SnagIt 10 represents a big step forward for a great utility. While some of the new functionality may not appeal, the most significant changes are major improvements to what was already a very good piece of software. Strongly recommended.
There are a few utilities out there which can make your life so much easier, you wouldnΓΓé¼Γäót contemplate living without them. As someone who works on the web, IΓΓé¼Γäóm taking screenshots all the time and SnagIt is the only tool IΓΓé¼Γäód use for this vital element of my job.
In its latest incarnation, SnagIt has added a lot of new features and a jazzed-up interface. While the old familiar ΓΓé¼╦£big red buttonΓΓé¼Γäó remains, much of the UI (particularly in the Editor window) has been completely overhauled. Gone is the XP blue of previous versions, replaced with a Vista-friendly charcoal look which works pretty well.
The programΓΓé¼Γäós key features (taking and editing screenshots) remain pretty much unchanged. You still have a huge amount of power of just what type of screenshot you can take, with timers, cursor settings and profiles all still playing a major role. I was pleased to see that my profiles from the last version of SnagIt were kept as it would have been a real nuisance to have to re-program them.
The biggest improvements to this new version are certainly connected to the Editor window. For example: whereas previously, you had to take a capture, work on it, save it and then take your next one; now you can take as many screenshots as you like, using whichever profiles, and work on them all as you wish. This is a huge time-saver and a very welcome addition to the program.
Another feature that has been added is of less obvious use. SnagIt now supports meta-tagging and labeling of captured images. The idea behind this feature is that you start to use SnagIt to categorize your images as well as capture them. I can understand the thinking behind this addition but IΓΓé¼Γäóm not sure if itΓΓé¼Γäós really much more than feature-creep. I canΓΓé¼Γäót see myself changing my workflow to fit with SnagIt, nor do I want to lose the capability of moving image files around at will (if you use Windows Explorer to move tagged images, the tags and labels are lost).
Capture Features
* Sequential capture * New Visual Design * Capture Web Pages with Links * Capture All File Types From the Web * Improved Desktop Integration * Banner and Domain Blocking Technology added to Web Capture * Enhanced Web Capture * Enhanced Auto Scroll Capture * Import and Export Capture Profiles * Capture profile interface * Capture profile wizard * SnagIt OneClick interface * Microsoft Outlook add-in * Microsoft Excel Add-In * 16 New File Formats * Adobe Framemaker Plug-in * Microsoft Word Add-In * Microsoft PowerPoint Add-In * Internet Explorer Add-In * COM Server Interface * Printer Capture * Extended Windows Capture * Web Capture * DirectX Capture * Layered Windows Capture * Multiple Region Capture * Delayed and Scheduled Capture * TWAIN support * Irregular Shape Capture * Horizontal Scrolling Windows * Object Capture * Digital Camera files: JPEG and TIFF * Audio Recording * Transparent GIF * Cascaded Menu Capture * BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PCX, PNG, interlaced GIF, progressive JPEG * Slow AVI Capture and Playback * Fixed Region Capture * Text Capture * Video Capture
Compatible with: Windows 2000, XP (32-bit or 64-bit), Vista (32-bit or 64-bit) Language: English |