Hello Everyone!

I have searched high and low to find you Snagit videos with which I hope you will get great tips on how to use Snagit and may help you with some of your questions regarding the software.

These videos were made to show you demonstrations based from the different features of Snagit. For those who have been using Snagit, new-users or even non-users, there are actually a lot of tips that you can get from these videos especially if you’re still familiarizing yourself with it .

These tutorials cover many different subjects. There’s the Basics of Snagit for New Users, Snagit increase productivity, Snagit firefox scrolling problem, Demonstration of Snagit for video capture and Capturing the screen with Snagit which is as easy as one-two-three.

Here are the videos. Enjoy!

Please comment below if you like them, didn’t like them or have other video suggestions.

Thanks!

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I have heard some Snagit users complain about problems capturing scrolling webpages in Firefox lately . I have also experienced this problem. It was temporarily solved when I used Snagit version 10.01 and Firefox 7, but then I got the problem back when I upgraded to Firefox 8.

I use the scrolling capture functionality a lot so I contacted TechSmith to see how to solve this.

They presented me with a very elegant solution that actually ads functionality to the normal scrolling capture. I think you will find that this solution works for most Firefox releases in both Snagit version 9 and 10.

The solution is called “Custom Scrolling” and I made a short video explaining how to set it up and how to use it.

I hope you liked it. Add comments below if you have any questions or comments.

Until next time
Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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Need some help expressing your emotions?

Using SuperStamps Monsters I put together a set of 20 Emoticons / Smileys that you can download for free. This is quickly and easily done just by dragging the different parts such as eyes, mouth and other items onto the emoticon.

I tried to create a set that covers a broad spectrum of emotions, maybe not one for every feeling, but at least a few of them

I hope you will have great use of them. There are 20 different icons included.

You can install and use them directly from inside the Snagit Editor. They are all in PNG format with the size 200×200 pixels with transparent background.

See below for a complete overview of the included images. You could use them in your Blogposts, reports, or just paste them into your emails when you feel you want to add that extra feeling.

Download our free Emoticons / Smileys here!

If you are interested in creating your own Emoticons, Smileys, Monsters or other characters, check out SuperStamps Monsters here.
Until next time

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

PS. Want more freebies? Check out SuperStamps Trial with 25 additional Snagit Stamps here

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SuperStamps Monsters is the first creation kit for Snagit and other graphic applications. It comes with transparent and re-sizable elements which you can easily paste on your photographs, and other files where you can insert images.

Add creativity and drama on your own photos and other images, create avatars, personal characters, emoticons, smileys, and mascots. Tell a story on your images/files just by adding these elements.

For more info, check out  SuperStamps Monsters- Snagit Stamps

It is perfect for presentations, blogs, schoolwork, training materials and webpages. It can be an effective teaching tool that can help convey your message to your viewers. It is also by the way, compatible with PC or Mac, so everyone will get to benefit from all its features.

You can easily use it by just dragging and dropping the elements into the Snagit Editor, resize and paste it directly to your image/ file, then create your unique professional looking images. The kit also includes an organized pdf document which has the license key and has a step by step process on how you can use it with Snagit.

With 19 Monsters, 3 shapes, 7 Emoticon/Smileys shapes, 26 Pair of eyes, 21 Mouths, 33 Special items, 23 Hats and hair items, 9 glasses/sunglasses, a total of 138 images that you can choose from, I’m sure you’ll be excited to use each of them!

Amaze your friends and family, impress your boss and officemates by experimenting with each image, say “hi” by sending them smileys, make a nice and attention grabber presentation , have fun with it by creating your own avatar and I’m sure you’ll get a lot of likes and comments posting it in your facebook or twitter account! ☺☺☺

For more info, check out: SuperStamps Monsters- Snagit Stamps

Until next time – Snag on

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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I have to tell you something, but I don’t have much time…

Something strange has happened here. I started experimenting with Snagit and I discovered something. Something horrifying I cannot fully comprehend or even begin to explain. And I am afraid my time is running out.

I will try to get more information to you shortly, but I think they are watching me…

I am scared, very scared.

