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How to Capture Snagit using Snagit

Posted Jul.24, 2009 under Snagit, Tips, Tutorial

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Hi Friends,

Do you own Snagit? If yes then this is a must read because 99% of Snagit users don’t know the answer to my question  “How do you Capture a Snagit Screen using Snagit”?.

If you have never heard of Snagit this is a software thats a ” MUST HAVE”, its the most popular selling software at Softwarecasa.  Mainly because its one of the most useful software besides an antivirus that anyone could ever purchase, you will use it daily! Once you start using Snagit you will wonder how you managed without it.

Snagit is a screen recording software that Captures, edits, and helps you  share exactly what you see on your screen with others within seconds!

Softwarecasa has a 30 day money back guarantee on Snagit so you can purchase it today and if you are not happy with its performance you will  get a full refund provided its within the 30 days.

Now back to the millions of Snagit funs…

A common question that most Snagit users don’t have an answer to is how to capture a Snagit Screen using Snagit!  We receive alot of support emails with this question, I must admit the  first time I got the question I was dumbfounded myself, but not for long.

This is an actual example of an email we got from a Snagit user:

“I am trying to create in-house step by step instructions on how to perform video capture using SNAGIT. I am trying to capture SNAGIT’s home page w/Quick Launch, Related Tasks, Profiles, and Profiles Settings. But when I use Printscreen it activates SNAGIT. I’ve also tried to use Ctrl Insert, Ctrl A, Ctrl C to capture the screen but to no avail. Is there some way that I can get around the Print Screen hotkey and get my screen capture? I would appreciate feedback as soon as possible…thank you and have a nice holiday…” - Kathy

There are two ways in capturing a Snagit Screen using Snagit:

A. Hide Snagit before capturing

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1.Launch Snagit.
2.Go to Tools menu.
3.Click Program Preferences…
4.Go to Program Options tab.
5.Uncheck Hide Snagit before capturing.
6.Click Apply button.
7.Then OK.

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B. Change Global Capture Hotkeys

1.Go to Program Preferences…
2.Click Hotkeys tab.
3.On the Global capture hotkey, by default it is set to Print Screen, change it to a different key except Print Screen.

4.Click Apply button.
5.Then OK.

How to capture Snagit using Print Screen

When performing a capture using the alternative steps, just press the Print Screen button on your keyboard > open Snagit Editor > create a new blank image (Ctrl + n)> then paste the image (Ctrl + v).

The Print Screen function normally captures the entire screen display, you will have to crop the image to get the desired image from the captured image.

That easy!

Until Next Time ;-)

Peter – Your Software Guide

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Capture Video with Snagit

Posted Jun.18, 2009 under Snagit, Tips

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Hello Friend,

To all Snagit fanatics out there many of whom until now did not know that apart from capturing images with Snagit you can also perform a video capture using only Snagit.

If you have never heard of Snagit this is the World’s No.1 screen capture software, but not only does it perform screen capture you can also perform Video Captures!

Normally, people tend to stereotype Snagit as an Image or Text Capture software ONLY. What they don’t know is that, Snagit has the capability too, to capture a video. Below we’ll see a how-to video of capturing video using Snagit.

Before you proceed with the video there are settings that need to be configured for the Snagit produced videos to come out good and working.

How to Avoid Common Snagit Video Capture Errors

Black Screen after Video Capture:

This is due to graphics hardware acceleration being used to display the image/video, it performs a “hardware overlay” causing it to produce a black screen.

The only way to solve this is to disable the graphics hardware acceleration, if you do not know how to do this please follow the instructions below:

• Windows XP or 2000: Right-click on the desktop and select Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot. Set the Hardware acceleration slider to None. See image.

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• On other versions of Windows: Select Control Panel > System > Performance tab > Graphics > Advanced settings. Set the Hardware acceleration slider to None.

No Audio on Video Capture

Set your Audio Capture Device to Audio, to do so, just click Snagit’s output > Properties > on the Audio Capture Device, change it to your audio > click Apply > OK.

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Now you’re all set!

Are you ready to record a video capture? Then watch this video tutorial on how to do so:

I hope this has been helpful if you would like to do some simple video captures with Snagit you now have the skill, if you already own Snagit you can upgrade to the latest Snagit 9.0 for all the new features.

Maximize on your Snagit Software and use it to its full potential today!

Until Next Time ;-)

Peter – Your Software Guide

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