Time Saver Tuesday - Snag Project Files (Visual Lounge)

Time Saver Tuesday - Snag Project Files

Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2010 by Betsy Weber

Have you ever created the perfect screencapture with Snagit - maybe you added text or other objects to your capture and then you saved it. And, if you're like me, then you decided to change something - maybe resize the text or remove an arrow. Well, no need to recreate that capture from scratch after you learn this Time Saver Tuesday trick! You'll be able to save time and create a file you can modify any time.

Meet the .SNAG file format. Save your screencapture as a .SNAG file and you can open it later to modify or edit the vector objects (Lines, Arrows, Shape, Highlight, Paintbrush, Stamp, Callouts and Text tools) any time.

The .SNAG file format is a Snagit Editor-only file. If you need to use your image outside of Snagit environment, like Microsoft Word or PowerPoint for example, you just save the final .snag file as the image format of your choice (like a .png or .jpg). When saving in these other file formats, the vector objects will be flattened and made a permanent part of the image.

To save your image as a Snagit Capture File:

Click the Application button.
Hover over Save As to expose the menu.
Click Snagit Capture File.

What is your Time Saver Tip? Email me if you'd like to be a guest blogger and share your tips and tricks!

Comments (5)

Dean Craven :

I used a .SNAG file for planning how to move people around in our office. I annotated a screenshot of the floor plan, using color coded boxes and text to show who would move where.

This was incredibly effective as we went through the seemingly endless iterations. At some point I realized I could share the .SNAG file, so anyone who had Snagit could easily share their idea of how to rearrange things. An amazing time saver!