What's New in 2025.4.2
- Updated Optical Character Recognition (OCR) third party licensing file to allow for continued use of Grab Text, Edit Text, and Smart Redact functionality.
What's New in 2025.4.1
Updates for IT Administrators
- Updated to WiX 6.0.2 to help ensure continued support for the Snagit installer.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Snagit Editor might crash for certain hardware configurations.
- Fixed an issue where users were unable to sign in to YouTube and Google Drive for sharing.
- Fixed an issue where the operating system was not captured or available when using the Capture Info effect on images.
What's New in 2025.4.0 (23 October 2025)
New Features
Share images to Camtasia online
- Users can now share one or more images to Camtasia online, our free online screen recorder and video maker.
- Capture high quality images with Snagit, then share to Camtasia online to record narration over your images, invite others to collaborate, and apply professionally designed layouts to your videos with just a few clicks.
Experimental Features
Be a part of shaping Snagit's roadmap by trying out our exciting new developments! Turn features on and off via the Experiments tab in Editor Preferences, and let us know what you think with the Send Feedback button.
- HDR Capture Fidelity captures colors to match HDR-capable displays more accurately.
Feature Updates
Subscription Software
- Improved messaging when the user has an expired business license subscription in their account.
- Added messaging to the Account Dropdown to let users know when their business license subscription is expired.
Step Capture
- Step Capture now takes a fullscreen capture if the detected area is less than 200x200 pixels.
Sharing
- Updated sharing to Camtasia Editor to support sending multiple files simultaneously for more streamlined video creation.
- Improved Snagit's video recording engine to continue laying the foundation for future improvements.
- Improved performance and stability when using the clipboard to edit and annotate large Step Capture images.
- Right-clicking the title bar in Snagit Capture or Snagit Editor now opens a system menu to control the position and size of the window.
- Added screen reader support for videos in the Snagit Editor Learning Center.
- Added hover states to Snagit Capture for improved accessibility.
Updates for IT Administrators
- Fixed an issue where share destinations that were disabled during deployment were being re-enabled in subsequent updates.
- Updated the Slack share destination workspace authorization method for improved security.
- Updated libzip library to version 1.11.4.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where software keys might not be saved to a user's account during activation.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting Snagit Editor after sharing a capture.
- Fixed a crash that might occur when generating a thumbnail in the Recent Captures Tray.
- Fixed a crash that might occur when editing large images or multi-page documents in Snagit Editor.
- Fixed a crash that might occur when exiting Snagit Editor after viewing the Library.
- Fixed an issue with memory allocation during Step Capture that could impact performance.
- Fixed an issue where shared videos could include sections that had been trimmed out.
- Fixed an issue where newly-added Quick Styles were automatically added to Favorites.
- Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the Snagit Editor Learning Center might incorrectly prompt a security warning.
What's New in 2025.3.1 (03 September 2025)
- Updated keyboard navigation in the presets section of Snagit Capture for improved accessibility.
Updates for IT Administrators
- Added an option to the Deployment Tool for removing TechSmith Assets for Snagit service links for users without internet access or who are in restricted environments.
- Updated the Slack share destination authorization storage method for improved security.
- Updated section 7.1 of the End User License Agreement regarding subscription term.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when adjusting the capture selection crosshairs with the arrow keys.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting Editor while Stamp thumbnails were still loading.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when pausing a Step Capture with the Snagit icon in the system tray.
- Fixed an issue where microphone selection might not persist after a recording is canceled then restarted.
- Fixed an issue where users whose subscriptions expired while signed out were unable to sign in.
- Fixed an issue where Step Capture could miss capturing some cursor actions.
- Fixed an issue where Step Capture might incorrectly capture very small cursor movements as many individual steps.
- Fixed truncated text for the Step tool "Text Color" property for French, Spanish, and Portuguese installations of Snagit.
What's New in 2025.3.0 (06 August 2025)
Feature Updates
Step Capture
- Cursors captured via Step Capture can now be easily moved in or deleted from guides.
- Guides created with Step Capture and shared to Microsoft Word are now sent as separate images and editable text rather than as a single, uneditable image.
Editor
- Updated the Editor user interface to show both Library and Editor options on the main toolbar.
- Added clearer messaging to the Account dropdown for users who continue in trial mode after their subscription expires.
- Updated the tutorials button in the Learning Center to open a help PDF if the user's computer is not connected to the internet.
- Updated Capture Window tab names for improved accessibility with screen readers.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where users might get a Failed to Save error if the Snagit Library is set to save to a cloud service such as OneDrive or Dropbox.
- Fixed a crash when opening Share Preferences from the View menu in the Capture Window.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting Snagit during an auto save.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when starting a Step Capture.
- Fixed an issue where the Snagit Library did not remember the zoom level set by the user.
