Snagit for Mac Beta Test
Yes, Snagit for Mac is now being Beta tested.
TechSmith recently announced the public beta of Snagit for Mac so users can quickly and effectively turn simple screen shots into powerful visual communication tools.
If you want to keep updated about Snagit for Mac News, please sign up in the yellow form below (only send you news about Snagit for Mac). You will be among the first to hear news about Snagit for Mac.
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Snagit for Mac has been highly anticipated and when I sent out information to the list of people interested in this release a few days ago I immediately got a lot of responses from people very happy about the Snagit for Mac Beta test.
If you are interested in testing Snagit for Mac beta, go here.
Until next time 
Peter – Your Snagit Guide.
Camtasia Screen Recorder Software 10 Year Anniversary
This website is mostly about Snagit. I don’t talk much (here) about other great software titles. In many ways, especially video recording, the big brother of Snagit is really Camtasia Studio. Well this post is a tribute to that big brother.
If Snagit is the ultimate tool to take any kind of screen shots, copy text, images and what-not from your screen, then Camtasia is the ultimate tool to record video from your screen. This is excellent when you want to create tutorials or any kind of instructional videos related to computer or internet use. Perfect to do software presentations, demos and so on.
Our all time favorite Screen Recording / Screencasting software Camtasia Studio is growing up. Camtasia was first released at Comdex 1999. Camtasia has come a long way in these last 10 years and are now available both on Mac and PC platform.
Techsmith compiled a cool timeline below that shows Camtasia milestones, advertising and logos, reviews, feature releases and technology milestones. Check it out:
To celebrate Camtasia’s 10th birthday, SoftwareCasa has a sale on Snagit Screen Capture and Camtasia Screen Recording software!
For a limited time, save an extra 10% on already-discounted volume licenses of Camtasia Studio, Snagit, or both in a bundle. Offer ends December 7, 2009. SoftwareCasa is also doing a special price on Snagit Single user - $47.00.
You find the Anniversary Specials here:
Snagit Single User $47.00
Snagit Multi User Discount (10% 5-users and upwards)
Camtasia Multi User Discount (10% 5-users and upwards)
Until next time
Peter – Your Snagit Guide
Snagit for Mac Announced
I have exciting news for all Macintosh users out there that has been waiting for Snagit for Mac. TechSmith (the maker of Snagit and Camtasia) has just announced that they are in the early development stages for Snagit on the Mac OS operating system.
The subject of Snagit for Mac is one of our most visited blog posts on this blog so the interest for this is nothing less than spectacular. Also the fact that many people that work within the graphics industry are working on Mac computers will also make this product one of the most interesting launches.
You can read the Betsy Webers blog post announcing the Snagit is coming news here. Betsy is mentioning that the product is in early development and my guess is that this means that it will be launched in a year or so. The announcement came only a day after the release of Camtasia for Mac.
We will be following the development of this product so if you are interested I suggest you sign up for our special Snagit for Mac subscriber list here.
Snagit 9.0 Best Screen Capture Tool
Say goodbye to Print Screen, for the Screen Capture Tools are here. Snagit 9.0 was just voted Best Screen Capture Tool in LifeHacker’s poll for best screen capture tool.
To celebrate this win for Snagit we have set up a coupon together with SoftwareCasa so you can get $10.00 off the suggested retail price. See the end of this post for information on how to get the discount.
With screen capture applications, taking screenshots has never been that awesome. Many people have been drawn to using and taking advantage of the wonders this has brought them.
Since they are a lot of screen capture software that are popular these days, we sometimes wonder, which one is really the best. To end this wondering, LifeHacker launched a competition for Best Screen Capture Tool last April 16, 2009.
With thousands of voters, and lots of Screen Capture Tools to choose from, finally yesterday, April 21, 2009, the polls have been closed, votes were counted and the verdict was made. Among all the outstanding screen capture tools known to every screenshot-taker, Snagit bagged the No.1 spot as the Greatest Screen Capture Tool. See the complete list of contenders here.
Below are the next in line of the top five contenders, chosen by the hundreds of voters themselves.
Second Place: Skitch
Third Place: Jing
Fourth Place: FastStone Capture
Fifth Place: Snipping Tool
To celebrate Snagit’s first position we are offering it to a special price only valid today and tomorrow (ends at midnight Thursday April 23rd). You can get it for $39.95 instead of the suggested price $49.95.
How to redeem your Snagit Coupon – Your Price $39.95!
