(a) Use GIF when the screenshot has lot of text or it is taken from a movie (like a YouTube video). Here’s how I decide the extension of screenshot images: When you take a screen capture with SnagIt, it lets you save the graphic in different image formats. The Right File Format for Saving Screenshot Images Then open the Options window and specify the Scroll direction.ģ.

Under Input, select Scrolling -> Auto Scroll Window. SnagIt can capture extremely long web pages that extend several pages (like a long conversation thread on Gmail or a one-page print version of some NY Times story). Capture Long Scrolling Webpages (both vertical and horizontal directions) Select “Record a Video of the Screen” profile, draw a rectangle around the desktop area that you want to record and hit Print-Screen.Ģ. You don’t need a copy of Camtasia Studio to capture that 30 second movie of your desktop as SnagIt can record small desktop videos very easily. Use SnagIt to Make Short Movies (Screencasts) SnagIt screen capture program is more than just a replacement of your PrtScrn key - it can help you record destkop movies, leech websites, add image watermarks, extract text from dialogs and much more.ġ. SnagIt has always been the most powerful screen capture program for Windows but its usage may have touched an all-time high ever since TechSmith released the full licensed version of SnagIt for free - that promotion is still active.

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