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Camtasia- Is there anything else?

by gange10
7 replies
Hi Forum,

I can afford Camtasia, but i refuse to pay stupid money for something which I will only use probably once or twice, is there anything that does the same sort of thing (take a running screen shot and voice over).

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew Dillon
    Cam Studio if FREE and it is good for those who just want to make the odd video or two. Also don't forget most Computers these days comes with Windows Movie Maker Too.


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  • Profile picture of the author erichmiller
    You're probably on a PC? ...but I love ScreenFlow for the Mac.

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  • Profile picture of the author Avdo
    gange10,
    Here is how you can do it:
    Audio:

    Download Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

    Video:
    ScreenToaster - Online screen recorder. Capture screencasts instantly.

    This should help
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  • Profile picture of the author Avdo
    Did I mentioned it's free..both sources
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisDouthit
    Depends really on what you plan on making, if its a product you plan to pass off as quality and charge a fee for I would recommend you scrape up the cash for camtasia or other quality video application. If not just go with the free ones listed above.

    Also keep in mind there is a small learning curve for each application, you get camtasia now and learn it for the future. You get a cheap program, it may hold you over for now, but at some point you will likely want to upgrade anyway, now you have to learn some new software all over again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kristi Warren
    Jing is Camtasia's little brother (same company), it's free, and it's available for Mac or PC. There are two potential downsides to Jing, depending on what you want to do with your videos. Each video you create with Jing is limited to 5 minutes. The resulting videos are .swf files, which you can't upload to YouTube, if that's your intent.

    For $14.95 you can upgrade to Jing Pro, which allows you to create .mp4 files, which you CAN upload to YouTube. With Pro, you're still limited to 5 minutes. Camtasia, of course, removes the time limit, plus you can edit and do some other cool things (zoom in, add effects, etc) The Mac version of Camtasia is still pretty new, and not worth the price yet (IMHO).
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