Snagit

{{Short description|Screen capture and screen recording software}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Snagit 2023

| logo = Snagit computer icon.png

| logo size = 65px

| logo caption = Snagit

| screenshot = Snagit recorder icon.png

| screenshot size = 65px

| caption = Snagit Capture
(Windows icon only)

| developer = TechSmith

| released = 1990

| ver layout = stacked

| latest release version = {{Multiple releases

|branch1 = Windows

|version1 = {{Wikidata|property|qualifier|P348|P306=Q1406|publicationDate}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.techsmith.com/snagit-version-history.html |title=Snagit (Windows) Version History |website=TechSmith Support}}

|branch2 = Mac

|version2 = {{Wikidata|property|qualifier|P348|P306=Q14116|publicationDate}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.techsmith.com/snagit-mac-version-history.html |title=Snagit (Mac) Version History |website=TechSmith Support}}

}}

| operating system = Windows, macOS

| genre = Screen capture and screen recording

| license = Proprietary software

| website = {{URL|https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html}}

}}

Snagit (formerly SnagIt{{Cite web|title=SnagIt Windows Screen Capture and Video Capture Shareware|url=http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971010043112/http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/index.htm|archive-date=1997-10-10|website=www.techsmith.com}}) is screen capture and screen recording software for Windows and macOS. It is created and developed by TechSmith and was first launched in 1990. Snagit is available in English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish versions.

Snagit replaces the native print screen function and extends it with additional features.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/snagit |title=Snagit Review |last1=Wilson |first1=Jeffrey L. |last2=Minor |first2=Jordan |website=PCMag.com}}

Features

The features are structured around the three main steps of the software workflow:{{cite web |title=Snagit 2023 Tutorials - Get Started |url=https://www.techsmith.com/learn/tutorials/snagit/ |website=TechSmith Tutorials & Training}} capture, edit and share.

= Capture =

Snagit Capture allows the user to capture an image or record a video. There are various capture methods, including fullscreen selection, specific region selection, menu selection, text recognition (OCR with Grab text) and panoramic selection. Alternatively, the software can record a video (from a specific region or fullscreen).

Hotkeys (Windows) and shortcuts (Mac) are available to speed up the capture process.

The Snagit Capture file (.snagx){{cite web |title=Best Practices for Saving Your Snagit Files |url=https://www.techsmith.com/blog/?post_type=tutorial&p=145467 |website=TechSmith Tutorials & Training}} is a cross-platform compatible file format used to store image captures both on Windows and Mac. Snagit 2021 and earlier versions stored image captures in .snag (Windows) and .snagproj (Mac) formats; the two formats were not compatible.

Videos recordings are stored in .mp4 format.

= Edit =

Using Snagit Editor, a captured image can be resized, annotated with arrows and callouts, or given other effects such as borders. Another feature is to create a video from the captured images (narrating a set of screenshots).

The software also allows the creation of tutorials (using the Step tool{{cite web |title=Snagit 2023 Tutorials - Step Tool |url=https://www.techsmith.com/blog/tutorials/snagit/step/ |website=TechSmith Tutorials & Training}} and/or using the Simplify tool, which allows you to create Simplified User Interfaces{{cite web |title=Explaining SUI (Simplified User Interfaces) |url=https://www.techsmith.com/blog/why-when-how-of-simplified-user-interfaces-sui-with-anton-bollen/ |website=TechSmith Blog}}). There are also confidentiality features (blurring areas, cropping images). Video editing is limited to basic features such as trimming.

= Share =

The resulting image or video can be shared as a local file (supported formats include PNG, JPEG, HEIF, WebP and MP4), to another application (Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, Camtasia) or uploaded online (YouTube, Google Drive, FTP).

Although most of the main features are identical between the Windows and Mac versions of the software, some effects are specific to one version {{cite web

| url = https://www.techsmith.com/learn/tutorials/snagit/effects/

| title = Snagit 2023 Tutorials - Snagit Effect Types

| website = TechSmith Tutorials & Training

}} (e.g.the watermark effect is only available on Windows and the reflection effect only on Mac).

TechSmith Fuse (Android and iOS)

Snagit can connect through Wi-Fi to the TechSmith Fuse app. Images, videos and screen recordings stored on mobile devices can be sent directly to the Snagit file library.