Author Topic: snagIt 7 free: grab it (Read 29234 times)

urlwolf · « **on:** November 23, 2007, 02:25 PM »

Of course, this is a fully working version. They are hoping a lot of folks upgrade to the latest version. The upgrade is $19.95 and still a good deal just as the Camtasia upgrade.

To get the free download go here:

http://www.oldapps.c...d.php...nagIt725.exe

Then go here and enter your name, state, and email. They will send you the software key:

http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/ukdn.asp

You're all done!

Be aware that it is version 7 of SnagIt...a very useful product. Current version is 8.2.

Not sure if it has the nice 'scrolling capture' (something screenshot captor does, but fails on some applications such as opera) of the latest version.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #1 on:** November 23, 2007, 02:40 PM »

Version 7 did have scrolling capture.

tranglos · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2007, 02:48 PM »

Thanks, urlwolf! The oldapps URL didn't work for me (it doesn't seem correct), but OldVersion.com has the same file:

http://download.oldv...on.com/snagit725.exe

masu · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2007, 03:50 PM »

thanks

lanux128 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2007, 10:51 PM »

wasn't there another TechSmith product, Camtasia, given away recently?

nite_monkey · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2007, 11:26 PM »

thats cool, now I have a free copy of snagit

lanux128 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2007, 12:10 AM »

here's the link to the other TechSmith's offer..

• Get Camtasia Studio v3 for free

Ath · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:23 AM »

What does this SnagIt do better than ScreenShotCaptor?

tinjaw · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:38 AM »

What does this SnagIt do better than ScreenShotCaptor?
-Ath (December 08, 2007, 05:23 AM)

Nothing.

[Mouser, the usual donation should cover this.]

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:54 AM »

SCC is very good and does some things that SnagIt can't do. The reason I use SnagIt though (sorry Mouser) is that I find the scrolling capture just works and is very simple to use - you can also capture more options (such as video) and output to a variety of places directly (such as Flickr).

lanux128 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 09, 2007, 07:30 PM »

i was already using SC for some time when this offer of free license came up so naturally i have to try out SnagIt. after about two weeks of usage, i don't see any extra set of features that swing things into SnagIt's way.. the auto-scroll still fails the Firefox test.. and btw mouser did approach the DC community about the video output and we all were not very keen on that..

• Should I add desktop screencast(movie) recording to ScreenshotCaptor?

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2007, 05:08 AM »

Works fine for me on Firefox - not had any problems with Window scrolling (or region scrolling) with SnagIt. I also prefer the editor (for adding balloons, arrows etc) in SnagIt.

The big plus is redirecting output in SnagIt directly to Flickr and similar.

lanux128 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2007, 06:24 PM »

Works fine for me on Firefox - not had any problems with Window scrolling (or region scrolling) with SnagIt.
-Carol Haynes (December 10, 2007, 05:08 AM)

wow, you're lucky, are you using the gratis version 7.2.5? and how to redirect output to Flickr?

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2007, 07:23 PM »

Oops sorry - I think the plugins for Flickr etc were added in version 8 (sorry can't be sure now - but if I was wrong before mea culpa). I never had scrolling capture problems in any apps with previous versions of SnagIt.

Just checked - here are the output profiles (unfortunately they all refer to version

:

http://www.techsmith...category.asp?catID=1

but there are other profiles which refer to version 7 including SKYPE (click on the links on the left to check them out and download them).

Also check out the stamps and firefox extension - which include versions for SnagIt 7.

lanux128 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2007, 11:29 PM »

yes, i see that most of the newer plugins cater only for versions 8 and above but it's okay..

another quick question, how can i set hot-keys to capture different types of input? e.g. if i want to change from "Active Window" to "Menu" or something else, can i do it without going through the systray menu? btw, currently the "Global Capture" hotkey is set as Ctrl+Shift+P.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #15 on:** December 11, 2007, 04:09 AM »

I don't know if you can do that. I have mine set up so that PrtScrn is the global capture hotkey. I don't think there are any ways to change the capture profile in use by hotkey. Personally I don't find that a problem but I would suggest AutoHotKey would allow you to script what you need fairly easily.

I think the lack of a hotkey system for choosing capture profiles is probably because the whole capture profile system is user editable and extensible.

tinjaw · « **Reply #16 on:** December 11, 2007, 06:18 AM »

lanux128, I don't remember exactly how to do it in version 7 and I am running version 8 and a beta of 9 so I can't check on my computer. However, I believe that it is the same in 7 as it is in 8 and 9. All you need to is to edit the profile and set the hotkey. You can create multiple profiles and each can have its own hotkey.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #17 on:** December 11, 2007, 06:45 AM »

You learn something new everyday - I hadn't seen that before and I have been using SnagIT since version 6 !

katykaty · « **Reply #18 on:** December 11, 2007, 03:31 PM »

I love SC but SnagIt is much better at capturing objects. So I use both

tomos · « **Reply #19 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:17 PM »

I love SC but SnagIt is much better at capturing objects. So I use both
-katykaty (December 11, 2007, 03:31 PM)

eh...
katykaty, what's an object ? $:-\$

dhuser · « **Reply #20 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:58 PM »

I love SC but SnagIt is much better at capturing objects. So I use both
-katykaty (December 11, 2007, 03:31 PM)
eh...
katykaty, what's an object ? $:-\$
-tomos (December 11, 2007, 05:17 PM)

An object is a control on the screen, such as a textbox, button, or a tab, for example. Screenshot of taking an object:

snagIt 7 free: grab it

dhuser

tomos · « **Reply #21 on:** December 11, 2007, 06:10 PM »

thanks dhuser

lanux128 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 11, 2007, 06:11 PM »

All you need to is to edit the profile and set the hotkey.
-tinjaw (December 11, 2007, 06:18 AM)

thanks tinjaw, now i'm beginning to feel my way around SnagIt