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- SnagIt 6.0.2 - README.TXT 14 March 2002
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- ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~
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- 1. WHAT IS SNAGIT?
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- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- 3. SETUP AND CONFIGURATION
- 3.1 Installation Instructions
- 3.2 Installed Files
- 3.3 Uninstall Instructions
- 3.4 Manual Uninstall Instructions
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- 4. GETTING HELP
- 4.1 Using On-line Help
- 4.2 SnagIt Support
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- 5. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION?
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- 6. KNOWN PROBLEMS OR LIMITATIONS
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- 7. REGISTERING SNAGIT
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- 1. WHAT IS SNAGIT?
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- Welcome! You have chosen a powerful Windows image, text, and video
- capture program that allows you many options. SnagIt is for any
- computer user who needs to capture more than a few screens for
- any purpose, such as:
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- o Capturing screens and menus in a Windows program to create
- documentation.
-
- o Professional image processing and manipulation, e.g. shrink
- screen captures while maintaining image readability.
-
- o Saving a long window, even if it scrolls off-screen, with a
- single capture instead of clipping them together.
-
- o Creating AVI movies from live program action on your computer
- screen. Also record audio at the same time from your microphone.
-
- o Creating a multimedia program or computer based training (CBT).
-
- o Reducing the number of repetitious steps required to capture many
- screens.
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- o Saving a screen to e-mailing it to someone else.
-
- o Capturing text from applications with no cut or paste option.
-
- o Easy management of large numbers of captures of any type; images,
- text or video.
-
- o Integrating SnagIt's capture functionality into other
- applications through its Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) support.
-
- o Capture all the images from Internet web pages.
-
- SnagIt has been providing Microsoft Windows users with an easy way
- to capture and print Windows screens since it was first released in
- 1990. In "Windows 3.1 Secrets," author Brian Livingston calls
- SnagIt "the print utility Microsoft Windows forgot."
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- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- In order to run SnagIt, your system must meet these specifications:
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- o An IBM PC or compatible that meets the minimum hardware
- requirements for your version of Microsoft Windows.
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- o Microsoft Windows 95/98, or Windows NT 4.0 (or higher), or
- installed and configured on your system. SnagIt Studio requires
- Windows 95 B or higher.
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- o A mouse or other pointing device
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- o For printed output, a Windows-supported printer that can print
- bitmaps. (This includes most of the laser, dot matrix and ink jet
- printers that Windows supports. Plotters are not recommended for
- use with SnagIt due to their inability to print bitmaps.)
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- o The Web Capture tool requires Internet Explorer 4.01 (or later)
- to be installed.
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- 3. SETUP AND CONFIGURATION
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- 3.1 Installation Instructions
-
- The SnagIt installation program SETUP.EXE is a Microsoft Windows
- application. You must have Windows 95/98 or NT ( 4.0 or later )
- installed prior to installing SnagIt. To install SnagIt, perform
- the following steps:
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- 1. Start Windows, if you haven't already done so.
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- 2. Insert the SnagIt CDROM into the CDROM drive. If the setup
- program does not automatically start, or if you have SnagIt
- on diskettes, perform the remaining steps.
-
- 3. From the Start menu, select Run
-
- 4. In the dialog box, enter:
- a:\setup
- (you will need to change the drive letter in the command line
- above to match your current CDROM drive or your floppy drive if
- you are installing from diskettes)
-
- 5. Click on the OK button.
-
- 6. Follow the instructions given by the setup wizard for correct
- installation of the product.
-
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- 3.2 Installed Files
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- The SnagIt setup program copies the following files to your
- computer during installation:
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- snagit32.exe Executable for Windows 95/98 & Windows NT
- snagtx16.dll SnagIt support file for text capture
- snagtx32.dll SnagIt support file for text capture
- snagtxnt.dll SnagIt support file for text capture
- snagit32.cnt Windows Help contents file for the SnagIt
- snagit32.hlp Windows Help file for the SnagIt
- RoboEx32.dll Help system support file
- lfbmp12n.dll BMP file format support file
- lfcmp12n.dll JPG file format support file
- lffax12n.dll TIF file format support file
- lfgif12n.dll GIF file format support file
- lfpcx12n.dll PCX file format support file
- lfpng12n.dll PNG file format support file
- lftif12n.dll TIF file format support file
- lftga12n.dll TARGA file format support file
- lttwn12n.dll TWAIN device support file
- ltdis12n.dll Image library support file
- ltdlg12n.dll Image library support file
- ltefx12n.dll Image library support file
- ltfil12n.dll Image library support file
- ltimg12n.dll Image library support file
- ltkrn12n.dll Image library support file
- ltscr12n.dll Image library support file
- Watermark.gif Graphic file for the WaterMark feature.
