Plasq#Skitch

Plasq is a worldwide limited liability company which began in Melbourne, Australia, but is now based in the United States; however its employees are scattered in several countries. It was started by Cris Pearson and Keith Lang.{{cite web|title=Startup Spotlight: plasq {{!}} Yoick - Hightechwire|date=18 November 2006|url=http://yoick.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/startup-spotlight-plasq/|publisher=Yoick – Hightechwire|accessdate=9 March 2011}} The company is almost entirely internet based, as the employees are so far apart and must communicate via chat rooms.{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Garry|title=Net gains with no strings attached|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/30/1117305562220.html|work=The Age|accessdate=11 March 2011|location=Melbourne|date=31 May 2005}} Additionally, all of their products are sold exclusively online, except for Comic Life, which can also be purchased in a boxed edition from Freeverse.{{cite web|title=Freeverse: Mac: Games & Apps: Comic Life Deluxe Edition|url=http://freeverse.com/mac/product/?id=5011|publisher=Freeverse|accessdate=11 March 2011}} The company originally focused on developing audio related software,{{cite web|title=Deep Thought: A few minutes with Cris Pearson of Plasq|url=http://www.dtgeeks.com/journals/article/a_few_minutes_with_cris_pearson_of_plasq/|publisher=Deep Thought|accessdate=11 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727140101/http://www.dtgeeks.com/journals/article/a_few_minutes_with_cris_pearson_of_plasq/|archivedate=27 July 2011}} although they have since released many other genres of software. In early 2010, Pearson and Lang left plasq to start Skitch, Inc, the company that currently develops the Skitch screenshot markup software.{{cite web|title=plasq.com|url=http://plasq.com/about|publisher=plasq|accessdate=18 March 2011}}

File:A page from a photocomic made with Comic Life.jpg

Comic Life is a software application which allows the creation of comics and similar documents. Comic files can be printed, exported, or uploaded to MobileMe.{{cite web|title=OS X Applications - Comic Life|url=http://www.escusd.k12.ca.us/edtech/xapps/xapps_comic.html|accessdate=7 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321032402/http://www.escusd.k12.ca.us/edtech/xapps/xapps_comic.html|archivedate=21 March 2012}} A "pro" version, called Comic Life Magiq, is also available.{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Peter|title=Comic Life Magiq debuts {{!}} Graphics & 3-D |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/133367/2008/05/magiq.html|publisher=Macworld|accessdate=7 March 2011}}

Comic Touch is an iOS app for altering images. Speech and thought bubbles, as well as captions and effects, can be added.{{cite web|title=Comic Touch for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comic-touch/id284959707?mt=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330054802/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comic-touch/id284959707?mt=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2010|publisher=Apple, Inc|accessdate=9 March 2011}}

Doozla is a children's drawing program for Mac OS X. It uses large icons and narrations in order to be easily accessible to children. Numerous modes are available which allow the user to draw on a blank canvas, illustrate several background images, or take an image from a webcam.{{cite web|last=Ritter|first=Todd|title=Doozla: drawing so easy a child can do it|url=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/03/21/doozla-drawing-so-easy-a-child-can-do-it/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708024729/http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/03/21/doozla-drawing-so-easy-a-child-can-do-it/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|publisher=Download Squad|accessdate=9 March 2011}}

Skitch is a screenshot editing and sharing utility for Mac OS X which was originally developed by plasq, but is currently run by the company Skitch, Inc.{{Cite web | title=Skitch leaves plasq {{!}} plasq.com | url=http://plasq.com/news/2010/03/skitch-leaves-plasq | access-date=2025-03-29 | website=plasq.com}} Skitch permits the user to add shapes and text to an image, and then share it online. Images can also be exported to various image formats.{{cite web|title=Skitch: review of OS X's hottest new information sharing tool|url=http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q307-skitch-review-of-os-xs-hottest-new-information-sharing-tool/|publisher=Gear Live|accessdate=9 March 2011}} Skitch was acquired by Evernote on 18 August 2011.{{cite web|title=Evernote Buys Image Sharing App Skitch, Plans on Offering It For Free|date=18 August 2011 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/18/evernote-acquires-image-sharing-site-skitch/|publisher=Tech Crunch|accessdate=18 August 2011}} Evernote offers the app for free on both the iOS and Android markets.{{cite web|title=Evernote Acquires Skitch! #evernote_etc|url=http://blog.evernote.com/2011/08/18/evernote-acquires-skitch-evernote_etc/|accessdate=18 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109012015/http://blog.evernote.com/2011/08/18/evernote-acquires-skitch-evernote_etc/|archivedate=9 November 2012}} Also, there is a version of Skitch for Windows 8 Metro with general purpose of editing photos{{cite web |title=Skitch releases Windows 8 Metro app – Tech Products & Geek News |url=http://www.geek.com/articles/news/skitch-releases-windows-8-metro-app-20120430/ |accessdate=2012-08-24 |archive-date=17 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617032519/http://www.geek.com/articles/news/skitch-releases-windows-8-metro-app-20120430/ |url-status=dead }}

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• {{Official website|plasq.com}}

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