Disclaimer: This is not an advertisement!! I really loved it!!
Take the Print screen key off your keyboard and store them safe because soon they are going to be turned into antiques. The new word that will replace it will be SnagIt!
The list of things happening on your screen which you would like to capture is endless and so is the list of screen capture utilities but none better than this one. Let us peek into the reasons as to what made dino lose its heart to this daughter of TechSmith.
The Software
If it is on the screen, it can be snagged! Yeah! That’s what SnagIt is all about. It is a multi-featured panacea for all your screen capture needs.
The Charm
Here is a list that will detail you about reasons that make SnagIt such a sweetheart.
1. Captures Anything and Everything
The four modes namely : Image Capture, Text Capture, Video Capture and Web Capture, with a host of profiles under each of them covers virtually every object, every activity and every manner in which a screen can be captured.
The Image Capture mode allows you to select a region or window or menu or object or the full screen to be captured and stored in almost all recognized formats. I loved the menu capture profile especially because it gives you a time delay to open the menu after you hit the capture button!
The Video Capture mode allows you to create AVI files of your screen activity. It supports audio recording too and one can play a little with the displayed cursor and the caption.
One can use the text capture mode to capture all the text present within the defined region or window and the web capture mode to grab all the images from a web page.
2. Supporting Features
The reason why SnagIt is such a complete solution is that it comes packed with an editor as well as a Catalog Browser which is nothing but an image organizer of sorts. Going too deep into these aspects would mean another full post on each one of them. So I’ll just leave with the words that the functions provided in each of these support features are comprehensive and leave little to be desired.
3. More!
As if what I have already described wasn’t enough, SnagIt also enables you to convert images, output to different Office components, define various filters and lots more.
Phew! I still feel like I have compromised telling you about a couple of aspects!
Nobody’s Perfect
Any ways, as the saying goes, nobody is perfect and so SnagIt too might have a few snags here and there. Here are a couple of them that I found:
1. The captured video might not run on certain players. I tried to play it on VLC player and it showed me a black screen.
2. If you want to capture a video in a format other than AVI, SnagIt might not have an answer for you.
Bottom Line
More than a must have!
Software Details
Version: 8.2.3
License: Free to try Price:$39.95
OS Requirement:Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
Homepage: TechSmith
Rating
5 Dinos out of 5
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Nirmal
October 12th, 2007 at 4:33 am #
I have seen the ads of this one in many sites. I need to try it out, since you have given 5 of 5. :D
ReviewSaurus
October 12th, 2007 at 4:54 am #
@ Nirmal : I had to, I mean…there is just no comparison to this. every single buck invested on this software is worth.
Peter - Snagit Guide
October 13th, 2007 at 7:49 am #
Nice review Shashank,
I agree with everything and more ;-)
One thing I would like to add is that it’s great for work, when you want to show people how something was made step-by-step or how to fix something on your computer.