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Snagit 9 Tutorial:

Take your First Capture

Taking a capture of anything on your screen with Snagit is simple. This tutorial tells you how.

Use the following basic capture procedure to take your first capture.

1. Open what you want to capture.
2. Without minimizing what you want to capture, open Snagit.
3. Select a capture profile from the Basic Capture Profiles.

   

4. Click Capture.
   

Snagit disappears and a box with an explanation of how to complete the capture appears. Follow the instructions to complete the capture.
When complete, the capture appears in Editor. In Editor:

• Use the Draw tab to annotate the capture.
• Use the Image tab to add special effects.
• To share the capture, click an Output on the Send tab.

In Editor, the capture remains in the Open Captures Tray and in Recent captures.

Use the Cursor in an Image Capture

Use the Include Cursor option to capture the mouse pointer in an image capture.

To include the cursor, click the Include Cursor button. The image below shows the Include Cursor option selected. To turn off, click the Include Cursor button again.

Use the Capture Timer option or position the cursor and use the hotkey combination to take your capture to make sure the cursor is in the correct position.