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Re: Recommendations on Screen Recording and Editing Program
Subject:Re: Recommendations on Screen Recording and Editing Program From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:54:21 -0400
Sorry... Movie Maker will record from a webcam, but not the screen itself.
But you could easily take a series of still screen captures depicting an
operational sequence, and then dump them into MM with a seamless voiceover.
I did just this last week in creating a MP4 client recommendation to add to
my LinkedIn profile.
But yeah, Camtasia is a terrific tool (and preferred). TechSmith likely
still offers a free 30-day trial, so there's that. If your company hasn't
already used up its trial, that would be the way I'd go.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Evelyn Lee Barney <evbarney -at- comcast -dot- net>
wrote:
>
> I've never had any problems with Camtasia. It's what I use and find it
> does everything i need it to.
>
> Ev
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> Be careful with CamStudio. I've heard good things about it but while
> researching it, I found out downloads have a virus. Maybe it's fixed by now.
>
> Ginger Stuckey
> Technical Publications - Design
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> Subject: RE: Recommendations on Screen Recording and Editing Program
>
>https://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-camtasia-studio-alternatives
> Never used it, but heard about CamStudio many times before.
>
>http://www.adobe.com/cart.html?marketSegment=COM&editSku=65185922
> Captivate may be an option too. It's only $30 / year now.
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> kafkascampi
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> To: Ball, Guy
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Recommendations on Screen Recording and Editing Program
>
> I use Screenflow for that--about 90$ and does all you require but is for
> the Mac.
>
> On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Ball, Guy <guy -dot- ball -at- astronics -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > We're looking to do a few little "how-to" videos for internal use
> > involving the proper way to use some software functions. Most of the
> > videos will be 3 to 5 minutes and we want to record what we're doing
> > onscreen as well as the voice instructions done at the same time. It
> > would be important to edit the video (at least a little) after we
> > shoot it. We expect to put the video on our internal server as
> > opposed to posting to YouTube (though things change and this might be an
> option as well).
> >
> > I use Camtasia a long time ago but it's on the pricey side for what
> > we want to do. (I know I can download it for 30 days free and that
> > may be a route we go.)
> >
> > I was hoping someone have experience with another tool that might be
> > cheaper or free.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Guy
> >
> > Guy Ball
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > Astronics Test Systems
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> > Irvine, CA 92618
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