1. Go to the Snagit page (opens in a new window so you can have this information handy)
2. Click on “Order Now”
3. Click on “Checkout” enter your personal information and click “Continue”
4. Once on this page click on “have code”
5. Enter your Discount Coupon Code : SNAGHACKER
4. Click on “Checkout” and your discount will be reflected.
Enjoy
Peter – Your Snagit Guide
Snagit Coupon $5.00 Off
Hi!
I know most of you already are proud users of Snagit, but just in case you know someone interested in Snagit or if you are in need of a second license, perhaps for a family member, friends or colleagues.
There is a $5.00 Snagit discount coupon this week. Please forward this information in case you know someone that would benefit from using Snagit. (You can forward it by using the small green “ShareThis” button below and then just choose Send/Email)
Here’s how to take advantage.
1. Go to (opens in new window): Snagit 9.0 Coupon
2. Proceed to place the order by clicking the Buy Now button.
3. Click on Checkout enter your personal information and click Continue.
4. Once on this page click on have code
5. Enter your Snagit 9.0 $5.00 Discount Code : snagitnow
4. Click on Checkout and your discount will be reflected.
REMEMBER: This code is valid for use once per client and offer expires Friday, 27th March 2009 at midnight.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Until next time
Peter – Your Snagit Guide
PS. Next week I will have a real goodie for you, Professional Snagit Stamps
Snagit 9.0 First Impressions
Snagit 9 was just released and I have to say I really like it 
As a “snagger” i’d obviously prefer to sum it up in an image (see below), but if I have to say it in 3 words i would have to say – fast, easy and slick…
I need a little more time to test all the new different functions and additions, then give you more of an in-depth Snagit 9 review at a later date, but so far I am very impressed.
Read more about the new functions below…
Common Snagit License and Download Questions
Hello Snagit User
In this post you’ll find answers to the most common license and download questions – I lost Snagit, what do I do? I want to install Snagit on a second computer, can I? I lost my license key, can I get it back?
In connection to the emails we sent out the last weeks we have gotten a lot of similar questions and I am guessing you also perhaps could benefit from the answers.
But first, a BIG thanks to everyone that contributed to the blog post “Snagit 9 Wishlist“. We have had a fantastic response with more than 70 comments and counting.
I will huff and puff for these ideas to the Snagit development team and hopefully they will listen and implement many of them in near future releases.
If you have more ideas you would like to see implemented, please don’t hesitate to comment on the blog post and I will keep pushing for them.
Read on for common Snagit license and download questions…
Snagit 9 Wishlist
Help me improve Snagit…
In my humble opinion (but running this blog, perhaps a little biased) Snagit is as good as software can be. And I know many readers agree. But as someone once said, there is always room for improvement. That’s why I am curious as to what you would like to add if/when Snagit 9.0 is released.
I will send all comments to the Snagit development team so please include any additions to Snagit that you have thought about, are missing, you would like to add and so on. Please pour your heart out in the comment section below!
If you have colleagues, friends and family using Snagit, please ask them to put in their 5 cents here too.
The popular cliché “think outside the box” is perhaps true, but sometimes it’s easier to “think inside the box” so here is a basic breakdown of areas/functions you may have ideas about or want to change:
- Graphic interface. Is it easy to use, could it be improved, perhaps a complete new layout? Do you have any other software products that you think has a great layout that Snagit could benefit from looking at and so on. Share your ideas.
- Capture functionality. Are there any capture modes you feel are missing? Could there be other changes to the capture functionality. Is it easy enough to set up new capture profiles and so on?
- Editing functionality. What about editing your screen captures, do you use the Snagit Editor, what should be changed in the editor?
- Sharing functionality. Like to share your images with others, if so – how?
- Add-ons. Any software you would like to have an output available directly from inside Snagit.
- Other areas. Any other areas that you feel improvements would be helpful.
OK, I’ll go first…
Audio in Video Clip – Problem
I received an email from a client trying to capture video in Snagit. But when trying to play the snagit video no sound was heard.
Hi Peter
I’m having a problem and wonder if you could offer some advice. The audio in
video clips with sound that I’m recording is not showing up any longer.
Until recently, the audio was just fine. I’m not aware of any changes I’ve
made in recording or settings. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks a lot
Mark
Read on to find the solution to this common Snagit sound problem…
Output Snagit Clips to Camtasia Studio
TechSmith just released a new addon to Snagit. You can now output images directly from Snagit into Camtasia.
