Share Captures
Learn how to quickly copy and paste, send, or save your capture files to a wide variety of applications or share destinations.
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Learn how to quickly copy and paste, send, or save your capture files to a wide variety of applications or share destinations.
In this tutorial:
Quickly copy and paste an image or video, with any added callouts, arrows, or other annotations, into another application.
Note: The Share Link button uploads your image or video to Screencast, TechSmith’s free online hosting service, and copies a link to your clipboard to share with anyone anywhere.
If the Screencast plugin is not installed or if you are using an older version of Snagit, the Share button appears in place of the Share Link button.
Snagit disables any share destinations in the Share menu that do not support the selected file type.
You may be prompted to allow Snagit access to your account or application before you can share the image or video.
Tip: Add a Preset
Set up a preset to automatically send an image or video to a share destination after capture. See Save Capture Settings as Presets.
Note: Many Share Destinations can be customized. See Customize a Share Destination.
Click the Share Link button or select Screencast from the Share dropdown. Snagit uploads an image or video to Screencast, TechSmith’s free online content hosting service, and copies a link to your clipboard to share with anyone, anywhere.
To learn more, see Share & Engage (Share Link).
Note: If you are not currently logged into your TechSmith account, sign in or set up an account. See About TechSmith Accounts.
Upload an image or video to TechSmith Knowmia.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Knowmia and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Use Camtasia to:
Snagit imports an MP4 video or image into the Media Bin in TechSmith Camtasia.
Insert an image into a Microsoft Word document.
Note: If the share destination is missing in the Share dropdown, see Add a Share Destination.
Insert an image into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation slide.
Note: If the share destination is missing in the Share dropdown, see Add a Share Destination.
Attach an image or video to a new Outlook email message.
Insert an image into a Microsoft Excel workbook.
Note: If the share destination is missing in the Share dropdown, see Add a Share Destination.
Insert an image into a Microsoft OneNote page.
Upload an image or video to host on SharePoint. Snagit sends the share link to the Clipboard.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Microsoft and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Upload an image or video to Microsoft OneDrive.
Upload an image or video to Google Drive for image or video hosting. Snagit sends a share link to the Clipboard.
Google Drive is not a default share destination on Mac. To add this share destination, see Add a Share Destination.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Google Drive and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Upload an image or video to Dropbox for image or video hosting. Snagit sends the share link to the Clipboard.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Dropbox and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Upload an image or video to Box for image or video hosting. Snagit sends the share link to the Clipboard.
Box is not a default share destination on Mac. To add this share destination, see Add a Share Destination.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Box and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Share an image, video, or animated GIF to a specific Slack channel or direct message. Install the Snagit App for Slack to preview and play Snagit content directly in the Slack message.
To learn more, see Connect and Collaborate with Snagit + Slack.
Upload an image as a note to Evernote.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Evernote and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image.
Author a tweet that includes an image or video.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Twitter and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Upload a video to a Panopto account.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Panopto and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share a video.
Upload a video to a YouTube account. YouTube provides a URL for quick sharing to an audience or an embed code for embedding the capture on a website or blog.
YouTube resizes the video to fit within their standard dimensions. For best results, record at YouTube’s recommended dimensions. See Record a Video with Snagit.
Note: When prompted, you must sign in to Youtube and allow Snagit permission to access your account to share an image or video.
Save an image or video to a file location.
Insert an image into a new email message.
Send an image or video to an FTP server using file transfer protocol.
Send an image or video to another program. Select from a list of programs that support the selected file format.
To add a program to the list:
The parameters field populates automatically and the program is added to the Share dropdown.
Send an image or video to another application. Select from a list of applications that support the selected file format.
To add an application to the list:
The application is added to the Share dropdown.
Copy an image to the Windows Clipboard for quick pasting into other locations or applications.
Send an image to a printer.
Insert an image or video into a Pages document. Snagit opens a new Pages document if one is not already open.
Note: The Pages application must be installed before you share. When prompted, you must allow Snagit permission to access Pages to share an image or video.
Insert an image or video to a Keynote presentation.
Note: The Keynote application must be installed before you share. When prompted, you must allow Snagit permission to access Keynote to share an image or video.
Insert an image or video to a Numbers document.
Note: The Numbers application must be installed before you share. When prompted, you must allow Snagit permission to access Numbers to share an image or video.
You can add additional share destinations to Snagit.
Customize share destinations to:
To customize a share destination:
Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2023. Previous versions may look or function differently.