Category: Tutorials
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Lifehacker readers pick the Five Best Screencasting Tools
I'm not sure if these are presented in rank order, but Lifehacker has a post reporting reader picks for the 5 best screencasting tools, which are: Screenflow, Jing, CamStudio, Camtasia Studio, ScreenToaster. Check the comments for all sorts of additional nuggets too.
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Adobe Captivate for Mac in 2010
eQuixotic reports and RJ Jacquez confirms in the comments that Adobe Captivate for Mac is scheduled for release sometime in 2010.
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Libraries and Online Video – Free Online Seminar with TechSoup
Techsoup.org is hosting the following videoconference on Wednesday, November 18: Wouldn’t it be great if complicated technology concepts were explained in a simple way that’s easy to understand? Imagine how something like this could assist you in training sessions for patrons or staff. Well look no further, Common Craft creates explanatory videos “In Plain English”…
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1080p HD is coming to YouTube
I don’t think it will have any real implications for screencasting in the library world, but the YouTube blog reports that starting the week of November 16 they’ll support video resolution up to 1080p.
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New site: Mac Screencasting
A new site all about Mac Screencasting launched today. Not a whole lot of content up yet, but what’s there is solid and professional; it’s going to be an excellent resource for all screencasters, and Mac screencasters in particular. Be sure to check out the link to the whitepaper over on the right. Looking forward…
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Screencasting on the Mac – Screenflow 2 vs Camtasia:mac
Screenflow 2.0 came out earlier this week, so I now have production copies of it and Camtasia:mac. I hadn't planned to do a head-to-head, but the opportunity arose today, so I took it. Below you'll find copies of the same screencast I did to introduce Summon to our community. The first was done in Screenflow,…
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Screencasting Review: On the subject of Camtasia for Mac and Screenflow
While I have copies of Camtasia:Mac and iShowU HD and a demo copy of Screenflow, I haven’t made the time to do a comparison of them. John Basile at Scrast.net has taken a fairly comprehensive look at Camtasia:Mac and Screenflow though. No clear winner is the ultimate conclusion (except maybe for the end-user 🙂
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News about Screencasting and Screen Capture on the Mac
Seems to be a pretty newsy day! Techsmith has released Camtasia:mac (screencasting) AND announced that they’re developing a version of Snagit for the Mac (screen capture). Not to be left out, Telestream has announced (but not yet released) version 2 of their excellent screencasting program, Screenflow. screencasting, osx
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Comparing Online Screen Recorders
Another week, another online screen recording program; this time it's Screenr. Amit at Digital Inspiration has a post comparing this newcomer to Screen Toaster, Screen Jelly and Screencast-o-matic. While he uses a narrative style, I'd prefer a chart, so I put one together: Tool Duration Dimensions Webcam/Mic Video Format Quality YouTube HD Mobile? Screenr 5…
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Use embedr for video/screencast playlists
A couple of months ago my colleague Carmen pointed me to Embedr, “a free service that lets anyone create a custom playlist of videos from the top video sites on the web.” Finally had a chance to take a look at it and quite like it. Basically you can feed it the URLs of videos…