How To Add Drop Shadow Effect In All The Sides Of Screenshots Using Snagit

I’m a big fan of Snagit and for me, it’s the best screen capture tool that I’ve ever tried. It has a lot of features and offers different capture modes. It can also add effects to your screenshots like fade edge, drop shadow, torn edge, and many more. However, there are some people who are complaining (including me) because when we use the drop shadow effect, it only applies in two sides of the screenshot. There’s no option to apply drop shadow effect in all the sides.

Here’s an example:

WinSnap is another screen capture tool that can also add effects in screenshots like drop shadow, reflection, and more. What’s good about this software is that when you use drop shadow, all the sides will have a shadow effect unlike in Snagit.

Here’s an example:

If you already have Snagit installed on your PC, it’s not recommended to buy WinSnap (worth $24.90) just to add drop shadow effect in all the sides of your screenshot. I can show you a very simple trick on how to add entire drop shadow effect in your screenshots using Snagit. Check this out!

1. Launch Snagit and choose a capture mode. Under Profile Settings, click Effects –> Edge Effects –> Drop Shadow Edge.

2. In Shadow Color, choose dark gray (R:128, G:128 B:128). In Shadow depth (pixels), choose 25.

3. Make a screenshot. In Snagit Editor, go to Image tab. Choose Effects –> Shadows –> More Shadows. Change the Shadow depth to 25 and Shadow color to dark gray (R:128, G:128 B:128). Change the position. Click OK.

4. Repeat step 3 until you finish adding shadow in all the sides/positions. You’re done!

Here’s the result:

Now you don’t have to edit your screenshots in Photoshop or use other screen capture tools like WinSnap just to add drop shadow effect in all the sides of your screenshots!

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