plasq is an international software limited liability company comprising software developers and user interface designers from the United States,

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, Norway and France. They primarily develop for Mac OS X and iOS, however, a

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version of Comic Life is available.

History

Plasq is a worldwide limited liability company which began in

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, 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. The company is almost entirely internet based, as the employees are so far apart and must communicate via chat rooms. Additionally, all of their products are sold exclusively online, except for Comic Life, which can also be purchased in a boxed edition from

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. The company originally focused on developing audio related software, 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.

Products

Comic life

Comic Life is a software application which allows the creation of

comic a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

s and similar documents. Comic files can be printed, exported, or uploaded to MobileMe. A "pro" version, called Comic Life Magiq, is also available.

Comic Touch

Comic Touch is an iOS app for altering images. Speech and thought bubbles, as well as captions and effects, can be added.

Doozla

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.

Skitch

Skitch is a

screenshot screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by the operating system or software running on the device powering the display. Additionally, s ...

editing and sharing utility for Mac OS X which was originally developed by plasq, but is currently run by the company Skitch, Inc. 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. Skitch was acquired by Evernote on 18 August 2011. Evernote offers the app for free on both the iOS and

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markets. Also, there is a version of Skitch for Windows 8 Metro with general purpose of editing photos

References

External links

*{{Official website, plasq.com Macintosh software companies Apple Design Awards recipients