Snagit Themes

Create and share a theme based on a selected color palette and fonts for your project, organization, or style guide. Snagit automatically generates Quick Styles based on each theme.

Create a Theme

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select a tool.
   
2. The Quick Styles panel opens.
   • Windows: Click the Theme dropdown and select the New Theme option.
   • Mac: Click the icon and select the New Theme option.
3. The New Theme dialog appears. Click a Color dropdown to select colors to use to automatically generate Quick Styles for the theme.
   
   • Click to select a preset or color from the palette.
   • Enter a HEX or RGB value into the field.
   • Click the Eyedropper button and then click to select a color from anywhere on the screen.
4. Click the to add another color. Continue until you have added the desired theme colors.

   Tip: Select 4-8 colors.

   It is recommended to select 4-8 colors for generating the new theme.

5. Click the Font tab and select a desired font from the dropdown.
   
6. Click the checkbox to enable or disable shadows for tools.
   
7. Enter a descriptive name in the Theme name field.
8. Click the Create button.

Snagit automatically generates a set of Quick Styles based on the colors selected. The new theme and Quick Styles are available in most tools.

To edit individual Quick Styles in the theme, see Quickly Access Favorite Styles and Tools.

Edit a Theme

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select a tool.
   
2. The Quick Styles panel opens.
   • Windows: In the Theme dropdown, click the icon next to the theme and select Edit.
     
   • Mac: Click the icon and select Edit.
     
3. The Edit Theme dialog appears. Complete the desired edits.
4. Click Save.

Export a Theme

Export and share a theme with colleagues to maintain consistency throughout visuals in a project, website, or throughout your organization.

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select a tool.
   
2. The properties for the selected tool appear in the Properties panel on the right-side of Snagit Editor.
   • Windows: In the Theme dropdown, click the icon next to the theme and select Export.
     
   • Mac: Click the icon and select Export Theme.
     
3. Choose a location and enter a file name. Click Save.

Snagit saves the theme as a SNAGTHEME file. You can send the file to others to import into Snagit.

Import a Theme

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select a tool.
   
2. The properties for the selected tool appear in the Properties panel on the right-side of Snagit Editor.
   • Windows: Click the Theme dropdown and select Import.
     
   • Mac: Click the icon and select Import.
     
3. Browse to select the SNAGTHEME file and click Open.

Snagit adds the theme to the list of available themes.

Download a Theme

Professionally designed themes are available for download from the TechSmith Assets website.

See Download TechSmith Assets for Snagit.

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