With basic screen capture utilities included in Windows and a number of other free screen capture software programs available, what makes it worth paying $50 for Snagit? Put simply, Snagit takes screen capture technology to the next level through its flexibility, features and versatility. The Snipping Tool allows for more options in the type of screen area to capture, Free Form, Rectangular, Window or Full Screen, along with a Pen, Highlighter and Eraser for modifying the image that was captured. Windows Vista and Windows 7 include more advanced screen capturing functionality with a Snipping Tool utility that is included as part of Windows. The image can then be pasted into a document or edited in a graphics program. In Windows XP a very basic Windows screen capture can be accomplished by pressing the Print Screen key on a Windows computer keyboard and copying the image to the Windows Clipboard. If you aren’t familiar with screen capture software, the short description is that it creates an image of what you see on all or part of your computer monitor and saves it as a graphic file, usually in a. Published by TechSmith, Snagit provides a combination of features, functionality and power that make it an exceptionally useful tool.

If you spend much time in front of a computer then having feature rich, easy-to-use screen capture software is a must. Snagit screen capture software is one of my favorite tools.