- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (40-day trial); $19.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 82,238
- Downloads last week: 554
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 96 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on March 04, 2009
While we normally appreciate user guidance, the pop-up how-to guides got in the way of what proved to be an effective tool for capturing and manipulating images.
Ashampoo Magical Snap adds an expandable toolbar to the top of your window that lets you capture entire Web pages or specific selections. It also captures desktop and window screenshots--basically anything that appears on your screen. Once you make a selection, pop-up how-to guides walk you through the editing process. We found them a little overwhelming, and appreciated the option to turn them off. Once you capture an image, the toolbar smartly changes to offer more editing options, and two other expandable toolbars are added to your window for more editing and saving options. We were able to quickly capture whole or partial screens, add basic elements, rotate, and resize the image. Results are saved to your location of choice.
Much like the how-to guides, the Help file is extensive and overwhelming. But once you get the hang of the program enough to not need the guides, it is much easier to navigate. Ashampoo Magical Snap offers a short 10-day trial period, but if you request a promotional code, it gets bumped up to 40 days. Once you get down to using this smart screen capture tool, you'll like what you see. We recommend it to any user with a need to create, customize, and save images.
Publisher's description
From Ashampoo :Make great-looking screenshots, program demos and videos fast. The new Ashampoo Snap 3 can capture and store anything on your computer screen, including video. If you can see it on your screen, Ashampoo Snap 3 can turn it into a snapshot or movie and save it to a file. And with its amazingly simple editing functions you can produce results that you will be proud to share in no time. The new motion capture tool has two different modes: Video mode for full-motion movies and Application mode for capturing Windows programs - for example for demos and walk-through tutorials showing how to use a new application. You can also add your own voice with a microphone to comment on or explain what is being displayed. Ashampoo Snap 3's integrated graphics editing tools are powerful and easy to use. Add arrows, drop shadows, text and text bubbles, highlight areas in different ways and much more to turn simple screenshots into great-looking images in seconds. How it works... Ashampoo Snap 3 can be started on demand or you can have it always available. To start a capture you just move the mouse pointer up to the top of the screen to display the button bar, which is otherwise hidden. This is great for quickly capturing unexpected events and saving them to share with friends - for example on news channels or chat boards. After a capture the editor is displayed automatically and you can use the editing tools to enhance your image. If you keep Ashampoo Snap 3 available you can capture and edit on the fly and share an event with friends right after it happens.
Version 3.01 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
* Video capture with high quality codecs * Two video modes for movies and program demos * On-the-fly video encoding - no waiting * Cool new interface, even easier to use * Accurate multi-page printing for scrolling captures * New automated file name functions for captures * Flood fill editing tool for filling areas with color * Editor function, now opens and edits other files * Get great results in seconds
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Version: Ashampoo Snap 3 3.01
Pros: Excellent user interface that guides you throughout the process.
You can capture more than you see on your screen.
Very useful editing tools.
Great price!Cons: One thing only - there's no codec settings for video capture, you have two predefined settings and that's it. The quality of the capture is very good, though.
Summary: I always thought it's silly to have a capture program since the "print screen" option is already there, incorporated into Windows. I got interested into Snap 3 only because of the video capture option, but I was amazed by the image capture. After ca... read more >>
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Version: Ashampoo Snap 3 3.01
"Great program, does everything stated"
Pros: Very user friendly , easy to use
Cons: There are no cons with this product, does everything as stated
Summary: I have been an AShampoo fan for over 1 year now and never had any problems with their products
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