I want to be able to easily add markup to various images (i.e. text and arrows and thought balloons and stuff) on my Macbook. I used to use SnagIt Editor for this on Windows. What should I use on OS X?
I'm also looking for a decent OS X blogging tool. Something exactly like Blogjet - but for the Mac. Ideally, this tool would give me brain-dead easy blogging capabilities and the added bonus of being able to automatically thumbnail or resize images I want to include in posts. I've tried Ecto, MarsEdit and Qumana and haven't seen the right combination of features yet.
(Updated: I'm going to keep plugging away using Ecto. It does seem to have the features I'm looking for, but there's added complexity to the app that doesn't need to be there - too many confusing options to choose from. It could do with a good usability scrub. Blogjet on Windows has a wayyy simpler UI and offers way better usability as a result. Funny that, Blogjet would make an excellent OS X app, and Ecto, an excellent Windows app.)
Hey Ross I use SnapnDrag by Yellow Mug software. Great app even better price.
As for Blog editing: Mars Edit floats my blog boat, Ecto always seemed rather slow and pretty crash prone to me.
let me recommend the following:
1. Easiest... OS X already has a rather simple screen capture tool built-in to the OS. Control-option (or control-apple.. can't remember exactly as still not back on a Mac..) + 3 captures the whole screen, and using - 4 - instead allows you to select a specific section of the screen to capture.
2. Snapz Pro X - is way better then what's built-in to the OS. It's what i've been using for years.
3. iShowU - is a new tool, one that creates movies of your screen and any corresponding audio you might have . A great tool for documentation. (something i use as well)
4. In case you don't know about it already, versiontracker.com , is a good search page for mac apps.
Ross ... in your opinion what do we need to add (or delete / change) to the most recent Mac version of Qumana ? When did you last try it ?
I downloaded and tried it out about two weeks ago. I wasn't actually able to get it loaded after I installed it - it kept hanging on the Qumana splash screen. Thanks for the note! I hope all is well with you and the team!
Wanted to mention another site where you can see what tools people are using for the mac (and other systems too). I highly recommend visiting the Social Source Commons.
It's currently in beta - but, quite functional...