- Fixed an issue where an image dragged from the tray onto another image might disappear or be cropped when you apply an effect.
- Fixed an issue where cursors would still appear in Step Captures when the Capture Cursor setting was turned off.
- Fixed an issue where sharing a Step Capture to multiple destinations from the Capture Window did not work as expected.
- Fixed an issue where a hotkey in use error might show when starting a Step Capture.
- Fixed an issue in the Capture Window where the Share destination selection would be ignored when using Step Capture.
- Fixed an issue where opening an image might result in an incorrect error message after using the Edit in Snagit option in Camtasia.
- Fixed an issue where corner rounding could be applied inconsistently in some situations.
- Fixed an issue where the preference to hide Snagit during capture did not work as expected.
- Fixed an issue where moving or resizing objects in some circumstances might cause temporary artifacts on the canvas.
- Fixed a rare issue where page navigation for Snagit Printer captures might not appear or close as expected.
What's New in 2025.2.1 (25 June 2025)
Updates for IT Administrators
- Fixed an issue where Snagit would initially run with elevated Administrator privileges after an in-app update and restart.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where tags applied to images might not save correctly.
- Fixed a crash that might occur when closing the Editor.
What's New in 2025.2.0 (05 June 2025)
Feature Updates
Edit Images from Camtasia
- Snagit can now be used to seamlessly edit images from Camtasia. Requires Camtasia version 2025.2.0 or later.
- In the Camtasia Media Bin, right-click an image and select the Edit in Snagit option.
- In Snagit, make your edits. When finished, click Send in the "Send changes to Camtasia" notification to replace the image on your Camtasia timeline.
Step Capture
- Improved the Step Capture template to accommodate longer auto-populated step text.
- Annotations such as Callout or Arrow tool objects now anchor to and move with sections as sections are added to, reordered, or deleted from templates.
Subscription Software
- Updated the Account dropdown to open automatically when new subscription related messages are present.
- Improved the startup time for Snagit Capture application.
Updates for IT Administrators
- Updated BouncyCastle.Cryptography package to address CVE-2024-29857 and CVE-2024-30172.
- Removed dependency on Xceed Zip.
- Updated LeadTools DLLs.
- Fixed an issue where Snagit might not recognize offline subscription activation.
- Fixed an issue where the video recording toolbar could be hidden from users when using Snagit in virtual environments or with remote desktop applications.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where using Step Capture with the Share destination set to File in the Capture Window could result in data loss.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when capturing on some HDR monitors.
- Fixed an issue where the cursor object in a capture might include some of the background image in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue with the Box share destination to use the default browser for authentication.
- Fixed an issue where the Blur tool Color property could show when the blur or pixelate Type was selected.
- Fixed an issue where the privacy policy link in Snagit's installer might not open in the expected language.
What's New in 2025.1.1 (17 April 2025)
Feature Updates
- Snagit now informs users if their license is disabled.
- Fixed multiple issues where the Capture Widget would not appear or capture as expected.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where using the Blur tool from Favorites blocked the use of other favorite tools.
- Fixed an issue where Snagit might not recognize offline subscription activation.
- Fixed an issue where Smart Redact did not always apply the correct intensity level for the Pixelate or Blur types on subsequent runs.
- Fixed an issue where flashes might appear in recordings made with Video from Images.
- Fixed an issue to correctly apply background color from the Video from Images recording toolbar.
- Fixed an issue where the canvas was not shown correctly when cropping an image with corner rounding applied.
- Fixed an issue where the text editing cursor might persist when using the Text and Callout objects.
- Fixed an issue where the focus indicator around the hotkey in the Capture Window might be clipped for some screen resolutions.
What's New in 2025.1.0 (26 March 2025)
Feature Updates
Step Capture
- Step Capture now automatically adds descriptive text of what was clicked to each step in the resulting guide.
- Step Capture now detects secondary clicks and distinguishes them as "Right-click" in the resulting guide.
- Improved Step Capture accuracy, performance, and reliability.
- Added the ability for Step Capture to capture Windows Task Manager or other programs running with administrator privileges.
- Added the ability to cancel a Step Capture by pressing the Escape key.
Smart Redact
- Added the ability to change the color of solid redactions in Smart Redact and Blur tool properties.
- Rounded the corners of Smart Redactions to improve the look and feel.
- Improved Smart Redact to prevent single text items from being redacted in multiple categories.
- Improved Smart Redact face detection to reduce false positives resulting in redundant redactions.
- Improved Smart Redact face detection for side profiles and 3/4 views.
- Improved the reliability of Smart Redact text detection on resized images.
- Updated Blur tool Quick Styles to apply only Type and Intensity properties to a selected object, and not Shape.
Subscription Software
- Added support for all license and activation types.
- Updated license information in the About Snagit window to better support business subscriptions.
