Simplify your laptop buying
- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 26, 2006
- Total Downloads: 2,628,421
- Downloads last week: 6,034
- See full specifications
A newer version of SnagIt is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 177 votes
See all user reviews -
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Capturing screenshots may not be glamorous, but SnagIt can turn the chore into a walk in the park. SnagIt lets you capture any part of your screen, from a partial image to the entire contents of a scrolling window. You can grab images of Web sites and software applications or pictures from scanners and digital cameras. You even can capture video and record screen action in AVI format.
Editing tools let you manipulate and enhance captures using effects (such as Brightness, Hue, and Saturation), filters, and borders. You can add arrows, substitute colors in the captured image, or create dark or light backgrounds with a single click. Version 8 adds several interactive features such as saving Web pages with HTML links, adding hot spots and rollover states to objects and areas, and exporting files in SWF and PDF formats.
This program outdoes itself in features, so it may take a while to figure out the menu structure, but the GUI additions in version 8 are a welcome addition. Unfortunately, the latest update is just as slow to start as the last version. Even with its package of powerful options, we found SnagIt a flexible and easy-to-use program. Balloon tips, wizards, and an online video tutorial make it simple for beginners, and its sophisticated capabilities will satisfy advanced users.
Watch the CNET video review of SnagIt:
Publisher's description
From TechSmith :SnagIt is a convenient and efficient tool for sidestepping the time-consuming limitations of the Copy, Paste, and Print screen commands. Use SnagIt to collect, edit, and share content from the computer and Internet. Activate your captures through a toolbar built into Microsoft Office, and customize images with SnagIt's powerful, yet intuitive graphics editor. Save time, enhance your communications, and illustrate your ideas with this award-winning, easy-to-use software solution. With more than seven million users and four PC Magazine awards, SnagIt is the everyday computer tool for beginners, experts, and everyone in between.
Version 8.0 offers an overhauled interface, enhanced editing features, the ability to capture Web Pages with Links, and new interactivity functionality.
More popular Image Editing Software downloads
- 170,264 downloads 1. IrfanView
- 141,686 downloads 2. PhotoScape
- 39,298 downloads 3. Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
- 26,261 downloads 4. FastStone Image Viewer
- 18,104 downloads 5. Paint.NET
- See all Image Editing Software downloads
User reviews of SnagIt 8
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 177 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 12 user reviewsSee all 12 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: SnagIt 8
"Great Utility Gets Better With Each Upgrade!"
Pros: Snagit has always been an excellent capture utility. I truly thought the application had peaked with Version 7 but somehow they've managed to top it with Version 8. The icon based interface is awesome and they've made huge improvements to the editor. If ever there was a time to try Snagit, it's now. Be sure to check out all of the bonus stamps, symbols and pre-defined capture profiles that can be downloaded from their support site!
-
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: SnagIt 8
Pros: Snag it allows you you take pictures of you screen or the internet. It can also be used to share your content. The Image editor is very powerful and the interface is sooooo cool.
Cons: You may consider the price factor but I wouldnt.
-
Version: SnagIt 8
Pros: Great stuff. The best for keeping track of recipts and info. I keep a large folder filled with info I have captured. The editing and refining tools work wounders. The video feature is a goodie aswell.
Cons: Not as far as I can tell
-
Version: SnagIt 8
Pros: I use SnagIt since some years now and it keeps getting better and better with every release.
There's really so much you can do with SnagIt that it's become indispensable for me.
Too much to sum it all up, but you can capture a region, window, object, scrolling window, printing to PDF, capture images from a website and so on ...
I've it installed at home, but also at work because I need it almost daily in my job as webeditor.
Also keep in mind that support from TechSmith is the best to be found.
Cons: Pricey? A bit maybe, but not compared to what you can do with it.
Great value for you money. :-)
-
Version: SnagIt 8
"Wonderful Screen Capture Capabilites - Excellent!!"
Pros: I've used SnagIt 7 (upgraded to version 8) for some time capturing Windows Media Player (avi) audio+video movies, lectures, demonstrations, etc.
Of course, SnagIt can capture everything that doesn't move or play as well.
One can save setups, such as audio/video captures, as profiles so doing a certain kind of capture is just a click away. Great software program.
Cons: None - it does everything I want to do.
- See all 12 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
