Need A Graphic or Screen Capture … Just SnagIt !
Jan 7th, 2008 by admin
Lets start the week with a recommendation (not trying to sell anything, I’m not an affiliate for this). The product I’m recommending is a brilliant piece of screen capture software called SnagIt.
You can buy Snagit here for $39.95, or you can download an old version for nothing here (will probably do everything most people need).
Basically with SnagIt you can capture a whole screen as an image file (JPeg, Gif etc etc), or just a portion of a screen, or even a scrolling screen. If you find a graphic you like you can quickly capture the whole graphic, or even a part of a graphic, with the latest version you can even make simple videos.
For the price it’s excellent value. If you build sites regularly its a great peice of software for creating new graphics. I highly recommend it.
Here is a brief review of just a few of SnagIt’s most commonly used screen capture modes taken from the SnagIt web site:
Region Screen Capture
Select a specific rectangular region of the screen that you want to capture. Quickly capture an image, or part of a Web page, to edit and share.
Scrolling Window Screen Capture
Capture all of the contents of any window or Web page that has a scrollbar. SnagIt automatically scrolls the window during the screen capture, so you get all of the images and text in the window. This capture mode is perfect for saving those long articles you find online for easy reference later.
Menu Screen Capture
Capture a single menu or cascading (multiple-layer) menus from Windows applications. This mode is particularly valuable for those who work in technical support or documentation.
Video Screen Capture
Capture a short video of your own desktop activity. With SnagIt in this mode, you can make quick tutorial videos to share with others.
Text Screen Capture
Capture text from your screen — especially text that you can’t easily copy and paste. Using this mode, you can also capture file lists from Windows Explorer, and the lists become editable. This is a convenient technique for creating lists of tracks from CDs that you have stored digitally, for example.
Web Page Screen Capture
Enter a URL and automatically capture all of the images, video and audio files from a Web site. In this screen capture mode, you can also choose the file types (.doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.) you want to download from the site.
The best thing about the software is its really simple to use … so go and get yourself a copy today, you’ll find it really useful.
Richard
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