When I shift+drag to get a non-rectangular selection, I want to be able to then click "border" and get a border around the selection. In SnagIt 12, this worked, but in 13, the "border" I get is borders around the two rectangles I combined to make the selection.
I'm attaching an image of the problem. What I wanted was just the outside border, not a border where the selections overlap.
Anyone have a solution (other than downgrading back to 12)? Thanks!
I'm attaching an image of the problem. What I wanted was just the outside border, not a border where the selections overlap.
Anyone have a solution (other than downgrading back to 12)? Thanks!

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Kelly Mullins, TechSmith Employee & Helper
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Hello,
I am trying to understand how this may have worked before...
So, right now, your process is"
Can you just elaborate a bit more on what you are doing and how you say it worked before to give you the look you needed.
Thanks!
Kelly
Customer Engagement
TechSmith
I am trying to understand how this may have worked before...
So, right now, your process is"
- Have a flattened canvas where you draw a selection on it. Like a rectangle.
- Press SHIFT and then drag that selection out to make its own object.
- While the new rectangle is still selected, you use the Border tool to apply a border and it is applied all the way around the object.
Can you just elaborate a bit more on what you are doing and how you say it worked before to give you the look you needed.
Thanks!
Kelly
Customer Engagement
TechSmith
David Howell, Employee
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This may have been introduced with some changes in the 13.1.0 release. I recorded this as a bug in our tracking system.
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Thanks for being so responsive so quickly.
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Based on my test yesterday, if it's a bug, it existed in the last point release of 12. ;)
David Howell, Employee
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I stand corrected. The way the border effect is applied to combined selections like this worked that way in Snagit 12.0.0, 12.4.1, and 13.0.3 (from my testing). Having it smartly apply the border to only the very outside would be a feature request and is not a bug.
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Lol. I work at a software company, too. It's funny how "make this feature behave logically" is always a feature request! :D
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I'll play around with it, though. Maybe if I cut out my selection and pasted it back in place to give it edges to snap to...