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Question on producing a software tutorial
I have a client who wants to produce a web tutorial on a software program his company manufactures. I’ve been experimenting with SnapZ Pro and I get excellent results when I export directly to a Flash encoder. The only problem is that we are going to combine the screen capture sequences with live video of the instructor, so I have to bring it all into FCP (DV) for editing before encoding to Flash. Of course, I lose a considerable amount of resolution in the process. Would there be a better method for doing this?
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I use snapzpro for the podcasts I do
I set to same size as capture photojpeg and then edit that in final cut and wait a long time. suppose prores for HD pixel size files might help but havent tried, also this could possibly give more realtime. snapzpro encodes at the end of your screen capture session so codec is whatever is supported in quicktime pro.
I make a custom easy setup for this codec and the size i wish to output
i then zoom the large video into details from the screen. dont bother with snapz pro zoom it is irritating to watch
also dont use the dv codec for any animation sequences like this, it just wont work trust me. keep the sequences you are working in deinterlaced and uncompressed if possible. photojpeg can save a little on file sizes and doesnt compress flat colour nearly as bad as dv
if you are playing out to tape find a way to output uncompressed hd if you need detail or sd if your going the zoom route
dont expect any realtime whatsoever
if going to flash look into episode encoder, or use the h264 compressor preset with VBR best settings and suitable data rate for your output medium
oh and I would suggest trying mousepose and backdrop softwares along with a separate audio recording done beforehand which is playing while you are demonstrating, use a good mic and sound card.
all i can say is it aint easy to get it to look ok and it needs quite a bit of tests and spare Hard drive space
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Thanks Ben. I shoot the video portion in DVCAM, so you’re suggesting that I edit the program in a deinterlaced photojpeg sequence, rather than DV?
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probably easiest way is drag into the not a dv codec based sequence and let it take care of. edit the dv footage first (if needed for speed) in another dv seq first and then copy clips across. open format timeline will deinterlace ok for you
or if quality is key and time not important try compressor and reimport (not so important)
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