please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message plasq the current plasq logo type private genre software headquarters united states area served worldwide website plasq.com plasq is an international software limited liability company comprising software developers and user interface designers from the united states australia switzerland norway and france . they primarily develop for mac os x and ios however a microsoft windows version of comic life is available . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 comic life 2.1.1 comic touch 2.2 doozla 2.3 skitch 3 references 4 external links history edit plasq is a worldwide limited liability company which began in melbourne australia but is now based in the united states ; however its employees are scattered in several different countries . it was started by cris pearson and keith lang . 1 the company is almost entirely internet based as the employees are so far apart and must communicate via chat rooms . 2 additionally all of their products are sold exclusively online except for comic life which can also be purchased in a boxed edition from freeverse . 3 the company originally focused on developing audio related software 4 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 . 5 products edit comic life edit main article comic life comic life is a software application which allows the creation of comics and similar documents . comic files can be printed exported or uploaded to mobileme . 6 a pro version called comic life magiq is also available . 7 comic touch edit comic touch is an ios app for altering images . speech and thought bubbles as well as captions and effects can be added . 8 doozla edit 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 different background images or take an image from a webcam . 9 skitch edit skitch is a screenshot editing and sharing utility for mac os x which was originally developed by plasq but is currently run by the company skitch inc. 10 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 . 11 skitch was acquired by evernote on 18 august 2011 . 12 evernote offers the app for free on both the ios and android markets . 13 also there is a version of skitch for windows 8 metro with general purpose of editing photos 14 references edit startup spotlight plasq yoick hightechwire . yoick hightechwire . retrieved 9 march 2011 . barker garry 31 may 2005 . net gains with no strings attached . melbourne theage . retrieved 11 march 2011 . freeverse mac games & apps comic life deluxe edition . freeverse . retrieved 11 march 2011 . deep thought a few minutes with cris pearson of plasq . deep thought . retrieved 11 march 2011 . plasq.com . plasq . retrieved 18 march 2011 . os x applications comic life . retrieved 7 march 2011 . cohen peter . comic life magiq debuts graphics & 3 d . macworld . retrieved 7 march 2011 . comic touch for iphone ipod touch and ipad on the itunes app store . apple inc. retrieved 9 march 2011 . ritter todd . doozla drawing so easy a child can do it . download squad . retrieved 9 march 2011 . http plasq.com news 2010 03 skitch leaves plasq skitch review of os x s hottest new information sharing tool . gear live . retrieved 9 march 2011 . evernote buys image sharing app skitch plans on offering it for free . tech crunch . retrieved 18 august 2011 . evernote acquires skitch evernote etc . retrieved 18 august 2011 . skitch releases windows 8 metro app tech products & geek news . retrieved 2012 08 24 . external links edit plasq official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title plasq & oldid 700000277 categories mac software companiesplasqhidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2011all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from march 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 15 january 2016 at 19 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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