- Avifix.reg Fixes the "Avi Class Not Registered" error
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- siuninst.exe SnagIt uninstaller
- unwise.exe Uninstall program
- install.log Log file used by the uninstall program
- dderef.doc SnagIt DDE command reference
- snagmw97.dot Macro for incorporating SnagIt into Microsoft
- Word 97
- snagww.doc Macro for incorporating SnagIt into Microsoft
- Word for Windows 2.0 and 6.0
- readme.txt This file
- license.txt End-user license agreement
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- 3.3 Uninstall Instructions
-
- If after installing SnagIt, you find it necessary to remove the
- software from your computer, perform the following steps:
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- 1. Run the Windows Control Panel
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- 2. Open the Add/Remove Programs applet from Control Panel.
-
- 3. Select SnagIt from the list of applications that can uninstalled
- by Windows.
-
- 4. Click on the Add/Remove button to uninstall SnagIt.
-
- If the uninstall program encounters errors, see the following
- section for manual uninstall instructions.
-
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- 3.4 Manual Uninstall Instructions
-
- If you encountered a problem during the uninstall, here are the
- steps you can take to manually uninstall SnagIt from your computer.
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- 1. Start Windows, if you haven't already done so.
-
- 2. From the Start Menu, select Settings and then Taskbar. Now
- configure your Start Menu Programs by clicking on the Advanced
- button.
-
- 3. Find the program group in which SnagIt was installed. Click
- once on the SnagIt filename to highlight it. Press the delete
- key. Confirm that you wish to delete the program item.
-
- 4. If you selected "Automatically run SnagIt when Windows starts"
- during installation, delete SnagIt from the Startup group.
-
- Follow step #2 and then find the Startup group. Click once on the
- SnagIt icon to highlight it. Press the delete key. Confirm
- that you wish to delete the program item.
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- 5. Run Windows Explorer and change to the directory in which you
- installed SnagIt. Delete all the files listed in section 6.2.
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- 4. GETTING HELP
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- 4.1 Using SnagIt's On-line Help
-
- SnagIt's on-line Help system is compatible with the Windows Help
- subsystems. The SnagIt Help file contains all of the information
- you'll need to use SnagIt.
-
- To access SnagIt Help, select Help from the SnagIt menu bar, then
- Help Index from the drop-down menu.
-
- To get a quick overview of SnagIt essentials, select Quick Help from
- the Help menu.
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- To acquire information about your screen mode and printer type,
- select System Info from the Help menu.
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- 4.2 SnagIt Support
-
- TechSmith is committed to providing a reliable, high-quality product
- that is easy to use. If you have any problem installing or
- using SnagIt, we want to know about it.
-
- You can contact TechSmith by mail, phone, or fax. TechSmith also
- provides electronic support through CompuServe, the World Wide Web
- and e-mail.
-
- TechSmith Corporation Support: support@techsmith.com
- P.O. Box 4758 WWW : http://www.techsmith.com
- East Lansing, MI 48826-4758 TEL : 517-333-2100
- U.S.A. FAX : 517-333-1888
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- In any communication with TechSmith regarding a problem with SnagIt,
- please clearly state the following:
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- o The product name and version number.
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- o Your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
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- o Your hardware and software configuration. Go to SnagIt's
- Help->Support dialog to get your diagnostic information.
-
- o A description of the problem, and what you were trying to do when
- the problem occurred.
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- 5. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION?
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- v6.0.2 Updated SnagIt so that it is now compliant with the
- Microsoft "Designed for Windows XP" specifications, and
- meets all of the requirements for applications that are
- designed to run on Windows XP.
-
- Fixed a problem where SnagIt could lock up if a network
- printer driver is installed and there is no network
- connection. Note: This problem was not completely solved
- in the previous version.
