Version 8.1 SnagIt Online Help Guide By TechSmith Corp. SnagIt Online Help Guide Online Help Guide SnagIt Contents Getting Started With SnagIt 1 Welcome to SnagIt!..................................................................................................................1 Taking Your First Capture.....................................................................................................3 SnagIt Tutorial Videos ............................................................................................................4 Interface Overview...................................................................................................................5 Getting Familiar with the Main Screen – Part 1...............................................................5 Getting Familiar with the Main Screen – Part 2...............................................................6 SnagIt’s Most Popular Captures ............................................................................................7 Information for Previous SnagIt Users................................................................................11 Command Line Options ........................................................................................................11 The SnagIt Main Interface 13 The SnagIt Main Interface Overview ..................................................................................13 Normal View..................................................................................................................13 Classic View...................................................................................................................15 Compact View................................................................................................................16 File Menu ................................................................................................................................17 Capture Menu ........................................................................................................................18 Classic View and Compact View Tools................................................................................19 Input Menu.............................................................................................................................20 Output Menu ..........................................................................................................................22 Filters Menu ...........................................................................................................................23 Mode Menu.............................................................................................................................25 View Menu..............................................................................................................................26 Tools Menu .............................................................................................................................27 www.techsmith.com Contents • i SnagIt Online Help Guide Program Preferences ......................................................................................................28 Help Menu ..............................................................................................................................31 Main Interface Hotkeys.........................................................................................................33 Working with Profiles 35 Overview of Profiles...............................................................................................................35 The Profiles Context Sensitive Menu ...................................................................................36 Preconfigured Profiles...........................................................................................................37 Basic Capture Profiles....................................................................................................38 Other Capture Profiles....................................................................................................39 Using the Profile Settings Pane.............................................................................................40 How to Change the Capture Settings .............................................................................40 About the Unsaved Profile .............................................................................................42 Save Settings as an Updated Profile...............................................................................42 Save Settings as a New Profile.......................................................................................43 Using the Add New Profile Wizard ......................................................................................44 Step 1. Selecting the Capture Mode...............................................................................44 Step 2. Selecting the Input..............................................................................................45 Step 3. Selecting the Output...........................................................................................45 Step 4. Selecting Options ...............................................................................................46 Step 5. Selecting the Effects...........................................................................................47 Step 6. Saving the New Profile ......................................................................................47 Setting Profile Hotkeys..........................................................................................................48 Remembering your Hotkeys...........................................................................................49 Setting Hotkeys for Existing Profiles.............................................................................49 Setting Hotkeys for New Profiles...................................................................................50 Organizing Your Profiles ......................................................................................................50 Organize Profiles Dialog Box Tools ..............................................................................51 Importing a Single Profile..............................................................................................52 Importing a Single Profile via the Windows Explorer...................................................53 Importing a Group of Profiles ........................................................................................53 ii • Contents www.techsmith.com Online Help Guide SnagIt Importing a Group of Profiles via the Windows Explorer .............................................54 Import Group Dialog Box ..............................................................................................54 Exporting a Profile or Group of Profiles........................................................................55 Exporting All Profiles ....................................................................................................55 Include the Following Items to Import / Export.............................................................55 Set Up Your Capture 57 Capture Setup Overview .......................................................................................................57 Capture Modes.......................................................................................................................58 Image Capture ................................................................................................................59 Text Capture...................................................................................................................59 Video Capture ................................................................................................................60 Web Capture...................................................................................................................61 Capture Input.........................................................................................................................62 Capture Mode & Input Combinations............................................................................63 Input Properties ..............................................................................................................78 Capture Effects.......................................................................................................................87 Accessing Effects ...........................................................................................................87 Effect Options Description Table...................................................................................88 Color Depth Effect .........................................................................................................91 Color Substitution Effect................................................................................................94 Color Correction Effect..................................................................................................96 Image Resolution Effect.................................................................................................98 Image Scaling Effect ......................................................................................................99 Caption Effect ..............................................................................................................100