SnagIt 11 Tutorial

SnagIt 11 Tutorial
SnagIt 11
Captures/Records your Desktop in three formats: Image, Video (audio, webcam optional) or Text
Basic Image Capture
Click “Image” from the three profile options – this
automatically selects “Image” in the “Profile Settings”
When you’re ready to capture the image, click the big
red button.
**There are several profile settings that incorporate other
features and tools. This tutorial just covers the basic
capture.**
Marquee
You will see two golden lines which will mark the
dimensions of your image capture, place the
intersecting lines at the top left edge of the image you
want to capture (it could be your entire desktop
display or just a portion of what is displayed on your
desktop).
In this example I wanted to capture just that small
building on the right of this location.
Click in the top left area of the building (where the
intersecting lines are shown)
Drag the mouse down to the bottom right of what you
want to capture
Release the mouse
The image will appear in SnagIt Editor for further
editing if desired.
SnagIt Editor Tutorial in the following pages...
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Here is the result of that image screen capture (no
editing was performed on the image).
Basic Video Capture
Click “Video” from the three profile options – this
automatically selects “Video” in the “Profile Settings”
When you’re ready to capture the image, click the big
red button
I’ve marked the area I wish to record (yellow border)
and I am prompted:
Ready to record
Audio: On
A Toolbar also appears which includes:
“Record” button (big red button “rec”)
Microphone sensitivity bar(green microphone)
Dimensions of the recorded area
Pause/Stop button (gray square)
“Redo selection” (curved arrow)
Cancel recording (x in a circle)
Timer (keep under 5 minutes)
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When you’ve finished recording, click “Stop” and the
recording opens in SnagIt Editor (the video image
doesn’t appear in this screenshot – unfortunately I
couldn’t use SnagIt to take a screenshot of SnagIt!)
You can “publish” the video (.mp4) to:
Screencast.com (free storage – some limitations)
Camtasia Studio for further editing/publishing options
YouTube
Or save to desktop and upload at a later time.
Continue this tutorial to learn specifically how to use Snagit Editor with Images.
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SnagIt – Captures/Records your Desktop (audio, webcam optional)
If you’ve used Jing or Camtasia to record your desktop, then SnagIt won’t be a challenge.
If you’ve new to any of these programs...SnagIt still won’t be a challenge.
Start the program
All Programs >
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SnagIt 11
Choose the Profile Setting
Image
Text
Video
Capture an image on or of your
desktop
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click “Print Screen” (shortcut key to activate capture process)
Use the (yellow) crosshairs to create a “marquee” around the area of
the desktop (or entire desktop) that you want to capture (magnified
circle tells you exactly the pixel size of you will be capturing.
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Click at the top-left portion of the screen or area to capture
Drag your mouse to the bottom-right portion of the screen or area to
capture
Release the mouse
Image will appear in the SnagIt Editor
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SnagIt Editor: many of the tools may be familiar to you if you’ve used the “Picture Tool” tab when editing an
image in Microsoft Word
Draw Ribbon
Add Text, Callouts, effects as well
as copy to clipboard or send in an
email.
Image Ribbon
Canvas: edit the image as a whole
Image Style: change the look of the
borders
Modify: how the content is viewed
Hotspots Ribbon
Link an area of the image to a
website or portion of a document,
etc.
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Tags Ribbon
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Provide meta information for quick
access and categorizing
(Financial, ideas and cool “flags”
are assigned to this image as icons
Note - the icons don’t appear in the
image, only on the thumbnail
(preview).
View Ribbon
Utilize pixel grid for fine editing,
move, compare open captures,
zoom, etc.
Take advantage of the Help Topics
and Online Tutorials
Share Ribbon
There is a wide variety of output
options available including:
• Email
• FTP (upload to a blog or
website)
• clipboard
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Excel
• Screencast.com
• Camtasia Studio
• YouTube (for video capture)
• Click “More Accessories” to
embed sharing options to many
other sites and applications.
Also available are tutorials for each Tab in the SnagIt Editor (from SnagIt Help Topics) for further detail.
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