There’s more to SnagIt than capturing screen shots and editing visual elements . . .
Great Find: SnagIt
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Content: This week I want to tell you about a tool that’s earned a permanent home on my PC. For everyday use, I always turn to SnagIt from TechSmith. It’s fast and easy-to-use for screen captures and editing visual elements, and it has more power than you might expect for $39.95. The development team is supportive and always looking for ways to improve the product.
Here are eight ways I use SnagIt:
- Capture graphics of my screen when collaborating with others
- Convert file formats (e.g., .jpg to .gif)
- Capture all the image files from a specified URL
- Capture a rolling screen
- Select options like borders or resolution before making the capture so my images are consistent
- Edit photos in batches to save time
- Use paint tools to add arrows, text, etc.
- Making a collage
There is a capture timer feature that allows you to take screen shots at predefined times. (I’m trying that next!) They offer a Tip of the Day, tutorials, and lots of help screens. Try the 30-day free trialtoday!
SnagIt is a tool I have come to rely on and I wanted to share it with you. Let me know what you think!
Stay tuned… next week is a tool that’s free!
–Sandy, Purple Wren
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I second that vote.
I remember touting it in the middle of ’06… like on 6-30-2006, Comment #7.
I wouldn’t leave home without it !
Gosh, I never thought to suggest this great program, and I’ve been using it for some months now.
Snagit does a wonderful job capturing screenshots, and the editing functions can really sharpen them up.
You can also use the program to make simple graphics. The banner on my website and the red headers in my right sidebar were all made with Snagit, along with the yellow buttons under the banner.
This one is really worth giving a try if you’re looking for a capture program.
Hi Scorpia,
Thanks for writing. SnagIt really packs a lot of power for the price. It’s well worth it to me. I use it more often than the big, expensive programs because it’s so easy to use. And I didn’t even hightlight making graphics. Good point. It’s an excellent choice for creating, too.
Sandy
I’ve been using 5-clicks (paid program) for all my capture needs, but just recently I have been wondering how people take screen shots of entire pages scrolling down many PgDns .. and want one too! I think of all my daily tools and apps – its’ the screen capture that I use most.
Hi HART,
Thanks for your comment. This is the program for those rolling captures. I’ve been enjoying that feature lately. Sure beats the old cut and paste method I used to use.
Funny how our needs change. Screen capture is one thing I do many times a day, too.
I don’t think I’ve scratched the surface of what this program offers. Maybe we can each comment here on what great new thing we learned how to do…
Sandy
Well // definately worth looking into. I’ve downloaded the trial 30-day version to test it out. However, it doesn’t look good. My installation was halted because: “The file STDNAMES.GPD on Windows XP CD-ROM is needed”. I probably will be uninstalling it now – I don’t believe in software that requires me to pull out my Operating system CD. Shame on SnagIt!
My 5-clicks is pretty good though. Only thing if I want to modify it I go into my adobe photoshop7. As for resizing entire directories and making thumbnails, I’ve been using Easy-Thumbnails (Free program). Between the three, less the scrolling, I’m pretty much covered. Oh well.
HART,
Sorry to hear that. I didn’t have any trouble downloading or installing and definitely did not need any disks.
I’d be interested in hearing what the team at TechSmith thinks. Betsy Weber would love to hear about it. “Feel free to send me any feedback – we’re always looking for ways to improve.”
E-mail: b.weber@techsmith.com
Cell Phone: 517.410.0030
Sandy
Huh. I had no problems at all, either. I do suggest that you get in touch with techsmith, Hart; there may be a simple solution for that. At least I hope so.
uh .. well I’ve uninstalled it – it gave me a bad install when I couldn’t locate the file on my computer. But, 2 out of 3 commenters can’t be wrong, so I took Sandra’s advice and forwarded an email 🙂
Hi Liz,
SnagIt is a great idea. Definitely more powerful than paint, and a lot cheaper than Photoshop!
Hi Rico!
How wonderful to see you!
It’s a testitomial to hear you say that. Sandy will glad for your words of support. 🙂
I have been using HyperSnap from Hyperionics for almost 10 years and find it to be one of the most useful screen capture programs. It is very easy to use and only $35.
The program provides a rich set of tools for editing the images and then saving them in all the popular formats.
Hi Russ!
Welcome. I finding out about so many screen capture programs that I didn’t know about. It’s amazing. No one’s even mentioned the one that I use . . . Cropper by Fusion Design.
Hi Sandy – Thanks for your post about SnagIt! I appreciate it and it’s great to see how you’re using it.
My favorite feature is to capture a webpage and keep the links. You can read more about it here: http://www.techsmith.com/community/blogcomments.asp?thread=137
Hi HART – We do offer free tech support. Please feel free to utilize it – they’ll get you up and running.
http://techsmith.custhelp.com/
Betsy Weber, Chief Evangelist
TechSmith
Sandy, I’m curious, did you use SnagIt to put together that wonderful visual image of the z-list?
Aloha Sandy. I wanted to ditto what you said about SnagIt. I use it to create accounting & procedure manuals for my customers. It makes it tons easier for them to figure out what screen they should be seeing.
Hi Rico,
Thanks for the comment. It’s fun to hear from other fans of SnagIt.
Hi Russ,
Thanks for the tip about Hyperionics. I’ll have to check that out.
Hi Liz,
I haven’t used Cropper before either! Great lead.
Hi Betsy,
Great to hear from you — appreciate your input.
Hi Robyn,
Yes, I used SnagIt to put together the Z-List collage. Made it very easy.
Hi Becky,
Thanks for commenting. I love to talk with others about what tools they use and the application.
Sandy
Hello Sandy,
If you like Snagit I would really recommend you to try Camtasia, from the same maker. While Snagit is excellent to capture text and images Camtasia is excellent at capturing video.
Sorry, I forgot to add, you can read more about Camtasia here: http://www.softwarecasa.com/pprod/212402dd.htm