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TOOLS: SnagIt, remove the middle of the capture, was Re: Snag-It 9.0 Again
Subject:TOOLS: SnagIt, remove the middle of the capture, was Re: Snag-It 9.0 Again From:Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> To:"Meryl R. Cohen" <merylster -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:58:57 -0400
Meryl,
> And yes I love the ragged edge thing! One thing I wish I could do is take
a
> slice out of the middle of a screenshot sometimes. So that I can show the
> top and a few items and then the controls on the bottom.
>
You can do this right now in either SnagIT 8 or 9.
In 8:
1. Select the region to cut out of the middle of the image
2. Select Edit > Join
In 9
1. Select the area to be cut out of the image
2. Select the Image tab, and click Cut Out
As the basic Join/Cut Out doesn't highlight that some thing is missing from
the page, I do the following:
In 8
1. Select the bottom portion and apply torn edge
2. Select the top portion and apply a second torm edge
3. Select the middle portion space and select Edit > Join.
In 9 You can create a custom work flow. You have a little more to do to set
everything up inthe begining but then you could work really fast.
1. Add the selection tool to the quick access tool bar.
2. Add a top section torn edge style to your Quick Access Styles
3. Add a bottom section torn edge style to your Quick Access Styles
When you are ready to process an image:
1. Select the bottom portion and apply quick style
2. Select the top portion and apply a second quick style
3. Select the middle portion and click Cut Out
Now the next thing they can do to make task like this even easier is to
give the option of turning those ragged edges to the inside of the bounding
box. The you'd only have to select the middle section adn apply the edge
effect once.
Gregory P. Sweet
Health Media Training Specialist, Certified Synchronous Learning Expert
Bureau of HEALTHCOM Network Systems Management
New York State Department of Health
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