AAUG Reviews

by LeLinda Bourgeois ,AAUG Member

Wow! This program is amazing! Immediately upon opening, I was able to snap a picture of my desktop without even knowing how the program works. I generally identify the user friendliness of a program by how quickly I can use it. If I don’t need to consult the user’s manual, I give it a high rating for usability.

Snapz Pro will instantly capture anything on your screen with a quick punch of 3 keys (default is ctrl, option, 3.) You can easily select the entire screen or just a portion of it and then save in a variety of formats, my favorites being .jpg and .pdf. You can even place a watermark if you’re worried about copyright protection. Dual monitors? No problem, Snapz Pro will capture both!

This program is perfect for those who are writing an instructional manual or demonstration. You can even use it just to show your best friend your latest computer software. If you need video recording capabilities, Snapz Pro can easily record and save video segments for you. You can purchase the program with or without the video recording feature. Without video, it is reasonably priced at just $29. With video, you’ll need to pay $69. All in all, its an easy program to work with and will save you valuable time in creating your projects.

My main thing is that I got confused easily between which was my real desktop and which had been captured. Another difficulty I had was when it auto opened a movie I made; the movie was bigger than the screen and I could not get the handles that I needed. I did not understand right off the bat how to start and stop video. Another difficulty I had with this program was the object capture feature. I actually had to read the instructions for that one. Perhaps they could have given better instruction on that? Probably operator error though….

Simple to use and very user friendly. I imagine with more use the learning curve will lessen.