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Open Snagit Editor

• Click Open Editor in the Capture window.
  
• On Windows, in the Notifications area, right-click the Snagit icon and select Open Snagit Editor.
  

Snagit Editor Overview

Snagit Editor is packed with options to review, edit, and share your captures. Here are key areas with links to learn more:

1. Editor
   Click the Editor tab to switch from the Library to the Editor.
   
2. Library
   The Snagit Library stores your capture history, including images, video recordings, and animated GIFs created with Snagit. Find captures by date, source, tags, and more. See Introduction to Snagit Library.
   
3. Assets
   Browse, search, and download from over 100 million stamps, photos, themes, and templates for use in Snagit. See Download TechSmith Assets for Snagit.
   
4. Capture
   Open the Capture window to access the full range of image, video, and all-in-one capture settings. See Capture Your Screen.
   
5. Create
   Click to select from:
   • Image from Template: Quickly create how-to guides, side-by-side comparisons and more. See Create Visual Guides with Templates.
   • Video from Images: Add narration to images to record a video to provide more in-depth explanation than just images alone. See Turn Your Screenshots into a Video.
     
6. Toolbar
   Click to select a tool to annotate, edit, and enhance image captures. Click More to access additional tools. See Snagit Tools.

   Note: Tools are only available to edit images. To add annotations while recording video, use Screen Draw. To add annotations to already recorded video, share your video to TechSmith Camtasia.

7. Share
   • Click Copy All to copy and paste the selected image or video into another application.
   • Click Share Link to copy a shareable link to your clipboard. See Get a Shareable Link.
   • Click the Share dropdown to share to a specific app or save to your computer or cloud location. See Share Captures.
     
8. Quick Styles
   Apply or save custom-made tool styles. See Quickly Access Favorite Styles and Tools.
   
9. Properties
   Adjust tool properties such as color, font size, or shape to customize the selected tool. See Snagit Tools.
   
10. Effects
    Click Effects to view available image effects, such as image border, torn edge, information about the capture, or color adjustment. See Add Effects.
    
11. Workspace
    The workspace is the area to preview and edit captures. See Tips for Working with Images on the Workspace.
    
12. Video Playback and Editing
    Review, trim, and cut out unwanted segments of your video. Combine multiple clips, create an animated GIF, or save a frame as an image. See Edit a Video.
    
13. Recent Captures Tray
    The tray shows the recent image and video captures, as well as other files opened or edited in Snagit Editor. The thumbnail selected in the tray appears on the workspace. See Recent Captures Tray.

Tips for Working with Images on the Workspace

• To create more space to work with an image, drag one of the handles on the edge of the image canvas.
  
• To round corners, click and drag the yellow diamond handle in the top right corner of the image.
  
• To combine images, drag an image from the recent captures tray onto the workspace.
  
• For images with transparency, set the canvas color to transparent. See Remove a Background.

For more options and details, see Edit Captures tutorials.

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