The Camtasia Output adds a button to the toolbar inside SnagIt’s Capture Preview window.
Just click the button and your image is sent directly to Camtasia Studio’s clip bin so you can easily insert it into your video.
Free Snagit
Yes, you heard me.
TechSmith is now offering their previous version of Snagit 7 as a free download…
Too good to be true, I think so, but still it’s true. So if you’re not using Snagit yet, I highly recommend you to grab this offer and run.
But wait, there is even more…
Snagit Beta Tester Wanted
Would you like to be a part in shaping Snagit for the future?
You now have a chance to give input directly to the Snagit development team…
Blog Image Output
There are so many new Snagit add-ons released that I can hardly keep up writing about all of them.
Keep reading and I will tell you about the latest…
Apology – Multiple Emails
I would like to apologize for some of our subscribers that have received more than one emails telling about this new blog.
The software script I use when sending out the emails just went berserk. This resulted in that several subscribers received more than one email.
I can assure you that I am taking this very seriously. We have immediately signed up for a new service to avoid that anything like this will repeat itself in the future and will hopefully start moving over to the new platform in the next few days.
Again, sorry for the multiple emails.
Peter – Your Snagit Guide 
Snagit OneNote 2007 Output
A new output for Snagit was just released, for Microsoft OneNote 2007.
With one click you can send your Snagit scren captures over to your OneNote application.
The Jing Project
Techsmith has just released the Jing Project.
The Jing project is an experiment about how to share images and video online in a more fluent way. For example when you are chatting, or want to do a quick screen cast for your blog.
And it’s free…
New: Snagit 8.2.3
A new minor version was released yesterday. Updated SnagIt to run C# accessories. No other functions or bug fixes was included in this release.
New Minor Release
A new minor version has been released, Snagit 8.2.2 with a few minor updates such as:
- Updated the French version of SnagIt 8.2.0.
- Fixed the bug where SnagIt removes ole32.dll registry keys.
- Fixed the problem of pasting into SnagIt Editor from the SnagIt Preview Window.
Click here for more info on Snagit 8.2.2
Snagit 8.2 Certified for Vista
The latest version of Snagit 8.2 is now certified for Microsoft Vista operating system.
“Products that carry the Certified for Windows Vista logo have met explicit standards of reliability and quality, and have been tested and proven to deliver a superior experience with Windows Vista,” said Brad Goldberg, General Manager for Windows Vista Product Management at Microsoft Corp.
Further he said “We are extremely pleased that TechSmith’s SnagIt carries the certified logo and takes advantage of the new technologies available in Windows Vista.”
You can read the TechSmith pressrelease about Vista certification here.
Hope to see you soon,
Peter
Snagit 8.2 what’s new?
Compatible with Vista and Office 2007
Whenever you’re ready to upgrade to Office 2007 or try new technologies like Vista, you can rely on SnagIt to continue to capture anything on your screen.
Send Snagit Screen Captures Directly to Your Favorite Apps
With SnagIt’s new output accessories you can send your screen captures directly to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MindManager, or Flickr, with a single click.
SnagIt’s output accessories are individual files, so you can download and install just the ones you want, anytime. We’ll be offering more accessories in the near future, so keep an eye on our SnagIt Accessories page for new additions.
Screen Capture Printer (graphic)Print Exactly What You Want
Tired of your screen captures printing the size of a postage stamp? SnagIt 8.2 makes it easy to print screen captures exactly the way you see them onscreen – the right way, every time. Images and scrolling Web pages are readable when printed and retain their original appearance. Also, print settings are now easier to adjust, and SnagIt remembers your last-used settings.
Screen Capture Callouts (graphic)New Callout Styles
SnagIt’s two new callout styles, plain and glassy, give you more flexibility than ever in customizing your screen captures. The plain callouts are a little simpler, with less shading than SnagIt’s standard callouts. And, the new glassy callouts are not only cool, but they’re transparent – so they won’t obstruct your view of the words or images behind them.
Save and Organize your Custom Callouts
SnagIt lets you customize callout characteristics like size, shape, color and angle of rotation. With the new callout organizer, you can save your customized callouts for reuse in your screen captures again and again. Create categories for your callouts, and organize callouts by dragging and dropping them from one category to another. Your custom categories will appear in the Paint Tools menu with SnagIt’s default callouts, making them easily accessible while you are editing your captures.
Happy New Year!
In just a few days we will release info on the new website: The Snagit Guide!
In the meantime – check out the ultimate Screen Capture Tool – Snagit 8.2
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