Jing and ScreenToaster are great screen-capturing tools, but I find them pretty limiting, because you can't edit the video. Well, those days are over.
GoView (in Beta) is a free tool that allows you to record your screen with audio, then edit the resulting video. While the editing is pretty basic, you can remove the unwanted parts, and add titles. Perfect for student tutorials.
Unfortunately, the video is all online, hosted on the GoView site, so you won't end up with a file you can use, but it's easy enough to share the link.
Speaking of which, here's a link to their tutorial.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Testing Snagit: I'm Sold!
I've been spending the last 90 minutes playing with Snagit. School was out 2 hours ago. Fair to say, I love it. Not that there aren't kinks (it's working better with Safari than with Firefox at the moment). But, wow, what it can do!
Notice the really long picture of the blog--it can do a rolling screen capture. Your picture image is no longer limited by the size of your screen. You can even save it as a JPEG2 file, which would allow it to be scrollable, rather than a long file like this.
And you can curve lines, have a lot more control over editing properties (shadow, line size, etc) than with Skitch.
Come the time, I'm definitely buying this!
Notice the really long picture of the blog--it can do a rolling screen capture. Your picture image is no longer limited by the size of your screen. You can even save it as a JPEG2 file, which would allow it to be scrollable, rather than a long file like this.
And you can curve lines, have a lot more control over editing properties (shadow, line size, etc) than with Skitch.
Come the time, I'm definitely buying this!
Snagit for Mac is Beta-Testing
If you're a Mac user, you might want to take a look at Snagit, Tech-Smith's answer to Skitch, which I've been using for a couple of years.
They're beta-testing, so it's free...but don't expect it to work seamlessly!
Both programs allow you to take a screen capture, and then add text, arrows, etc., making them great for tutorials. Snagit has been available for Windows users for quite a while (my Mom loves it).
Here's the question, though: Skitch is free, so why would anyone pay for Snagit, once it's out of beta? TechSmith will really have to load on the features!
I like beta-testing (it makes me feel so cutting edge!), so I'll definitely take a look at it. And TechSmith is a fabulous company; I use Camtasia and love it, though, again, it's new and not as feature-rich as the Windows version. Oh, well!
They're beta-testing, so it's free...but don't expect it to work seamlessly!
Both programs allow you to take a screen capture, and then add text, arrows, etc., making them great for tutorials. Snagit has been available for Windows users for quite a while (my Mom loves it).
Here's the question, though: Skitch is free, so why would anyone pay for Snagit, once it's out of beta? TechSmith will really have to load on the features!
I like beta-testing (it makes me feel so cutting edge!), so I'll definitely take a look at it. And TechSmith is a fabulous company; I use Camtasia and love it, though, again, it's new and not as feature-rich as the Windows version. Oh, well!
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