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It's good to share, right? And, I have got something fun to share with you!

As you know, I love our products and I love stickers. We just got in some great new buttons and stickers and I thought many of you would like them too!

If you'd like some Snagit, Camtasia Studio and Jing stickers and buttons, please feel free to order them from here.

And, please, please, please email me some pics of you with your buttons and stickers. I'd love to see how you put them to good use!

As you know, TechSmith is headquartered in lovely Okemos, Michigan. And, lately, I've noticed many men walking around town in beards. Now, what do Michigan and beards have in common? Well, our 'local' hockey team in Michigan, the Detroit Red Wings are in the Stanley Cup finals... tonight. And, there is a tradition that hockey players and fans will grow 'playoff beards' once their team has entered the playoffs!

So, that got me thinking... hockey, playoff beards, tech... how can we bring them all together? That lead me to thinking about the mustache custom Snagit stamp I shared earlier this week (you can download it here). Well, why not have a playoff beard custom Snagit stamp too?! Check out our Education Evangelist, Dave McCollom sporting the playoff beard stamp!

You can download your own Playoff Beard custom stamp to use in Snagit here. Enjoy! I'd love to see what you create with it... Give your boss a playoff beard, your dog, a baby... it works on anyone. :-)

You can find more info here about how to install and use custom stamps in Snagit.

The 'beard is back' as they say! And, I'll be watching the Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup tonight! ;-)

If you grew up in the 80s like I did, you are probably familiar with pop singer Rick Astley. In the last few years, maybe you've heard of "Rickrolling"? Basically it is like the old bait and switch idea - you send someone a web link that misdirects someone to Rick Astley's video, " Never Gonna Give You Up". Pretty funny!

So, naturally, when I saw the tweet above from Jessica Knott, it caught my attention. Snagit AND Rick Astley! A custom stamp match made in heaven! I had to find out more! So, I contacted Jess and she was kind enough to share the custom stamp.

If you'd like your own Rick Astley stamp for Snagit, you can download it from here.

Jessica also wrote a great blog post here about how she uses Snagit 9 at Michigan State University (my alma mater!) for documentation.

And, while we're on the topic of the 80's, you cannot talk about 80's pop stars without mentioning Hall & Oates. John Oates has a mustache that is legendary. So, I was thinking what better than a mustache stamp to go along with the Rick Astley stamp!? I tested out the mustache stamp on our Snagit trainer, Chris McQueen's pic to the left. :-)

And, I thought others might want to use the mustache stamp too (that's for you, John Quick)!. You can download the mustache Snagit stamp here.

If you'd like to make your own Snagit custom stamp, you can take any PNG, JPG, GIF, TIF or BMP. Chris McQueen from our Training Department will show you how to create and use a custom stamp in this handy screencast. It runs just over 2 minutes.

If you prefer a written tutorial, you can read here how to add a Custom Stamp to your Quick Styles Gallery in Snagit.

Chris also writes Snagit tips on Twitter. You can follow him here or TechSmith on Twitter here.

Want other stamps? You can download them here from TechSmith. Or, Geetesh Bajaj from Indezine and Scrapbook Presentations has hundreds of other free Snagit stamps available in a variety of categories here.

I want to see how you use the Rick Astley and mustache stamp! Email me the pics or post links in the comments! I'm lobbying our Creative Services Department for a set of different mustaches and eyebrows. You'd use them, wouldn't you?! Any other stamp requests?

Thanks for a good laugh, Jess! You make Snagit fun!

It's good to share, right? I heard from Geetesh Bajaj from Indezine and Scrapbook Presentations recently and he asked me to share some new Snagit stamps they created!

They made some new sets that include all keyboard characters found on Windows and Macintosh keyboards. You can download them for free here. Geetesh has hundreds of other free Snagit stamps available in a variety of categories here.

Also, you can find additional stamps for Snagit from TechSmith available here. And, you can create your own stamps. Here's a fun project to show you how. Enjoy and start stamping away!

I am told that I didn't talk much until I was two years old and then I started to speak in full sentences. Maybe it was because I had an older sister to do the talking for me. Or, maybe it was because I had nothing to say! Regardless of what the reason is, I am now trying to catch up for lost time! :-) I love to talk - online or face to face! I even talk in my sleep! You'll often find me available to chat online via Instant Messager or on Twitter. And, I often like to supplement my chats with something visual - like a Snagit screencapture! And, this is where is gets difficult...

Part of the problem with "talking" online is that it can be difficult to share screencaptures via email or chat. Files are often blocked or people can't receive or open them. It always seems to fail when I'm sending the files to them.

There's a new, free output for Snagit that makes it easy to share your screencaps - the Snagit Screencast.com Output. Send your Snagit screencaps to Screencast.com and then just share the link - no more messing with files being blocked or lost. Easy! This is great to use for collaborating on projects, in blog comments, Instant Messaging or on sites like Twitter.

By the way, you can learn about Snagit and TechSmith news like this through our Newsletters. You can subscribe to them via email or RSS. They're free and full of news, tips and tricks. Enjoy and start adding graphics to your chats and emails!

What program or site would you like Snagit output screencaptures to?

Last week we released Snagit 9.1. Not only did Snagit get a new logo and features, but we also ditched the capital 'I' in SnagIt and changed it to Snagit. Did you notice that? In honor of Snagit, we are celebrating lowercase 'i' day. Why the change? Well, check out this funny 'official' press release in our newsletter here. Also, you can watch the bonus video below to see the behind the scenes action, drama and comedy about how Snagit lost the capital 'I'. I think you'll find it very amusing!

And, if you like the video, feel free to subscribe to our monthly newsletters. They're filled with videos like this one, tips, tricks and news. Also, as an added benefit to subscribing to them, there are often special offers. Check out the holiday special here - you can save $10 - $25 off a copy of Snagit or Camtasia Studio this month. Perfect for gift giving!

Will you celebrate lowercase 'i' day with us?

So, we've just had three huge releases in the last two months at TechSmith. We hope you liked the new features and designs we added to SnagIt, Camtasia Studio and Morae.

Now...we need to know what you'd like to see in our next round of releases. Here's your chance to have a stake in your software. But, don't make us guess at what you want and need. See how confused Camtasia Studio Product Manager, Troy Stein, and Assistant Camtasia Studio Product Manager, Travis Stoliker, look without your feedback?

E-mail, call, make us a video, send feedback in via our Web site or leave comments on this blog with your suggestions. Or, you're welcome to visit TechSmith and give us your thoughts in person. Seriously!

Get your feedback to us any way you can, because our software is only as good as your suggestions.