My Mac is loaded with so many tools, utilities, and apps, that if the Mac had wheels, the tires would be flat. My latest find is a simple tool that measures distances on a Mac’s screen. Photos, graphic images, objects, shapes, windows, width, height, and everything in between that needs to be measured. If you do graphics for the web, PixFit is a handy, inexpensive app for your tool box.
Measure It All In Pixels
PixFit drops in a height and width marker. Just drag the pointer to wherever you want to measure on a Mac’s screen, and the markers expand to fill and produce a width and height.
It’s not magic. It’s simple. It’s one thing to measure within an object, but PixFit also measures around irregular object shapes.
PixFit sits in the Mac’s Menubar. A single click brings it front and center so you can apply it to any element on your Mac’s screen.
Whatever is displayed on your Mac’s screen can be measured, pixel by pixel, and it can be invoked with a keyboard shortcut. You can even change the colors of the markers.
My favorite screen tool is Xscope, which has a similar measurement function. PixFit is a fraction of the cost, though functionality is less, too.
My favorite is PixelStick:
http://plumamazing.com/mac/pixelstick
It measures distance, angles, colors, is inexpensive and fun to use.
Thanks for the article.
Hi Ron,
thanks for being awesome and writing the first ever PixFit’s review. My name is janusz and I’m the author of PixFit. I can’t tell you how flattered I am to have my app reviewed by someone I have never met. PixFit is my first app ever that made it to the release point.
Yesterday PixFit 1.1 was approved for the App Store and I hope you’ll like the new features it provides. There’s a lot coming in the future. If you or anyone else have ideas or complaints about PixFit please write to contact@pixf.it or just tweet me @PixFit – I’ll be happy to answer all your needs!
Thanks again!