SnagIt 5.1.0 - README.TXT 5 Sept 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. WHAT IS SNAGIT? 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3. SETUP AND CONFIGURATION 3.1 Installation Instructions 3.2 Installed Files 3.3 Uninstall Instructions 3.4 Manual Uninstall Instructions 4. GETTING HELP 4.1 Using On-line Help 4.2 SnagIt Support 5. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION? 6. KNOWN PROBLEMS OR LIMITATIONS 7. REGISTERING SNAGIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. WHAT IS SNAGIT? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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. 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. 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." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to run SnagIt, your system must meet these specifications: o An IBM PC or compatible that meets the minimum hardware requirements for your version of Microsoft Windows. 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. o A mouse or other pointing device 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.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SETUP AND CONFIGURATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 1. Start Windows, if you haven't already done so. 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. 3.2 Installed Files The SnagIt setup program copies the following files to your computer during installation: 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 captuure snagit32.cnt Windows Help contents file for the SnagIt snagit32.hlp Windows Help file for the SnagIt inetwh32.dll Help system support file lfbmp10n.dll BMP file format support file lfcmp10n.dll JPG file format support file lffax10n.dll TIF file format support file lfgif10n.dll GIF file format support file lfpcx10n.dll PCX file format support file lfpng10n.dll PNG file format support file lftif10n.dll TIF file format support file ltdis10n.dll Image library support file ltdlg10n.dll Image library support file ltefx10n.dll Image library support file ltfil10n.dll Image library support file ltimg10n.dll Image library support file lkkrn10n.dll Image library support file ltscr10n.dll Image library support file Watermark.gif Graphic file for the WaterMark feature. 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 3.3 Uninstall Instructions If after installing SnagIt, you find it necessary to remove the software from your computer, perform the following steps: 1. Run the Windows Control Panel 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. 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. 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. 5. Run Windows Explorer and change to the directory in which you installed SnagIt. Delete all the files listed in section 6.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. GETTING HELP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. To acquire information about your screen mode and printer type, select System Info from the Help menu. 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 In any communication with TechSmith regarding a problem with SnagIt, please clearly state the following: o The product name and version number. o Your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 webcam. An enhanced annotation filter allows users to place any text on the captured image or video. Special captions are available for timedate, 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 "Exif" JPEG and TIFF files created by digital cameras. The catalog browser now support the "Desktop" special folder. Reading JPEG files is 40% faster. Image processing functions have been fine tuned to deliver increased speed and accuracy. 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 CErrorLog object is created. Fixed transparent flat toolbar problem. It does not work correctly with comctl32.dll version 4.70. 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. v5.1.0 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. KNOWN PROBLEMS OR LIMITATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. REGISTERING SNAGIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are evaluating SnagIt, please see the REGISTER.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 Info : info@techsmith.com (C) 2000 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------