TechSmith has announced a public beta of, its screen capture software that was previously only available in Windows form. Since creating a screenshot is no great challenge in OS X—Command-Shift-3 will do the trick—why turn to a third-party program like Snagit? Because the application smoothly handles a number of tasks, including grabbing just one window, a portion of the screen, or a single menu as well as annotating screen images. What’s more, Snagit allows flexible sharing of screenshots. After you’ve installed Snagit, a little drawer nestles itself on the right side of your screen. You pull it out to perform a capture. That’s when the fun begins.

• Snagit V3.2.2 (78016 For Mac

You grab the handles of a resizable window to select all or a portion of the screen. Snagit then presents you with an editable image. From there, you’ve got a number of useful features at your disposal.

Snagit V3.2.2 (78016 For Mac

You can add text, arrows, bubbles, and color fill; you can even blur out a section (if it contains an image or some text you don’t want to share). There are a host of other tools suited for dealing with screen images, though what you find here doesn’t compare with a full image-editing application like Photoshop.

TechSmith has long had a well-known Windows version of Snagit, and it has also recently released the powerful screen recording application,. Snagit enters a crowded Mac field of screen capture software with strong competition from,. Snagit is only still a beta, so you may encounter bugs, and new features may still be on the way. The effects pane is currently empty and labeled with a “coming soon” message.

Stubbs the zombie for mac. TechSmith says it will update the beta every 30 to 60 days based on user feedback. Available for free, Snagit for Mac beta requires an Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6.1.