Re: SnagIt vs GrabIt

["T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>]

SnagIt is great; it will do the things you want, and lots more. 

Although, my preference is to add text in my DTP app, even when
translation is not needed. Think of it this way, fonts are better than
vectors which are better than rasters. Screens are raster. Screen
capture and photoediting software deals in rasters. I prefer not to
degrade my text by rasterizing it. I add callout lines and other
vectors in my DTP app, as well.

BUT ... again, SnagIt makes doing these things very easy.


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:23:04 -0500, Kevin Lovejoy
<kevin -dot- lovejoy -at- trnswrks -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> Several People suggested that I get SnagIt to capture graphics for my
> manual.  But my employer had a licensed copy of GrabIt and asked me to
> try it first.
> 
> Has anyone used these products?  Can you give me your thoughts on the
> pros and cons of each?
> 
> I was really looking for the ability to pull dropdown lists (cascading)
> and to use a good editor that will allow the insertion of objects
> (arrows, circles, etc) and highlighting a portion of the graphic to draw
> the user's attention to a portion of the graphic.


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