Because I learned to screencast with Qarbon ViewletBuilder I have long felt that it was best to capture screens and then go back and dub voice and annotation. I’ve gotta say though, I’m really starting to come around to the idea of the quick and dirty live capture with audio to just get the thing out the door. Both Camtasia Studio and Macromedia Captivate offer this option; I’ve been using Camtasia more of late.
A few minutes ago I wanted to share a tip with a colleague, and it took me all of two minutes to record myself (with audio) performing this tip, then about 4 more minutes to to produce the unedited video and upload it to the campus server. Sent her an email with the link and voila! Less time than it would’ve taken to walk to her office and show her the tip. Could’ve just as easily emailed her the finished product except for our voracious campus email filters stopping almost any weird attachments…