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- v6.0.1 Fixed a problem with the Catalog Viewer. Modifying a file
- outside the Catalog Viewer, that was also selected in the
- Catalog Viewer could cause SnagIt to fail.
-
- Fixed a problem in the Catalog Browser. If you pressed
- the '+','-',',' or 'Ctrl-G' keys SnagIt would fail.
-
- Fixed a problem where the scrollbar range was not being
- calculated correctly in the Catalog Viewer, which could
- cause black areas to appear in the scrolled image.
-
- Fixed a problem with video capture, where audio and video
- could become out of sync.
-
- Added new menu options and keyboard shortcuts to the
- Catalog Browser.
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- Fixed a problem where the cursor would disappear when doing
- a capture if the Magnifier window was turned on.
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- Fixed a problem where SnagIt could lock up if a network
- printer driver is installed and there is no network
- connection.
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- v6.0.0 Added Web Capture. Capture all of the following images
- from web pages on the Internet, jpg, gif, and png's.
- Images are captured all at one time and stored on your
- computer. Also, there are many search and filtering options
- associated with this feature. Web Capture requires
- Internet Explorer version 4.01 or later.
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- We now have the ability to capture DirectX related content,
- such as games and DVD output. Set input to DirectX to use
- this feature.
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- We have enhanced our capture preview window, to allow
- zooming in and out of images, and added an improved region
- selection tool and grid display option.
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- We now capture layered windows, which is a new style of
- window used on Windows 2000 and Windows XP for translucent
- and irregular shaped windows.
-
- Added new browsing and viewing enhancements to the Catalog
- Browser window. Floating and dock able tool bars. Added a
- thumbnail video, and image preview window. Preview images,
- and play videos from the thumbnail preview window.
-
-
- v5.2.2 Fixed a problem with two separate profiles using the same
- hotkey.
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- Fixed a problem with the cursor not being included in the
- first capture made while in time capture mode.
-
- Fixed a problem where auto file naming would not loop for
- text files and avi files.
-
- Fixed a problem with the cursor not appearing in the zoom
- window until the first mouse movement was made.
-
- Eliminated excessive flicker in the Catalog Browser when
- resizing.
-
- Fixed a problem with Image file output saving with the
- wrong file format when using upper case file names.
-
- Fixed a problem when specifying the /H to hide SnagIt.
- Changed SnagIt so the capture wizard dialog does not come
- up when using this option.
-
- Fixed a problem when SnagIt was minimized, if you invoked
- a capture of the Active window using the tray icon menu,
- it always captured the task bar. This was specific to
- Windows 2000.
-
- Fixed a problem with the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V shortcuts not
- working in the Catalog Browser.
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- Fixed a problem where SnagIt would silently fail when it
- could not save a file in certain cases.
-
-
- v5.2.1 Fixed a problem with the registration form not being
- correctly generated.
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- Fixed a program failure when pressing some accelerators
- in specific circumstances.
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- Fixed a problem with the text annotation drop down list
- growing when switching profiles.
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- Fixed a problem in Catalog Browser when the list was sorted
- by name: batch operations were not performed on every
- selected files.
-
- v5.2.0 Added applying image processing effects to a specific
- region from the "Capture Preview" and "Catalog Viewer"
- windows.
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- Added the ability to capture multiple regions of the screen
- at one time. You can also deselect a region that you have
- already selected.
-
- Added post processing from the "Capture Preview" and the
- "Catalog viewer" windows, for Watermark, Annotation,
- Border, and Trim effects.
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- Improved scrolling window coverage, we now scroll some
- windows that couldn't be scrolled.
-
- Added a delayed capture option. This allows a delay before
- a capture is started.
-
- Added schedule capture based on a time and date. Allows you
- to setup a time and date when SnagIt will perform a
- capture.
-
- Added TWAIN support for scanners and digital cameras.
-
- Added an output option which sends a capture to Studio.
-
- Added the ability to capture non rectangular areas
- (shapes).
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- Added the ability to save printer settings within SnagIt.
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- Added the ability to support TARGA files.
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- Added the ability to scroll windows horizontally in
- addition to vertically.
-
- Added a Zoom feature which provides a magnifying window so
- you can see an enlarged area around the mouse cursor.
