktop version

Click this arrow to Undo an edit (CTRL + Z)

Click this logo to reduce the window’s size

And click this logo to increase the window’s size

click Share to choose sharing options

Option 1: post image to Facebook

Option 2: tweet image to Twitter

Option 3: post image to your LinkedIn account

Option 4: copy the embed code for blog posting

Click Save to Evernote to create a saved version

on your Evernote account

you can edit an image while you are logged-on

on your online account with Evernote

Just click Sign-in and log-in into your Evernote account to do that

Part 2: Basic Editing with

Evernote

click screen snap to choose an image for editing

let’s start with a blank window

click the arrow to create an arrow

Arrows created have only only 1 design

so you can just only adjust the their size and color

click the letter to add texts

click anywhere on the text to get this effect

Change the color into pink by clicking the color box

Click on the blue dots and drag it through the mouse to resize the image

Or click the color box and drag the bar

to the left or right to resize the text

Click on the stick to choose a frame

There are four (4) frames to choose from

This window shows how the four (4) frames to look like when drawn

Click on the highlighted letter to choose

between a pen or highlighter to color texts

these are texts using the pen

while this is created using the highlighter

Click on the stamp to create colored

colored stamps on your images

add an X stamp like this

an exclamation point stamp maybe

or a question mark

Done perfectly? add a check stamp

How about adorable? add a heart stamp

these are how these stamps look like when used

Click on the crop tool to resize an image

Click the color box to change text or element’s color

Choose a color from this limited color scheme

As discussed earlier, drag this bar to resize the image

Let’s go back to this window to try another

Click Screen Snap to get a snapshot

of a portion of your laptop screen

This is how it will look like while

creating a snapshot of your screen

Take note of the instructions shown here

A snapshot will be opened in the editing window

Click the text tab to add a quote on the image

Change the font’s color to orange

Resize the text to fit into the desired effect of the image

Change the color to pink

Finally add a heart stamp next to the text

Let’s try another one

Click Fullscreen to get a snapshot of the whole screen

This is how it will look like

Take note that creating a Fullscreen snapshot

will require a full screen Skitch window

Click the arrow to get this image’s look

Click the text box to add texts to the image

And finally (for this tutorial), let’s try opening a file

Click Open a File to get a snapshot of the whole screen

Choose a location where to pick the image from

Choose a file location

click an image

and then click the OPEN tab to start editing

and then this image of a kitten will open in this window

Let’s have a quick quiz to review what you’ve learned.

What should you click to get this text?

What should you click to get this effect?

What should you click to get these hearts?

Finally, what should you click to get this heart?

Congratulations! You’ve learned a new

application

Don’t forget this! Make sure you make a

copy of your work on your Evernote

Click Save to Evernote

Put what you’ve learned to good

use!

Go on, start using Skitch now.