You have a file that is 1600 x 1200 pixels large. Maybe it’s a photo from your digital camera or an image you created in a photo editor or vector illustration software tool. Either way, it’s a big sucker.
You want to use Skitch to do something with that file. Maybe you want to resize the image. Or, maybe you want to keep it at the original size because you want to let your audience see all the details you lovingly crafted into it.
When you load your large image into Skitch, you may see that Skitch has decided to show you a version of the image that is at a reduced size compared to your original.
This is usually because the display area that Skitch can “sense” on your monitor is smaller than the original image size. This makes sense, because how can you display a 1600 x 1200 image at the original size if you only have 1280 x 1024 pixels of available space to show the image within?
The solution to this conundrum is simple. Check the “Export at original size” box.
After checking the box, when you now use “Drag me” or Webpost to save your image, the image saved or uploaded will be at the original size that you wanted.
Bam! You are done, now go play!
UPDATE:
Amelia says…
“THAT WOULD BE GREAT… but it <Export at original size> doesn’t show up for me!
http://skitch.com/amelia/m3ad/skitch
What this mean…
If the “Export at original size” is not visible, this means that Skitch thinks your image can be shown at 100% within your visible screen.
To force the image to be visible at 100%, do this…
1) Hold down Shift
2) Click on any of the 4 corners of the Skitch window.
Alternatively you can just drag any corner until the image is at 100%
Tags: image export, images at 100%, skitch, skitch large images
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