I warned you but look for yourself if you dare…

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The all new Snagit is definitely exciting, it is modern and has a lot of great improvements. It has a wider range of functions and new features, that  will surely make everything  faster and more efficient ( latest versions: http://www.softwarecasa.com/snagit-upgrade.html).

Snagit never fails to make itself better to offer more helpful tools that produce 100% best results.

Although there will still be some of us who would prefer to use its old version for some reason. If that’s also the case with you, then you  might want to check out this list of previous versions of  Snagit that I have provided below, all you’ve  got to do is to take your pick and download it in just one click!

Snagit Version 9.1.3 26.39MB Released: 1Oct2009

Snagit Version 9.0.2 21.96 MB Released:1Sep2008

Snagit Version 8.2.3 13.90 MB Released: 1May2007

Snagit Version 8.1.0 13.20 MB Released: 1Jul2006

Snagit Version 8.0.2 13.28 MB Released: 1May2006

Snagit Version 7.2.5 11.31 MB Released: 1Oct2005

Snagit Version 7.1.2 10.31 MB Released: 1Jan2005

Snagit Version 7.0.3 8.82 MB Released: 1Apr2004

Snagit Version6.3.0 5.98 MB Released: 1Jun2003

Snagit Version 6.2.2 5.76 MB Released: 1May2003

Snagit Version 6.1.3 5.34 MB Released: 1Jan2003

Snagit Version 6.0.2 3.84 MB Released: 1Mar2002

Snagit Version 5.2.2 3.29 MB Released: 1Sep2001

Snagit Version 5.1.1 2.92 MB Released: 1Nov2000

Snagit Version 5.0.2 2.74 MB Released: 1Apr2000

Snagit Version 4.3.6 1.69 MB Released: 1Aug 1999

For years, creating presentations  for a business meeting has never been this enjoyable and efficient without SNAGIT.  It is a very useful screenshot tool which offers more than just taking a snap of a certain page. It helps you make your work easy without causing you too much time to do it. It is for me,  a replacement for the ancient print screen but with more features and innovative functions.  

WHAT SNAGIT CAN DO:

CAPTURE a screen from online or from a file that runs in your PC, a webpage, an article, or even a page with a scrolling window!

EDIT the saved screenshot by using SnagIt Editor that comes with it. It is used to annotate and improve the quality and presentation of the captured file by using different editing tools. You can crop, resize, blur, change the color or even add stamps on your image/file to give a more dramatic effect.

ORGANIZE. Snagit automatically save your files in a library with search box, so you can easily find the file that you are looking for.

SHARE your masterpiece to your friends via email, flickr, skype or to your website.

Snagit  already has proven itself on its numerous versions  listed above, and it didn’t stop there. It  still have its hunger for improvement to make our lives easier.  After Snagit 9,  we now have Snagit 10 and  the Snagit on MAC!(See the latest versions here: http://www.softwarecasa.com/snagit-upgrade.html) Want  it? then go ahead and Snag- It! ☺

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Soon Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States and last month it was celebrated in Canada.

I think this is one of the nicest North American traditions. Yes, it’s about eating Turkey, but not only that. Thanksgiving is also the tradition of giving thanks. To say “Thank you!” for all that you are grateful for to your close ones.

That’s why I like Thanksgiving.

To celebrate Thanksgiving I wanted to do something for our visitors and friends. So I created a graphics pack consisting of 8 Snagit stamps. You see all eight stamps on the image below.

You can download this and use as you see fit. For fun, maybe to create your own Thanksgiving cards or where ever you like.

If you own Snagit you can edit and use them directly from in side the Snagit Editor, that’s what I do. But you can also paste them directly into your emails or other Office applications or emails.

Please comment below if you like them. And check out SuperStamps including 654 professional Stamps/Icons.

Happy Thanksgiving

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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Much anticipated Snagit for Mac has been beta tested by 100,000 users and is now finally released. Check out more details about Snagit on Mac.

Top Mac Features

Handy Tools

Draw attention with customizable arrows, colorful speech bubbles, unique stamps and more.

