Five reasons Snagit is one of the best screenshot programs.

April 27, 2021 / in Business Recommendations, How To, Information Technology / by Jason Terry

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I have been using Techsmith’s Snagit screenshot program for many years. One of the biggest reasons is so that I don’t have to type as much. Often, when I need to reply to someone, it can be a complicated description of a process or steps to follow. Instead of typing all of that out, I take screenshots and annotate them with arrows, text, shapes and more. My clients love the screenshots I send them in response to their questions. Images with arrows, steps or text are much more effective than 2 paragraphs of text.

I originally found Snagit when searching for a screenshot program that could do a scrolling window. I wanted to be able to showcase websites we’ve done with clients, and the best way to do that was to show a screenshot of their homepage as part of the case study. But capturing that screenshot can be a tedious mess. With Snagit, you click one button and it does all the work for you.

Here are some of my favorite features of Snagit:

• All-in-One Capture – Capture your entire desktop, a region, a window, or a scrolling screen.
• Panoramic Scrolling Capture – Take a full-page, scrolling screenshot. Snagit makes it simple to grab vertical and horizontal scrolls, infinitely scrolling webpages, long chat messages, and everything in between.
• Grab Text – Extract the text from a screen capture or file and quickly paste it into another document for edits. Easily copy information without retyping all the text.
• Screen Recorder – Snagit’s screen recorder lets you quickly record yourself working through steps. Or grab individual frames out of the recorded video. Save your video file as an mp4 or animated GIF.
• Annotations – Annotate screen grabs with professional markup tools. Add personality and professionalism to your screenshots with a variety of pre-made styles. Or you can create your own.
• Step Tool – Quickly document steps and workflows with a series of numbers or letters that automatically increase.

Ready to try it out?

You can get a free trial of Snagit right here. If you are currently using the default Print Screen functionality on your PC or Mac, PLEASE take the time to try this software out. You will love it!

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