CNET Editors' review
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:
Ashampoo Snap 5 enables you to make, edit, and share snaps or videos of your screen content - quickly and easily. With this program it is easy to prepare screenshots or videos for presentations or tutorials, or to share something interesting from the Internet. Make a screenshot, add your own annotations and then share it with others via e-mail. For an improved workflow and more possibilities Ashampoo Snap 5 offers restructured tool bars, new editing tools and other features such as timed capture or a menu capture mode. Facebook fans can upload their results directly to Facebook. If you would like to publish your screenshots or videos online, you should protect those. For this our screen photographer offers the option to automatically add individual watermarks to screenshots and videos. Furthermore, this tool also provides new perspectives for video capturing. Ashampoo Snap 5 does not only capture your screen, but also your webcam with microphone, for example to create video greetings. Those greetings and other captured videos can now be uploaded to YouTube from within the software.
What's new in this version: Version 5.1.3 updated predefined resolutions for capture.
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"Not worth the money!"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.1.2
Pros
Anyone can do a screen capture however Capture Freestyle Region & Rectangle work well.
Cons
Capture Scrolling Window (Freestyle & Website) Don't work!
Capture Scrolling Window (Website) did work in Snap 4 what happened?
Using the latest browser versions of Chrome, Firefox & Pale Moon.
Capture a video is worthless. Help for any issue doesn't exist.
Children without a clue wrote the help files and did not have supervision.Summary
They are most interested in getting you to buy all their other programs which I wouldn't advise considering.
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"Problematic software."
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.1.2
Pros
Capture's still screenshots no probs, but why bother, when you can do this same function by using the print screen tab and saving to paint... which is free.
Cons
Video capture wont work, tried initially the default settings then every other codec setting, but just constant black void screens... totally frustrating... also the tool bars, left & right were sporadic in their appearance, when you finished recording your video clip(attempting to) you can either hit pause/break or click on the top tool bar - exit/stop edit and this action should automatically bring up all the editing tool bars, however only sometimes they would appear, either both left/right wouldn't appear or the right toolbar would appear and the left one was hidden somewhere... very glitchy software.
Summary
I purchased this software so i could make personal music compilations by recording my favourite artists from obscure rare dvd's... however Ashampoo Snap 4 wont record anything from my pc dvd player or youtube files, thought maybe my copy was faulty, so uninstalled it then reinstalled it... but to no avail... looked at help/faq's however just says if you have difficulty capturing video then try another codec... tried all, and still no joy??? ...anyone got any tips, as would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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"did not meet my needs"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.1.2
Pros
cheap software
Cons
need for video capture what's on my screensaver, capture is actually done, just not the same quality, the video is stopped, I tried all kinds of settings, without success.
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"Best Screen Capture I've used"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.1.2
Pros
Handy, quick and many features.
Cons
I too was unhappy with the frequency that I accidentally brought down the tool bar by having my mouse near the top of my screen, until I discovered the setting to put it on the right side of the screen(bottom or right too)...no more issues.
No cons for me.Summary
The best value in a very good screen capture program on the market.
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"The userinterface is great"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.0.2
Pros
The tiny bar at the top of the screen works always
The interface at the sides (after taking a shot or making a Video) is perfectCons
The tiny bar at the top gets hit (by accident) too often.
Summary
I said it in the pros. I used Gadwin (FREE) before, but this product is much more flexible.
The most easy thing to use is: the printscreen button on your keyboard. It copies the desktop and shows the righthand menu where you can select almost anything you want: save, delete, print a.s.o.
The bar at the top gives a wide range of different possible screenshots and a way the construct videos of your desktop as you perform various actions there. -
"Comes Pretty Close too PERFECT"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.0.2
Pros
I love the part it does video screen shots.
Cheap compared to others
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to use it.Cons
Don't know of any!!!!
Summary
I've used and paid big bucks for other screen shot software, also have used a couple of free programs. None beat Snap 5. If you are looking for a screen shot program you have found the one to get here!!!!
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"Good for the price"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 5.0.2
Pros
It does what it says it will do...most of the time
Cons
Sometimes sound is missing for a couple seconds and the odd time lips are not in sync with the sound
Summary
I use Snap4 most of the time because I have no problems at all with it
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"Easy to use, excellent results."
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 4.3
Pros
very quick to start up.
good quality on video and stills.Cons
nothing so far.
Summary
A lot for your money.
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"Powerful tool for all kinds of users"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 4.3
Pros
Very simple in use, powerful capturing for web-pages that does not fit the screen, professional after-capture graphical editor with many nice tool (like a balloon comment) and many more, does not lag the OS
Cons
none of them. Best tool.
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"THIS IS A GREAR PRODUCT!!!"
Version: Ashampoo Snap 5 4.3
Pros
IT DOES EXAACTLY WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT i BOUFHT IT!!!
Cons
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
Summary
THIS PROGRAM IS WORTH TAKING A TRIAL RUN BECAUSE I THS MAKES THINGS SO EASY TO CAPTURE AND SAVE.
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