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I'm in France this week for LeWeb and they have these wonderful Christkindlmarket's set up all over the city. I've had fun shopping at them for holiday gifts and other small presents to bring back to the office. The Snagit team has been working on some surprises - Snagit 9.1 was released today and it is full of some nice 'presents' for you!

Mini Toolbar - You can save time and extra clicks with Snagit's new Mini Toolbar. Instead of having to flip back and forth between tabs in SnagIt's Editor, you now have access to the most frequently used editing features from the Draw tab. When you select a vector object on the canvas, or when you right-click a vector object, the Mini toolbar appears. See the little menu in the yellow box in the screenshot to the left? That's an example of the Mini Toolbar in action.

Live Preview - I love this new feature! Curious to see what that torn edge or drop shadow might look like on your screencapture before you make the change? With live preview, you can see what a variety of different options look like before committing to the change. I made a quick 30 second Jingcast showing off Live Preview which you can see below. There is no audio.

Auto-store Export - I just switched computers recently. It was so much work to move everything over and get the new computer up and running. We've added a new auto-store export to Snagit so you can now take all your unsaved captures with you quickly and easily.

Stamps - Now you can find your favorite stamps easier with categories and visual search. You can download additional stamps from here.

You'll also notice that Snagit has a new look too. In addition to a new logo, the user interface has a new look and feel to it. Now if we could only figure out a way to incorporate that 'new car' smell into Snagit! Smell-o-vision anyone? :-)

You can see the entire list of what's new in Snagit 9 here. Or, if you prefer video, watch the 'What's New' video here.

And, this is a FREE upgrade for anyone who has purchased 9.0. Learn how to upgrade to Snagit 9.1 here. Or, try out the free 30 day eval here.

Enjoy and send us your feedback! I'd love to hear what you think of this new release and what you'd like to see in future releases.