Add Effects

Add effects like a special border, shadow and perspective to your entire capture. Or, create your own custom style.

Combine Images

Drag a previous capture onto the canvas of an image you’re working on. Layer, combine, add more effects…it’s up to you.

Share Anywhere

Drag-and-drop your finished images from Snagit straight into your favorite applications; including all iWork solutions, Microsoft Office products and more!

Multiple Outputs

Send your capture to Screencast.com and share a URL or embed in your blog. Or, share through your Mail or Entourage account, FTP server, or to your clipboard in a click.

Capture Tray

Archive the most recent captures and opened images. The capture you select in the tray is the one you’ll see on the canvas.

Auto-Storing

You’ll never lose your work again. Snagit automatically stores any unsaved captures for you.

Check out Snagit for Mac here

Until next time

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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I recently wrote an article about how you could increase your productivity by using the Quick Access Toolbar in Snagit Editor more effectively.

That tip showed how you could increase speed when editing your Snagit screen shots. In today’s tip I’m going to cover another great productivity enhancer that takes place before you capture your screen – the Snagit Profiles.

Snagit boasts over 40 ways to capture the screen and the possibilies of altering your outputs and adding effects ends up with virtually an infinite number of ways to take and save your captures.

The purpose of the Snagit Profiles is to create pre-made capture modes so you can handle your captures the exact same way over and over. Thus increasing your productivity.

A real world example of using Snagit Profiles as time saver

Let me describe a real world example where using the Snagit Profiles can have a huge impact on productivity. My wife often scans document to keep a digital copy instead of wasting paper by doing real paper copies.

This process involves a lot of steps from placing the paper on the scanner bed, starting the scanner software, start the scan, choose format, open folders to save it, choose name, save the file and finally close all the folders down again.

To save all this time I set up a Snagit Profile for her. I dedicated a button [F2] on her computer that does almost all of these steps. She still needs to put the paper on the scanner but we hope Snagit will fix this in a future release

How to set up a Snagit time saver Profile

Let’s say that you want to set up a profile with a Region capture, that automatically is resized to 50% saved in PNG format with a preformatted name on the file. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1 Input) Go down to Profile Settings Input field and choose Region.

Step 2 Effects) Choose Effects / Image Scaling 50%.

Step 3 Output – File Format) Choose Output / Properties.

To set the file format, choose Always use this file format to PNG.

Step 4 Output – File name) To set an automatic file name and choose Options. Here you can add from a lot of different file components and you’ll see an example of how the actual filename will look. For this example I wanted my wifes initials BD so I set that as prefix text, I wanted the number of the file, automatic number, date and time (by using system date and system time).

You also may want to choose the folder where it should be saved unless you have done this before.

When you are done creating the profile you need to save it.  Click the green plus symbol and choose Save As New Profile.

Voila, you have your own personal custom Snagit Profile. But don’t stop there… Be sure to set up Profiles for all your usual Snagit tasks.

Please comment below what you think of this tip or if you have other Snagit productivity boosters. I’d love to hear about.

Until next time

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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When working with the Text or Callout tools in Snagit a little menu pops up. This little Menu is called the Mini Toolbar.

In the Mini Toolbar you have a quick access to some of the most common tools, you can for example change font, colors, size of font, bold, shadow and have access to a lot of other helpful tools.

These are useful functions, the only problem is that the Mini Toolbar often places itself on top of what you are writing or if you want to grab a corner and drag something the Toolbar pops up and places itself on top of what you want to reach and you have to fiddle to get to what you want to do.

Well, there is an easy way to solve this problem and only see the Toolbar when you want to see it.

Go to the Snagit Button in the upper left corner of the Editor (1) and choose Editor Options (2).

And simply choose to unclick Mini Toolbar (3).

But, what if I need it sometimes you ask. Well, just right-click your mouse when working and the Mini Toolbar will appear on your command. Now you only see it when you need it.

Thanks goes out to Magus for this excellent tip.

Until next time

Peter – Your Snagit Guide

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