Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are a list of keys that you can use to activate certain tools or features, just in case your hands don’t feel like moving away from the keyboard.
Command ⌘
Control ^
Option ⌥
Shift ⇧
“0,1–9” Pressing the number keys will cycle the canvas through various levels of transparency.
Here are the various key commands to change the current tool:
“V” Selection arrow.
“C” Oval.
“L” Line.
“R” Rectangle.
“E” Round Rectangle.
“T” Text.
“F” Freehand Sketch.
“H” Highlighter
⌘C copies the current canvas, or the current selection if any.
⌘V pastes your selection
⇧⌘E will export the canvas as an image.
⌥ drag in a color well to change the level of opacity. Move up to make it opaque, move down to make it transparent.
⌘ click in a color well to bring up the standard color picker.
Full Screen Capture Shortcuts
Use ⇧⌘5 to take full screen shots. FlySketch will at this point freeze everything on your screen and allow you to crop out a portion of the screen that you would like to use. Double click or press enter to accept what you have chosen, press esc to cancel.
Use the arrow keys to move the frame around.
Use ⇧ and the arrow keys to grow or shrink the frame left and down.
Use ⌘ and the arrow keys to grow or shrink the frame right and up.
Hold down the ⌥ key to move, grow, or shrink the frame in 5 pixel increments.
