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SNAGIT

SNAGIT IS A SCREEN capture application that has been developed by TechSmith. This application is enriched with features and efficiently helps you in capturing videos, screenshots and images with a few clicks.

This application allows you to capture as well as edit images. The compact controls will always be present onto the side of your screen and all you have to do is choose the kind of shot you want to capture or record.

Snagit was originally designed for Windows but the developers, TechSmith have created a public beta for Mac users.

You can capture anything on your screen, even a whole region, a desktop or a scrolling window that is obtained from an app or a webpage and you can have it marked up with an abundance of effects.

This application also allows you to save and send your screen captures. You can save your files to your laptop or computer and send them over directly to Microsoft Office, Google Drive or to any other sharing options provided by Snagit.

This application also allows you to record a video of your very screen. You can display anything appearing on your screen by way of having its video recorded and can also trip away any unnecessary parts.

The application is also available in a 15 day trial version that is downloadable.

Capture Modes

Snagit has four capture modes altogether. Let’s have a brief look at them:

The All in One Capture

This is the primary capture mode which is used the most. With this mode, you can capture either a selected region, the whole screen, the whole of the contents of a scrolling window or just one window.

Menu Captures

This captures any menu or submenus that are open and isolated them against a transparent background automatically.

Webcam

This activates the Face Time camera and makes way for you to shoot pictures of yourself or anything else you would like to hold up.

Window Zooms

This mode zooms out to allow all windows to become visible. Clicking a window captures it at its full size and restores the screen back to normal.

Benefits of Snagit

Here are some of the benefits you can expect to receive upon using the Snagit app:

· Equipped with an interface that is extremely easy to use

· A perfect application for retouching and screenshots

· A zoom feature that is powerful and easy to use

· An amazing editor

· Integrated sharing

· Handy controls

Features

Here are some of the features you can expect to come across with Snagit:

Video Capture and Trimming

Snagit allows you to create, capture, narrate as well as trim the videos you’ve taken of your screen for things like demos, reviews and feedback. The video trimming feature makes it possible for you to get rid of the unwanted sections of your screen recordings.

The trimming feature makes it possible for you to remove portions from the beginning, middle or end of your recording and allows you to correct any mistakes you made during your recording process.

Mobile Capture

You can make captures that are even beyond your desktop. You can easily send videos and photos from your mobile devices directly to the Snagit editor using the TechSmith Fuse for your mobile devices.

Stamps

Snagit allows you to personalize your images using graphics that are specifically designed for getting captures of your screen.

Scrolling Capture

With this application, you can easily and quickly capture everything that appears on your page even if it is not yet visible on the screen. Using just a click, you can grab the vertical, horizontal, or the entirety of the scrolling area.

Special Effects

Another feature of this application is that you can add special effects such as shadows, perspective and borders, to the whole of your screen captures. This application also lets you create your very own custom style captures.

Integrated Sharing

Once you have completed the process of capturing and editing your clip or image, you can have it exported straight from the application via various different ways. For example, you can post it to Twitter or Facebook, email it to the intended, or upload to YouTube a video that you’ve created. The content you create using this app can be easily and quickly shared across a variety of platforms.

Editing Tools

The feature of the editing tools allows you to manage shadows, make page break effect additions, add text bubbles in a wide array of sizes and shapes and crop images.

A Multitude of File Formats

With Snagit, you can use a wide array or file formats to save the videos and images you’ve created. PNG is the default file type, but PDF, JPG and GIF can also be used from the app’s editor to save video and image captures.

Tips for Mac Users on Using Snagit

In order to get the most out of Snagit, Mac users can make use of the following tips to ensure the productivity and efficiency of the performance of the application:

Combining Images

Snagit allows you to create composite graphics by way of combining together multiple images or screenshots. Open your main image to combine images using the Snagit Editor, then, from the tray, drag any image onto to the canvas. Here is an elaboration of the steps you’ll need to perform to have your images combined:

· Go to the Open Captures Tray and open the images you would like to combine

· Select File > Open from the Snagit Editor

· Select an image capture

· To display onto the canvas the main image, click in order to select from the Open Captures Tray, the image you want

· From the Open Captures Tray, drag the other image onto the canvas

After completing the above steps, the image will be added in the form of an editable object and then you can perform the following steps:

· To change the position, click, then drag the pasted image on to the canvas

· There is a white handle which you can use to drag either in or out if you want to resize the image you’ve pasted onto the canvas

· Right click the image you’ve pasted

· Then finally select Flatten to transform the pasted image into one that is a permanent part of the image

Adding an Extra Tail on a Callout

The purpose of the addition of tails is to enable you to create one single callout point to a multitude of things in a particular image. To add a tail, all you need to do is perform the two simple and easy steps mentioned below:

· Click on to the light blue handle which will appear on the outline

· Then pull it away from the callout body

Adding Stamps

To add stamps, you can use Snagit version 2 and follow the steps outlined below:

· Open the Snagit app and go to the menu

· Click on the option of Import Stamps

· Browse through your Stamps files

· Select the image you would like to import

· Then click Open

After having completed the above steps, you can use the custom folder to save it for future use.

Adding Folders to Organize Your Stamps

Again, you will have to use Snagit version 2 in order to add folders so as to organize your stamps. Here is what you will need to do:

· Make an exit from the Snagit app

· Open the Finder

· Then follow this path >/Users//Library/ApplicationSupport/TechSmith/Snagit/Stamps/Custom

· Either drag and drop your stamps or move them to the folders in Custom folder which you can locate in the Finder

· Restart the Snagit app

The above mentioned tips should help Mac users be more efficient in their usage of Snagit and should provide them with a better understanding about its functionality.

Snagit is an attractive software application that makes it possible for you to create screen captures and share them with your friends and colleagues. It aids its users in enhancing the quality of their communicative efforts with high level images and videos.