I noted the recent release – after quite a while – of a new version of Snagit – my favourite screenshot application. I took a look at the various additions in version 11 but was more intrigued by the removal of certain features. Take a look below for the list.
Version 11
Improved video capture.
- Added MP4 support for video output.
- Added spell checking to callouts and text capture.
- Added Camtasia Studio output, Screencast.com output, and YouTube output to the default install.
- Improved scrolling capture support for Google Chrome.
- Added more increments to the zoom slider in editor.
- Added support for working in natural units (inches and centimeters) for image sizing.
- Restricted the use of GIF and 256-color image files to only during opening and saving.
- Added an option to prevent automatically saving captures.
- Improved Snagit’s performance, particularly for images with transparency.
- Removed support for several file formats including .msp, .cal, .pcx, .raw, etc.
- Removed the ability to capture full screen DOS windows.
- Removed the ability to capture icons from .exe and .dll files.
- Removed the “Create Web Page” feature.
- Removed the Web Capture mode.
- Removed the ability to capture from DirectX applications.
- Removed various region capture options including capturing triangle region, a rounded rectangle region, an ellipse region, etc.
- Fixed several problems where security software interfered with Snagit’s installation and functionality.
- Fixed a bug where upgrading to a new version of Snagit required restarting Internet Explorer.
- Fixed a bug where moving saved .snag files to new directories caused the files to become corrupted.
- Fixed a crash bug that would occur when using the perspective/shear effect.