Snapz Pro X - 2.2.2

It is unfortunate but true. We still need this. For despite the many improvements in Snow Leopard, Apple foolishly refused to empower us with the means to select a "section" of the screen to take a video of. Who wants an enormous video of the entire screen on 24" iMacs or 30" big screens? The filesize becomes ridiculous (and yes, I am aware of the Animation codec which is very crisp yet compact for videos of the screen). SnapzPro solves this problem very nicely by giving me flexibility on what I can capture on screen.

But my gripe is voiceover compression. Why can't Snapz Pro give me the means to compress the microphone audio in a modern format like MP3 or AAC? Instead I have to compress using one of the silly choices SnapzPro gives me, which sounds quite bad and isn't that small in terms of filesize either. It's a major problem which is not being address.

Another concern is, why did it take Snow Leopard for this software to be updated? It hadn't been updated in ages and now the developer sighs and says, "Blasted! We have to update it." That's how I, a user, perceive it anyway. Improve your software, for goodness sake, and don't wait for OS updates to do it!

Snapz has served me well over the years. I agree that it's getting long in the tooth especially since it does much of what Grab (which comes free with OS X) does, but has a better interface. I use it primarily grabbing movies. I primarily use Little Snaps or Voila for screen grabs since they have built in edit tools.

My biggest complaint is the inability to use newer apps to open the screen grabs in. It still offers Appleworks. It should allow me to use an app of my choice not theirs. I have started using Acorn for light work, other times I use Graphic Converter which the only other choice other than Preview that they offer that I have.

It needs an overhaul and feature targeted feature enhancements. One thing I would like to see is a menu bar icon to interact with the app. It is difficult to quit unless you have your secret decoder ring properly set.

I've been using SnapzPro for years and it's superb in use in every way. Although I'm sure this release launches much faster than the previous one, it does appear to have one glitch for which I've just submitted a ticket to the support guys at Ambrosia and which reads:

"I just upgraded to version 2.1.4 If I check the 'Check for new versions at launch' option in Preferences then, on the subsequent launch I see a dialog that tells me that there's a new version available (2.1.4) with buttons that enable me to "Go to website" or "Cancel" and a list of "What's new". However, the about box tells me I'm running the new version 2.1.4! I also note that when I go back into preferences, the 'Check for new version at launch' box is now unchecked and so, of course, I don't see the dialog described above again unless I re-check it.

Tim.

Snapz Pro is an amazing tool for screen capturing.

The interface is looking great and well organized. The myriad of options give the user total freedom to capture the screen.

It is very easy to handle, as there are no complicated controls or confusing sets of options.

The only point that bother me is the price.

Might as well put this msge on its own before anyone sweats over upgrading costs. If you have version 2.x this new version is free. If you're still at version 1.x then yes, you'll have to shell out 20$ which, frankly, is a pittance for the usefulness of this app. From the ReadMe: Snapz Pro X 2 costs $69. Upgrades from Snapz Pro X 1.0 w/ movie capture are $20. This is a free update to registered users of Snapz Pro X 2.x. And for those that accuse Ambrosia of being evildoers, please remember that these folks remained with the Mac market through the lowest of times.