What's The Best Screen Capture Software?

[buddy7]

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering what the best screen capture software is with audio capability. I would rather get free ones, but I am open to others that are not free. Also, what's the best way to record a video of a power point presentation? Would the screen capture software be the best way to record a power point presentation?

Thanks!

Buddy7

[Gregg Cleland]

Checkout CamStudio .

Not to be confused with the ubiquitous (and very nice) $300'ish Camtasia Studio.

Screen capture programs like the two above will do a fine job of recording PowerPoint presentations. Camtasia has built in support for it, but just have your presentation sized for the screen area you're capturing and CamStudio will do fine.

[MattSanti]

Jing is great if you only want videos up to 5 minutes long. You could always take several 5 minute shots, save them as avi, wmv or whatever other format you like and then string all those videos together.

[Gregg Cleland]

Originally Posted by MattSanti

Jing is great if you only want videos up to 5 minutes long. You could always take several 5 minute shots, save them as avi, wmv or whatever other format you like and then string all those videos together.

Ha ha, yeah second that. I use Jing and love it. It's also great for uploading screenshots and just sending URLs in emails instead of the usual crap of saving files then attaching them to emails. And it's cheap: $15/year.

[Neautograph]

I would say, Easy screen capture

[projek001]

Camtasia Studio

[Kat Fuschillo]

Camtasia is really good.
I think you can try a free version for 30 days first.

[buddy7]

Thanks very much everyone! I'll start off with CamStudio, and maybe branch off to Camtasia.

[Josh Anderson]

Camstudio is the best of the free...

I actually prefer it most of the time over Camtasia which I also own.

Check out this thread which includes some video tutorials you will find helpful:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...camstudio.html

[Izesta]

Camtasia works for me.

[rlscott2]

Camtasia is excellent - the best software I have used personally.

[Mark Hess]

Originally Posted by Josh Anderson

Camstudio is the best of the free...

I actually prefer it most of the time over Camtasia which I also own.

Check out this thread which includes some video tutorials you will find helpful:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...camstudio.html

CamStudio works great for me and you can't beat the price...

[freddy smith]

my opinion is snagit

[Hyaku_Man]

Camstudio is a total pain in the ass on Vista so I got Camtasia. So simple and easy.

[FifthDimension5]

Your options are SnagIt, CamStudio, Jing and another site I forgot its correct name it would sound like screentoaster dot com.

[salactivee]

camstudio is a nice one but its paid

[Paul Moore]

I use Camtasia Studio 6.0. It has never let me down. Works directly with Power Point too!

[Alex-A]

Camtasia is great.

[BIG Mike]

Not exactly what you want but I thought it worth mentioning - Windows 7 includes a "Snipping Tool" that let's you drag the cursor to outline a portion of the screen to capture. It's a nifty little tool

[Joseph Then]

For paid solution, I know that there is this: Camstudio Gold

Camstudio Gold | Video Screen Recorder

Though I never use it, I thought it's worth a mention here.

[pbennett]

I'll have to try Camtasia.

I use SnagIt.

[supreme]

cam studio should work well. it works for me

[JAIDEEP2959]

I am currently using SnagIt 7 and it works best for me.

[Josh Anderson]

Originally Posted by Joseph Then

For paid solution, I know that there is this: Camstudio Gold

Camstudio Gold | Video Screen Recorder

Though I never use it, I thought it's worth a mention here.

Paid versions of the free opensource CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software do not provide any advantage over the current free version 2.5 beta

Most benefits previous versions provided were improvements on embedded flash video player generated by camstudio.

Though I love camstudio as a screen capture product it should never be used for encoding and embedding video in a webpage.

You should always save a high quality master output as an avi and then encode it to flash video formats using codecs such as vp6 for flv and h.264 for mp4 using industry leading encoding applications.

This will give you a smaller file size and higher quality final result.

You should then embed it in your website using professional quality video players.

The reason camstudio should not be used to encode and embed is because out of necessity of the free open source identity it only contains limited older open source codecs and encoding processes for flash. These do not provide as high a compression and image quality as vp6 and h.264.

Additionally the players provided with any version of camstudio really only offer the most basic flash 7 swf functionality.

Great if you have no other options... but definately won't provide the best eperience as compared to using professional encoding and player solutions after capturing and rendering an AVI from Camstudio instead.

And again anyone who is trying to figure this subject out should really read this following thread and watch the video tutorials posted by myself and others in various posts of the thread:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...camstudio.html

[timer]

Camstudio for me as well.

[Jag82]

Having used both Camtasia and CamStudio,
it's definitely Camtasia for me.

Why? Because it's easier to compile, edit
and produce.

It comes with a lot of bells and whistles
that may sometime confuse a new user.

Most of the time, you probably won't use
them. Nevertheless, once you use it, you will
quickly discover why it may be the best long
term solution for your video marketing needs.

Jag

[Doublejm]

I use jing to make quick videos for my outsourcers to show them what to do. Camtasia is easy to use and hooks up with powerpoint really easy. Screenflow hands down on my Mac Book Pro!!!!

jing is the best free option!

[Sean Kelly]

What's The Best Screen Capture Software?

The "PrtScrn" button on your PC's keyboard

Then all you need to do is paste the image from the clipboard into whatever application you like (word, photoshop, paint, openoffice, etc).

Sean

[intromaster]

Techsmith's Snagit-9 is really good. Camtasia is excellent too but it's pretty $$$

I havent tried Jing yet, though.

[Patrick Mader]

Originally Posted by buddy7

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering what the best screen capture software is with audio capability. I would rather get free ones, but I am open to others that are not free. Also, what's the best way to record a video of a power point presentation? Would the screen capture software be the best way to record a power point presentation?

Thanks!

Buddy7

i just use camista for this kind of job.

Easy to use.

Cheers,

Patrick

[wanrom]

Check out SnagIt. I use that to capture the shots and then I use Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks for editing.

[Lance K]

SangIt and Camtasia Studio don't do the same thing.

I use them both. They compliment each other nicely.

[Arted4Life]

I would have to personally recommend camtasia. Its great and its sooo easy to edit things. Pretty much the greatest screen capture software ever.

[tacticalm]

I vote for CamStudio.
There are a number of good products you can use - but this one has worked for me.