Shooting a computer screen

[Danny Hays]

One of the more popular and best ones is Camtasia. It’s pricy but very good. Here’s a link to several others.

https://store.techsmith.com/default.asp

Here’s a link to a free one.

https://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm

Hope this helps, Danny Hays

[John Rofrano]

[Linda O'Connell] “How are people shooting a computer screen when they show a software tutorial on You Tube? (They are explaining how to do something on a computer and it is showing the software in action) Their videos are so clear so I don’t think they are just filming the screen.”

I use Camtasia 7. It is well worth the money if you do a lot of tutorials. As Danny said there are free alternatives like CamStudio but what you are paying for in Camtasia 7 is a high quality lossless codec and a nice editor. I personally don’t use the editor much because I edit all of my tutorials in Vegas Pro 10 but the editor in Camtasia makes quick work of zooming the screen and adding annotations. You can download a free trial and see for yourself.

If you can’t afford Camtasia, try Jing. It’s made by the same people and it’s free! (but it doesn’t have the great codec).

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com