-
- Added a "tip of the day" feature, this will give a help tip
- on using SnagIt.
-
- Improved AutoScroll performance by as much as 10 times in
- some cases.
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- Loading (decompressing) and saving (compressing) JPEG files
- have been hand-optimized for (MMX, PII and PIII). Most
- files now compress 100% faster and decompress 50% faster."
-
- Text capture efficiency has been improved and is now faster
- on Windows NT.
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- Timer settings are now assigned per profile.
-
- We now provide a registry fix for the error "AvI Class Not
- Registered" by using the "Avifix.reg" file.
-
- Add the ability to capture desktop Wallpaper using SnagIt
-
- Changed the default JPG file quality from 75% to 90%.
-
- v5.1.1 Increased the default audio quality to "22,050Hz
- 16-bit mono.
-
- Fixed problems with some audio cards/drivers, where
- pausing video capture and then resuming resulted in no
- audio, or garbled audio.
-
- Fixed problems capturing a cursor when an application
- (e.g. AutoCAD over a CAD drawing) has hidden
- the Windows cursor.
-
- Fixed a problem when saving to a GIF files with a color
- depth less than 8bits. The image would appear dithered.
-
- Changed SnagIt so that launching Studio from the SnagIt
- preview window doesn't overwrite the clipboard
- information.
-
- Changed the default video mode input to 320x240.
-
- Fixed a problem with Auto scroll taking a long time on web
- pages that contain a huge number of objects.
-
- Fixed a problem with Object capture not immediately
- responding to cancel capture request, this problem occurred
- on pages with a large number of objects.
-
- Changed SnagIt to detect capture hotkey conflicts between
- different profiles.
-
- Fixed a NT related problem which could lead to program and
- system failures, when certain applications were running
- during the text capture.
-
- Fixed a problem on 95/98/Me platforms. When capturing text
- from menus, list boxes or combo boxes, the text was
- captured backward.
-
- Fixed a problem where SnagIt's Catalog Browser could take a
- very long time to open text files that actually contained
- binary data.
-
- v5.1.0 Added the "Program File" feature. This feature adds support
- to capture Bitmaps, Icons, and Cursors from a resource
- file, such as an "EXE" or "DLL".
-
- Added a border filter feature. This feature allows borders
- to be added around captures.
-
- Added multiple color substitution, allows multiple pairs of
- colors to be substituted on each capture.
-
- Added a Watermark feature. This feature allows watermarks
- to be added to captures. Watermarks are similar to the
- icons that sometimes appear at the bottom of the screen
- of television broadcasts.
-
- Added a cropping and trimming filter. This feature allows
- trimming of the image capture size automatically.
-
- Added multiple images on a page feature. This feature
- allows multiple captures to be printed on a single page.
-
- Improved the SnagIt "Quick Start Wizard". The general
- usability of the wizard was enhanced.
-
- Made SnagIt filters available in batch processing mode for
- catalog images. Now you can apply filters to all the
- files in your batch process.
-
- Added the ability to capture Text on NT and Windows 2000.
- This feature works likes the text capture feature for
- Windows 95 and 98.
-
- Added the ability to capture text based on windows objects,
- examples of objects include buttons, folders, and Web
- page items.
-
- Added the ability to capture images based on windows
- objects.
-
- Added a feature to allow for sequential auto-file naming
- on remote machines (Web output).
-
- In auto naming index we now allow the user to determine the
- number of digits (e.g. ###.gif or ####.gif).
-
- Improved the registration wizard which is shown when
- registering SnagIt.
-
- v5.0.2 Fixed the transparency controls for the GIF file format.
- These controls were not visible on the dialog.
-
- Fixed problem with the catalog causing a GPF fault when
- displaying bitmaps on a 256 color desktop.
-
- v5.0.1 Added a preview window to the page layout dialog.
-
- Added support to allow the user to choose the audio
- recording device.
-
- Improved the robustness of the audio recording thread.
-
- Fixed problems with the initial UI frame size on systems
- with large fonts and validates startup window position.
-
- Fixed Filters->Layout menu option which was disabled.
-
- Fixed problems with logging errors before the CError Log
- object is created.
-
- Fixed transparent flat toolbar problem. It does not work
- correctly with comctl32.dll version 4.70.
