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Snagit 2025.1.0

Snagit is the most complete screen capture utility available. Showing someone exactly what you see on your screen is sometimes the quickest and clearest way to communicate. With Snagit, you can select anything on your screen - an area, image, article, Web page, or error message - and capture it. Then, save the screen capture to a file, send it to Snagit​'s editor to add professional effects, share it by e-mail, or drop it into PowerPoint®, Word®, or another favorite application.

Capture and share images, text or video from your PC. Create beautiful presentations, flawless documentation and quickly save online content. The latest version of Snagit offers a totally new interface and workflow - making SnagIt easier for beginners to use, while still providing maximum convenience and flexibility for the screen capture experts.

Snagit 2025.1.0 changelog:

Feature UpdatesStep Capture

  • Step Capture now automatically adds descriptive text of what was clicked to each step in the resulting guide.
  • Step Capture now detects secondary clicks and distinguishes them as "Right-click" in the resulting guide.
  • Improved Step Capture accuracy, performance, and reliability.
  • Added the ability for Step Capture to capture Windows Task Manager or other programs running with administrator privileges.
  • Added the ability to cancel a Step Capture by pressing the Escape key.

Smart Redact

  • Added the ability to change the color of solid redactions in Smart Redact and Blur tool properties.
  • Rounded the corners of Smart Redactions to improve the look and feel.
  • Improved Smart Redact to prevent single text items from being redacted in multiple categories.
  • Improved Smart Redact face detection to reduce false positives resulting in redundant redactions.
  • Improved Smart Redact face detection for side profiles and 3/4 views.
  • Improved the reliability of Smart Redact text detection on resized images.
  • Updated Blur tool Quick Styles to apply only Type and Intensity properties to a selected object, and not Shape.

Subscription Software

  • Added support for all license and activation types.
  • Updated license information in the About Snagit window to better support business subscriptions.
  • Updated the subscription renewal date format to include day of the month to avoid confusion.
  • Updated the profile picture in the welcome window to be a circle rather than square.
  • Added a tooltip to the Account dropdown.

HDR Image Capture

  • Improved the color accuracy of white areas captured on HDR monitors.
  • Fixed an issue where Snagit could fail to correctly preview and capture HDR monitors set to Portrait orientation.

Templates

  • Updated templates to allow use of image controls without first selecting the image.
  • Improved the appearance of the Drag to Swap handle in templates.
  • Removed Footer from the Add Section menu for templates that do not have a Footer option.

Sharing

  • Added a message when sharing to Screencast to inform when the description exceeds the character limit.

Performance Improvements

  • Fixed an issue where Snagit Editor might freeze when saving very large images, or when creating a very large, new image or template.
  • Added search result counts to the Library and Stamp tool for improved accessibility.
  • Added hover states to template editing icons for improved accessibility.
  • Improved the contrast when navigating with the keyboard in the Step Capture toolbar for improved accessibility.

Updates for IT Administrators

  • Updated Pango package to address CVE-2024-50602.
  • Updated LeadTools DLLs.
  • Fixed an issue where disabled share destinations could appear even when Snagit was deployed using the Disable Share Manager setting.
  • Fixed an issue where signing out of Snagit with a business subscription could revert a user to trial mode.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where running Snagit's installer repair failed to restore some localized content and missing Stamp tool objects.
  • Fixed an issue where some templates did not include all selected images upon creation.
  • Fixed the Capture Cursor toggle in the Video from Images recording toolbar to work and display correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where an image dragged onto a placeholder in a template might not appear immediately.
  • Fixed an issue where recording toolbar menus were always hidden in final videos, even if the Capture preference to hide Snagit was turned off.
  • Fixed an issue where the Smart Redact panel might show the incorrect redaction type when a file is reopened.
  • Fixed an issue where some annotations and Step Captures saved to certain file formats, such as PNG, did not display correctly in Snagit Editor.
  • Fixed an issue where shadows on Text objects might not align with characters when editing.
  • Fixed an issue where the Pixel Grid hotkey (Ctrl+G) would not update the File menu option checkmark correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where the Checking for License dialog might open in front of a web browser rather than in the background.
  • Fixed an issue in the Capture Widget where new preset notifications could be truncated in some languages.