
Snagit Editor can help you edit and custom video with arrows, text, call-outs, effects, and more. It is designed with many advanced recording features to ensure you have a good screen capture experience and high-quality output video.Īfter you recorded a video with Snagit, it will automatically upload to the Snagit Editor. But this was quick and dirty for the purposes of this post.Posted by Jane Winston January 13, Snagit is a very popular and comprehensive screen capturing tool which can help you record computer screen. I could have done a much better job here by zooming in and making sure I got every little detail. Here is the final product from this tutorial: You can also drop your cut out image into some other image like this! (Sort of what one might do in r/photoshopbattles.) Once you've done that you have a "cut out" image that you can use in a nice clean instruction manual, web app, PowerPoint, or what have you. Note: Make sure the background of the image is set to transparent. Use the Fill tool to fill the shape with transparency. Use the Selection tool to select the area around the object. Use the same color as before for the fill. Use the shape tool to create another shape to fill it in. There is going to be a gap, as seen above. A tip I have is to always add extra vectors because it allows for better adjustment. Note: Before flattening, make sure you have the lines lined up correctly. Here I use a "green screen" kind of a bright green. Then fill it with a color that isn't in the image. From there, begin to draw a box around the object. Zoom in for any parts that are "rounded" or highly detailed. Draw the first line towards the object that you're going to cut out and begin to outline it.

Note: I prefer to use a color that will stand out in the image, a one point line, and no anti-aliasing. Start by creating your polygon at one of the edges of the screen. Also a good idea to start with high quality image in the first place. png file so that in can support transparency.

You're going to need to save the image you're going to be editing as a. That is, by default, disabled in SnagIt 12, which is what I am using. )īefore getting started you're going to need your polygon tool. I've needed to do this professionally many times. How to take an element of a photo and "cut it out" so that the background is transparent.
