If you have an image with a transparent background, there’s a nifty trick for you to use in Skitch… you want to read this.

Let’s say you have an image that you’ve created with a transparent background.
Perhaps you’re creating a new logo for a product launch, like this one:

plasq.com - Comic Life Magiq - Your Life in a Comic... Magiq!
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If we drag and drop the transparent background .png file into Skitch we end up with a logo on a white background, like this:

Comic Life Magiq
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To add transparency to the .png in Skitch (yes, it’s a hack, we’re sorry) do the following:

  • Click the color chooser
  • Choose a color palette
  • Set Opacity to 0%
  • Transparent Color in Skitch
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    If you then Shift + Click the color chooser, you get the following:

    Transparent in Skitch
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    Now your image has a transparent background in Skitch.

    OK kids, feel free to play around…

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