Snapz Pro X

What: Screen capture software

By: Ambrosia Software, Inc.

Cost: $29; $69 with QuickTime movie feature

Download: www.ambrosiasw.com

Snapz Pro X played an important role in helping this book take shape. It's an easy-to-use utility for capturing images off a Mac mini's screen so that you can show them to someone else. All the screen shots in this book were made using Snapz Pro X.

Besides still images, Snapz Pro X can capture full-motion video of anything on your screen, complete with digital audio and an optional microphone voice-over. Think of it as a digital video camera for your screen. Snapz Pro X makes short work of creating training videos, producing product demos, creating tutorials, archiving streaming video, and capturing anything else on the screen that you can think of.

The figure shows the program's control palette.

Why I like it: If you need screen shotsor moviesthis is the best way I have found to create them.