Best Practices for Saving Your Snagit Files

SNAGX – Cross Platform File Format

Open and edit the same Snagit files on both Windows and Mac computers. Snagit’s SNAGX file format replaces the former SNAG format for Windows and SNAGPROJ format for Mac and is compatible with both platforms.

Individuals and teams who use Snagit on both Windows and Mac computers can open, edit, and share SNAGX files with ease.

• Edit vector-based objects (text, callouts, stamps, shapes, pasted images, cursors, etc.).
• Create a draft image for future revisions or improvements.
• Update graphics and text to support multiple languages.

Save SNAGX Files

Snagit automatically saves your image captures and any edits as a SNAGX file in the Library. See Introduction to Snagit Library.

To save a SNAGX file to another location:

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select the image in the Recent Captures Tray or Library.
2. Select File > Save As.
3. In the Save as type (Windows) or Format (Mac) dropdown, select SNAGX – Snagit Capture File.
4. Click Save.
   Open the SNAGX file on Windows or Mac to edit the image at a later time.

Save to Another File Format

Snagit always saves image captures to the default SNAGX format. To save to another file format, such as JPG or PNG, for use in a different application:

1. In Snagit Editor, click to select the image in the Recent Captures Tray or Library.
2. Select File > Save As.
3. In the Save As dialog, enter a filename and select the preferred file type and location.
4. Click Save.

The new file and the SNAGX file both appear in the tray. It is possible to continue editing both files.

• On Windows, if you exit and then reopen Snagit Editor, you can continue editing both files and any annotations.
• On Mac, when you quit Snagit, the non-SNAGX file is flattened. It is not possible to edit annotations made to the non-SNAGX file before it was flattened.

Tips

• Complete all your edits to the SNAGX file before saving to another format.
• To maintain transparency in your image, save to a file format that supports transparency: CUR, GIF, ICO, PNG, TIF, or SNAGX.
• To turn off autosaving SNAGX files (Windows only), in Snagit Editor select Edit menu > Editor Preferences > Library tab and deselect the Automatically save new image captures in the Library option.

Automatically Save Images to a Specific Format (Windows)

During Capture

Set up your image capture to save directly to a specific file type.

1. In the Capture Window, select the Image tab.
2. In the Share dropdown, select the File option and then click the gear icon.
3. Select the desired Image file type and file name and location preferences.
4. Click the Capture button.
   • If Preview in Editor was selected in the Capture Window, your capture appears in Snagit Editor. Complete any desired edits, then click Finish.
   • If Preview in Editor was not selected in the Capture Window, your file saves automatically or you will be asked to enter a file name.

In Snagit Editor

To set the default file format from the Save As dialog, select Share menu > Save As Preferences.

Supported File Formats

Images

File Formats	Windows	Mac
SNAGX – Snagit Capture File
SNAG – Snagit v8-v2021 Capture File
SNAGPROJ – Snagit v1.0-v2021 Capture File
BMP – OS/2 Bitmap, Windows Bitmap
CUR – Windows Cursor
EMF – Windows Enhanced Metafile Format
EPS – Grayscale Encapsulated Postscript
GIF – CompuServe GIF
HEIF – Apple High Efficiency Image File
ICO – Windows Icon
JPG – JPEG Image
MHT – Web Page with Image
PDF – Adobe Portable Document Format
PNG – Portable Network Graphics
PSD – Adobe PhotoShop
RAS – Sun Raster
TGA – Truevision Targa
TIF – Tagged Image File
WFX – WinFax
WMF – Windows Metafile Format
WPG – WordPerfect

Videos

• MP4
• Animated GIF
  See Create an Animated GIF.

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