CNET Editors' review
When it comes to premium software for capturing what's on your computer screen, SnagIt 10 is one of the best in its category. As with other apps, you can choose exactly how much of the screen you'll shoot. Snagit's edge is that it now combines the most oft-selected capture profiles into one, so that reaching for the Print Screen keyboard shortcut gives you a mega-tool for capturing either the whole screen, a window, a region, or a scrolling area, with just some considered cursor placement and a single click. We have to admit that the new default capture profile may confuse at first, but those who find it too much of a visual riot can always swap in a different default.
In addition to snagging images, Snagit has separate capture settings for copying Web sites, text, and even video; you can record your screen's action in the AVI format. This version of Snagit improves on the text capture tool, retaining the style formatting in Snagit's editor and adding some editing tools so you can further manipulate the text.
As with the previous version, which overhauled Snagit's user-friendly editor, Snagit 10's image editor stores screenshots in an icon library that's accessible from the main pane, making it a breeze to revisit past shots, even if you've never saved them to your drive.
The search bar is also a lifesaver for finding the automatically-indexed screenshots of yore. Though Snagit's editing tools aren't as professional as some other high-end editors, it does provide a satisfying array of tools to annotate, resize, recolor, and otherwise manipulate images with hyperlinked hot spots, tags, and visual effects, like the newly introduced page-curl effect. We think a few of the stamps, art, and tools could be more versatile, but we were able to do most of what we set out to accomplish on a daily basis with speed, ease, and consistent results.
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Publisher's Description
From TechSmith:
With Snagit's capture, edit, organize and share technology... it's easy to create engaging visuals that grab attention and keep it. Let images do the talking for you. Use Snagit to capture any image you want straight off your computer screen. Enhance with transparency, callouts, and other effects to turn a simple screen shot into an eye-grabbing visual. Easily organize your images and use them again and again for other projects. Then show off your Snagit creations to anyone. Just add them to your documents and presentations... or share using your favorite applications. It doesn't take much to explain a concept or an idea with Snagit. The images you create do the talking. And the more you use Snagit, the more ways you'll find to use it!
What's new in this version: New in SnagIt 10: all-in-one capture, transparency, cut out edge effect, page curl edge effect, text capture with rich text formatting/editing, Screencast.com output, custom trim, rotatable text boxes.
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4.1 starsout of 266 votes
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Current version:
3.7 starsout of 19 votes
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"Such a powerful software!!!"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
quick start, nice interface, multi-choice of capturing so it is not dificult for users
Cons
nothing to say
Summary
one of the best tools for capturing I have seen. I love it much. everyone should have one!!!
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"Video capture is a joke"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
If you need an absolute abundance of screen capture tools and a dedicated program to edit them, try this.
Cons
Video Capture output is terrible - jerky and poor color saturation.
Summary
If you want to capture AND EDIT captures in one application, or you do a lot of screen captures, maybe you'd want this. Personally, I find that using PixClip and then pasting directly into my application works just as easily and is less intrusive.
The option to capture video is clunky and looks like an afterthought, It's horrible.
Personally, I uninstalled this after 1 attempt. -
"Not as easy and user friendly as Snaggit 9"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
You have more options
Cons
Not as simple to use as previous versions
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"Really Useful Product"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
Snagit makes me save a lot of time in my daily work! Thanks for that!
Cons
None so far
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"Very useful software"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
It has many feature and is not complicated to learn.
Cons
If all you want to do is taking simple screenshots, you dont need this software. The snipping tool included in windows 7 does the job just fine.
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"Great tool."
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
It has a lot many features
Cons
I have not noticed any. Each version gets more and more user friendly.
Summary
Some user have commented that the features in the new versions are too much to understand. When I first installed the latest version (10), I also got the same opinion.
Updated on Nov 4, 2011
Once I started using different options, I understood the power and versatility of the features. Without having to change the capture settings, I can grab different things - for example, to capture the contents of a scrolling window, I need not change the setting. I can simply click on the relevant tool in the capture screen. Done. Great software. Great programmers. Well thought out program. I heartfully appreciate and thank the programmers for applying so much thought to design the software. -
"Good for basic screen captures"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
Variety of options, ability to edit capture
Cons
Some features just plain don't work in ths 10.0.1 version. I wasted hours of my time trying to get one feature that has worked great in past versions to work. I then wasted the time of several co workers who did the same all to no avail. Tech Support continues to send emails convinced I and all my co workers must be doing something wrong.
Summary
OK for basic capturing. Just hope you don't need any support from the company!
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"Useful software"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
This software is useful for my work.
Cons
Sometime snap in webpage (Scrolling windows web page), there is an error pop-up.
Summary
More features and easy to use
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"On the mac, I've been waiting for something like this."
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
Great UI and features.
Cons
none. Seriously. I was happy to pay for it after my trial.
Summary
It's a superbly designed tool. They got a lot of things right - to name a few of my recent happy moments:
- the snap-to grab sensor (for lack of a better term) makes it easy to grab a series of webpages at the same size, one after another. No dragging out a cross hair and trying to get the sizing right each time.
- they have a direct link to your desktop where all the files are saved so you don't have to hunt through your file system - this may not seem like a big deal but it's amazing how useful it is because you don't have to break concentration.
- the annotation tools are very intuitive and configurable. It's easy to get notes, arrows, comments, etc., to look nice which usually requires a dedicated graphic editor and a lot of tweaking.
- there's probably a lot more stuff I haven't discovered, but every time I do think of something that would be nice, the feature seems to be there, just where I might expect it and often the behavior is better than I expected.
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"I have always used the paid version"
Version: Snagit 10.0.1
Pros
The paid version is an excellant program - It does everything that I need it to do.
Cons
I wish that they had ruler bars on the capture screen. Sometimes I need to copy from several screens and a horizontal and vertical ruller would help with the alingment.
Summary
I have always used the paid program and so I cannot verify the quality of the free one. I have used it for approx 4 years and have seen the progression of new features and updates. Each new update has great enough new features that I have paid for each upgrade.
The comment in the Cons: section above would be a nice to have but it does not affect my positive opinion about the program. I have many free programs on my tech laptop/desktop. Many of them are good programs but I would not pay for an upgrade to a paid version. But SnagIt increases my productivity significantly enough that it is always a program that I will pay for.
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