Let's take a look at the main screen, and then go into some of the features I like most.Īs you can see, SnagIt doesn't just captures anymore, but actually allows you to edit and organize the images you grab from several sources as: the whole PC screen, a specific Window or region, a particular object, etc. The latest version, released at the end of last year, added a few more nice details and productivity features to the already impressive list. SnagIt ( This little product from TechSmith is commercial, but not too expensive, at USD 39.95, considering all the features it packs, which you can check for yourself by checking the 30-days trial.Īs I said, SnagIt is basically a screen capture tool, but as it has been on the market for so much time (this is one of the first products exclusively oriented to do this that I remember), it is very complete, although I don't consider it feature-bloated. Using JPG screen-captures in documents or web sites produce badly readable text and a poor presentation. This have to be used for real-life pictures, where the importance is in the color quantity. Never use JPG or other format more oriented to compress high quality pictures. Always use plain-color formats like GIF or PNG for desktop applications without much picture quality, and you'll get crisper images (like the ones we try to present always at this magazine). One small tip that can be helpful no matter what method or tool you use. Indeed, I remember I started using it under (Ugh!) Windows 3.11 in the early nineties. I'm using one of these since many years ago: SnagIt from TechSmith. You can do it with ALt+PrtScrn and the more than limited Paint, or you can use some of the several screen capture tools available on the market. DescriptionAt some point on your work as a developer, you face the need to document your applications, or you need to prepare presentations, articles or just some advertising, and you need to get some screenshots from your cool user interfaces.
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