- Updated the subscription renewal date format to include day of the month to avoid confusion.
- Updated the profile picture in the welcome window to be a circle rather than square.
- Added a tooltip to the Account dropdown.
HDR Image Capture
- Improved the color accuracy of white areas captured on HDR monitors.
- Fixed an issue where Snagit could fail to correctly preview and capture HDR monitors set to Portrait orientation.
Templates
- Updated templates to allow use of image controls without first selecting the image.
- Improved the appearance of the Drag to Swap handle in templates.
- Removed Footer from the Add Section menu for templates that do not have a Footer option.
Sharing
- Added a message when sharing to Screencast to inform when the description exceeds the character limit.
- Fixed an issue where Snagit Editor might freeze when saving very large images, or when creating a very large, new image or template.
- Added search result counts to the Library and Stamp tool for improved accessibility.
- Added hover states to template editing icons for improved accessibility.
- Improved the contrast when navigating with the keyboard in the Step Capture toolbar for improved accessibility.
Updates for IT Administrators
- Updated Pango package to address CVE-2024-50602.
- Updated LeadTools DLLs.
- Fixed an issue where disabled share destinations could appear even when Snagit was deployed using the Disable Share Manager setting.
- Fixed an issue where signing out of Snagit with a business subscription could revert a user to trial mode.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where running Snagit's installer repair failed to restore some localized content and missing Stamp tool objects.
- Fixed an issue where some templates did not include all selected images upon creation.
- Fixed the Capture Cursor toggle in the Video from Images recording toolbar to work and display correctly.
- Fixed an issue where an image dragged onto a placeholder in a template might not appear immediately.
- Fixed an issue where recording toolbar menus were always hidden in final videos, even if the Capture preference to hide Snagit was turned off.
- Fixed an issue where the Smart Redact panel might show the incorrect redaction type when a file is reopened.
- Fixed an issue where some annotations and Step Captures saved to certain file formats, such as PNG, did not display correctly in Snagit Editor.
- Fixed an issue where shadows on Text objects might not align with characters when editing.
- Fixed an issue where the Pixel Grid hotkey (Ctrl+G) would not update the File menu option checkmark correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the Checking for License dialog might open in front of a web browser rather than in the background.
- Fixed an issue in the Capture Widget where new preset notifications could be truncated in some languages.
What's New in 2025.0.0 (12 February 2025)
New Features
1️⃣-2️⃣-3️⃣ Step Capture
- Saves time creating informal training or process documentation.
- Automatically grabs screenshots as you click through a workflow.
- Turns them into an editable visual guide with numbered steps for you.
- To get started, in the Capture Window select Presets > Step Capture.
🔍🔳 Smart Redact
- Saves time combing through screenshots to protect confidential or sensitive information.
- Identifies and automatically redacts credit card numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and more.
- To get started, in the Snagit Editor select Blur Tool > Smart Redact.
🚫🗣️ Remove Background Noise
- No need for a recording booth!
- Automatically removes fan noise, nearby conversations, dog barks, and more from your video recordings.
Customizable Share Link
- Admins can now customize Share Link to send to OneDrive, Google Drive, or Screencast.
- End users get a shareable link with just one click.
Subscription Software
- Snagit 2025 is now available for individuals and businesses by annual subscription.
- Always stay up-to-date with new and improved features.
- Transferable seats for business license subscriptions.
Feature Updates
- Updated share completion notifications to use Windows Notifications.
- Updated templates to allow users to draw Shape tool objects over a drop zone.
- Added buttons to template drop zones to easily zoom in or out by 20%.
- Added an icon to easily delete a section from a template.
- Replaced graphic thumbnails with text labels when adding a new section to a template.
- Removed Knowmia as a share destination as the service has been retired.
- Improved performance when interacting with very large images or template-based images.
Updates for IT Administrators
- Updated the Snagit installer to run as 64-bit.
- Updated the Snagit installer to WiX 4.0.6 prior to end of support for WiX v3 in early 2025.
- Added tooltips to Editor tool properties for improved accessibility.
- Updated the End User License Agreement to include Snagit subscription information.
- Updated System.Text.Encodings.Web package to address CVE-2021-26701.
- Updated System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt package to address CVE-2024-21319.
- Updated System.Text.Json package to address CVE-2024-30105.
- Updated RestSharp package to address CVE-2024-45302.
- Removed dependency on Microsoft.Rest.ClientRuntime package which is now deprecated.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the resolution of image captures might not be correct.
- Fixed an issue where image captures sometimes did not include the cursor as expected.
- Fixed an issue where the icon to add a section to a template might overlap the handle to resize the canvas.
- Fixed an issue in the Capture Window where Region selection options might appear incorrectly for other selection types.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when zooming in on large images in Editor.