Category: Tutorials
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Update released for Camtasia Studio – version 5.1
Still running Win2K at the office, so can’t offer any personal experiences with this version of my favorite screencasting tool, but Techsmith has released an update to their current version of Camtasia Studio: version 5.1. As always, you can use it for a 30-day free trial. Technorati Tags: Screencasting, Techsmith, Camtasia
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The Sub Prime meltdown explained (twice)
Two different ways to explain the same weird situation – which one works better for you? PBS NewsHour (thanks for the link Dad)The Subprime Primer, explained by Stick Men (contains potentially offensive language) Hope not too many of you are directly caught in this mess :-/
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Podcasting in Plain English
Another CBC Podcast to recommend, or at least a specific episode: Spark podcast. In the most recent episode they interview Lee Lefever, part of the creative force behind the …in Plain English series of screenpapercasts. The title of this post comes from the end of their interview where Lee is put on the spot to…
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Provide feedback on the development of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac
Techsmith is currently running a couple of brief surveys to find out what folks think are the most important features for their under-development-versions of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac. Why not take a couple of minutes to let them know what you think: Camtasia Studio for the Mac survey (Camtasia is for screen…
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OSX Screenshot Showdown – Jing vs Skitch
I almost didn’t bother with this post after running a quick Google search on Jing vs Skitch and finding nearly 1,000 results, but I went through a fair number and couldn’t find anything that actually compared them side by side, so I went ahead. Both Jing and Skitch are free (currently) programs for Mac OS…
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First Impressions of ScreenFlow
Heh, I forgot we now have a machine in our office with Leopard installed, so this AM I sat down for 20 minutes with ScreenFlow. It’s pretty nice, and the editing features are really slick. Very nice callouts and zooms and mirror effects. But no text can be added, which is a really big bummer. …
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Screencast Editing on the Mac – ScreenFlow
Just a couple of weeks ago I lamented that what was really missing from all the screencasting options for the Mac was the ability to easily edit post-capture. Well folks, we may have turned a corner. Vara Software has just released ScreenFlow, which sounds as though it does everything I want it to. The only…
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EZProxy and OvidSP Round 2 – Removing the Tip Box
Last month I wrote about how to use EZProxy’s find and replace feature to change the unhelpful text on a database tab to something more helpful:EZProxy Find and Replace: when the vendor says they can’t… Well the Medical Librarians at U of C had another request; to see if we could get rid of that…
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Random Tuesday Tech Tip #5 – Aardvark Firefox Extension
The other day I came across a Firefox extension called Aardvark that makes it really easy to clean up websites to print, or even to read online w/o lots of advertisements and fluff around the text. Here’s a quick demo of it in action:
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ViewletBuilder 4 for the Mac – now with sound!
Update: whoops, I originally posted this calling it VB 5, but was contacted by Qarbon who pointed out it’s actually version 4 (they’re still working on 5 for the Mac) Well hot on the heels of my complaint about not having a tool to edit .mov files, Qarbon shared with me a beta of ViewletBuilder…