-
- v5.0.0 Capture profiles enables users to configure multiple
- capture configurations. Activate a different capture at
- the press of a hot-key or mouse button.
-
- SnagIt Studio is a companion application that allows users
- to annotate their screen captures quickly and easily.
- Note: This is an optional component and you may need to
- download this feature separately.
-
- A revised user interface allows users to easily activate
- captures using the mouse. Three user interface views
- are available: normal, compact, and profile.
-
- Web output enables users to put their captures on the
- Internet. SnagIt turns your desktop into a web cam.
-
- An enhanced annotation filter allows users to place any
- text on the captured image or video. Special captions
- are available for time date, user name and computer name.
-
- Printer output controls have been enhanced. Users can
- now specify margins and fixed size dimensions for printed
- output.
-
- A configurable log file enables users to monitor SnagIt
- activity. This is ideal for timer activated captures.
-
- Added an option to print the filename in the Catalog
- Browser.
-
- Added support for reading "Exif" JPEG and TIFF files
- created by digital cameras. NOTE: File comments and
- meta data in these formats are not preserved when
- processed by SnagIt.
-
- The catalog browser now support the "Desktop" special
- folder.
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- Reading JPEG files is 40% faster.
-
- Image processing functions have been fine tuned to deliver
- increased speed and accuracy.
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- 6. KNOWN PROBLEMS OR LIMITATIONS
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- o SnagIt hangs on e-mail output on Windows 95 if only 16-bit
- MS Mail has been configured (i.e. MAPI is in use, but neither
- MS Exchange or any other 32-bit MAPI mail client has been
- configured).
-
- o SnagIt generally cannot capture DVD video displays in video
- capture mode, but can capture most DVD video displays in image
- capture mode, with input set to DirectX.
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- o SnagIt cannot directly capture audio from other applications
- (e.g. Windows Media Player). However, it is sometimes
- possible to record this audio by placing the microphone near
- your computer's speakers, or by connecting "line out" to
- "microphone in" on your sound card.
-
- o SnagIt cannot capture video from applications on some
- systems that use graphics hardware acceleration for video
- playback (e.g. newer versions of Media Player and RealNetwork's
- RealPlayer). It is often possible to disable the graphics
- hardware acceleration.
-
- There are two ways to disable graphics hardware acceleration:
-
- 1. Disable graphics hardware acceleration globally for all
- applications using the Control Panel "System" applet. Go to
- the "Performance" tab and click the "Graphics" button under
- "Advanced settings...". Set the "Hardware acceleration"
- slider to None and hit OK. You may need to restart Windows
- to have this change apply.
-
- 2. Disable graphics hardware acceleration for a particular
- application. For example, in RealPlayer G2 select
- Options/Preferences from the RealPlayer menu. Go to the
- "Performance" tab and disable (uncheck) the "Use optimized
- video display" setting. You may need to stop and restart
- any movie being played to have the change take effect.
-
- Disabling the graphics hardware acceleration globally for all
- applications is probably the easiest way to "fix" the problem.
- Of course, with hardware acceleration disabled, video playback
- may not be as smooth as it could be with acceleration enabled.
-
- o EXIF file format comments and metadata are not preserved when
- processed with SnagIt. This applies to using such files as an
- input source or processing them in the catalog browser.
-
- o Extra steps are needed to use Object Capture with Windows 95 or
- Windows NT. In order to use Object capture with Windows NT you
- will need to upgrade to service pack 6. In order to use Windows
- 95 you will need to install the Active Accessibility
- Redistribution kit located at Microsoft's web site.
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- 7. REGISTERING SNAGIT
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-
- If you are evaluating SnagIt, please see the HOWTOREG.TXT file for
- detailed information on how to purchase the product. You can always
- find the latest information on the product by visit our web site at
- http://www.techsmith.com
-
- Thank you for using SnagIt!
-
- TechSmith Corporation
- P.O. Box 4758
- East Lansing, MI 48826-4758 USA
- 517-333-2100 (tel)
- 517-333-1888 (fax)
-
- Web : www.techsmith.com
- Sales : sales@techsmith.com
-
- (C) 2002 TechSmith Corporation. All Rights Reserved. TechSmith
- and SnagIt are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation.
- Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of
- Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of
- their respective holders.
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