Turn Your Screenshots into a Video

Record and narrate a video to provide additional context for an image or series of images.

Create a Video from Your Images

In the tray or library, Control+click (Windows) or Command+click (Mac) to select images to show in the video.
Select Create button > Video from Images or File > Create Video from Images.
The Recording toolbar appears.

Click and drag images to reorder in the tray.
Click to select recording options from the Recording toolbar:
- Video Background Color: Select a background color to display in the video. The background appears in the final video. Use dark or light colors such as dark blue, black, or white to improve contrast in the video.
- Cursor: Record the cursor.
- Microphone Audio: Record the audio from your computer’s built-in microphone or from a connected USB microphone. Click the dropdown to select a device.
- Webcam: Record live video from the connected or built-in webcam. Click the Webcam button to toggle the webcam on/off. Click the dropdown to select the camera device and webcam display settings. To learn more about webcam options, see Record a Picture-in-Picture Video.
To begin recording, click the Record button or press Shift+F9 (Windows) or Control+Shift+Space (Mac).
To change the image shown in the video, click the Next Image or Previous Image buttons or press the left or right arrow keys.
To pause recording, click the Pause button or press Shift+F9 (Windows) or Control+Shift+Space (Mac).
Draw attention to an area by adding arrows, shapes, and other annotations from the Favorites tool while recording or during a pause.
- Click to select a Quick Style saved in your Favorites.
- Click and drag in the recording area to add the annotation.
Adjust the zoom and/or dimensions of the image on the Canvas if desired (Windows only).
To stop the recording, click the Stop button or press Shift+F10 (Windows) or Control+Shift+V (Mac).

The video appears on the canvas to review, edit, and share.

Tip: Include a Premade Intro or Outro Slide

Start or end your video with a professionally-designed slide template from the TechSmith Assets for Snagit website.

Title card templates on the Snagit Assets website

Click to view details

Sign in to the Snagit Assets site with your TechSmith account.
Search or browse the Multi-Purpose Templates category for Title Card templates.
Note: Starter assets are available for free to Snagit users. Premium assets require an annual Assets for Snagit subscription to download.
Hover your cursor over a template to preview it.
Click the Send to Snagit button.
Click Open Snagit in the message prompt.
In the Create Image from Template dialog, click Create.
In the Editor, complete any of the following to customize the slide:
- Replace text: Double-click a text field and type the desired text.
- Edit text properties: Click to select a text field. In the Tool Properties panel, edit the font size, color, or other properties.
- Edit colors:
  - For some slides, you can change the background via the canvas color. Right-click the slide and select the Canvas Color (Windows) or Change Canvas Color (Mac) option to open the canvas color picker.
  - To edit the color of objects such as shapes and lines, click to select the object, then edit the color in the Tool Properties panel.
Select the template slide along with other images to include in the video. See Create a Video from Your Images.

Need a link to email your video?

Click Share Link to upload your video to Screencast – free with your TechSmith account.
Snagit copies a link to your clipboard to quickly share your video with anyone!

About Screencast

Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2025. Previous versions may look or function differently.

To check your version, select Help menu (Windows) or Snagit menu (Mac) > About Snagit.
If you have a previous version of Snagit, see tutorials for previous versions.
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