Create a Masterpiece with SnagIt
Posted on Wednesday December 14, 2005 by Betsy Weber
I got a nice surprise in my e-mail inbox the other day.
Self proclaimed "SnagIt Addict" Brian Watters sent me a beautiful graphic - that he used SnagIt to help create - called 'Flutter-by'. He even incorporated the Camtasia Studio logo into it!
Brian mentioned that he used SnagIt to snag the Camtasia Studio logo and Adobe Photoshop to build the butterfly (from one photo of a branch full of leaves). All parts of the butterfly are from a total of two leaves, where the antennae are from the stem of one leaf, and the eyes are from another portion of a stem. The body beneath the wings is the edge of a leaf that he mirrored then squished horizontally, then textured in Photoshop. The darker stripes on the body were created using the burn tool. The background sun and blue sky are just from a blurry photo he took of the sun to give the butterfly something natural looking to fly in.
In addition to being a SnagIt addict, Brian is also an award-winning amateur photographer and an infantry soldier of 21 years in the Canadian Forces. You can learn more about Brian here. He even has a Photoshop tutorial on his Web site that he used SnagIt to create. He also used SnagIt to show off some of his digital manipulations work.
And, for those who like to edit your SnagIt screen captures in Adobe Photoshop, we have some SnagIt Profiles for you! The SnagIt Photoshop Capture Kit offers all the popular capture options and then automatically outputs the capture directly to Adobe Photoshop for editing, annotating and more. You can download the Profile here.
Thanks for the nice surprise, Brian! I'm using the Flutter-By for the wallpaper on my desktop! It reminds me of a warmer and less snowier time in Michigan!
Anyone else using SnagIt to create some other artwork they'd like to share? Pass it along, and we'll feature it in our blog.
