Video Capture for Tutorials...

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What's the suggestions out there for doing videos to post on a website?

I've heard of Camtasia and it seems to be one of the most popular.

My goal is to create video tutorials to show online at my website.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    I use Camstudio, which is FREE. However whilst Ive gone about doing my videos, Im now stuck with HUGE files that I cant post to youtube!


    http://camstudio.org/
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    • Profile picture of the author Adam Nolan
      Screenflow is awesome if you're on a mac. I'm a big fan
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
    Camstudio rocks, considering it's free, and it's only main competitor (Camtasia) is a few hundred smackers!

    Of course, you'll also need to consider formatting it, editing it, hosting it and getting it to playback (usually done by converting it to Flash format so you can stick a nice player around it for the visitor to control playback manually).

    I suggest hopping over the all - in - one thread about doing videos for the web, should give you some great ideas!
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    • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
      Originally Posted by Nick Brighton View Post

      I suggest hopping over the all - in - one thread about doing videos for the web, should give you some great ideas!
      Where is this thread dude???
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  • Profile picture of the author MassiveMarketer
    Try FrontCam. You can make software demonstrations, develop videos for training and tutoring. ZD Soft Screen Recorder looks good also. They have a trial version.
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  • Profile picture of the author areaK
    I love Camtasia, not free but worth the investment if you're in it for the long haul.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Spyres
    Hi Jeff ...

    Another good Free option is Jing (http://www.jingproject.com) ... and is made by the same people that make Camtasia.

    A paid alternative is Camstudio Pro ... it is a modified version of Camstudio - I think its like $30.
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  • Profile picture of the author areaK
    Free Jing only lets you record a few minutes though...like 5 I think? And you can't do any editing.
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    • Profile picture of the author David Spyres
      Originally Posted by areaK View Post

      Free Jing only lets you record a few minutes though...like 5 I think? And you can't do any editing.
      Just dont mess up ;-)

      Kidding of course ... but Jing is not that bad if one is looking for a free option.

      And as with many things in life, you get what you pay for. Free is not necessarily bad, but one shouldn't expect the moon with a freebie.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    If you want to produce professional ones then Camtasia is the best product on the market.

    You can make as many as you want and I made some how to videos which I sold and paid for the program before the month free trial was over.

    So basically the best for free.

    Quentin
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  • Profile picture of the author iYingHang
    It depends on what OS you are running.

    For the open source program, you can try Camstudio.

    On windows, Camtasia Studio is cool.

    On mac, there's Screen Flow, Camtasia Studio and also iShowU

    Cheers,
    iYingHang
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  • Profile picture of the author Howard008
    Personally I use DemoCreator for making website presentation videos.
    I tried Camtasia 30-trial version and it's great. Recommend if you have budget.
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  • Profile picture of the author spearce000
    Camtasia the winner for me by a mile. I found CamStudio very limited - although I guess you get what you pay for. Another advantage to Camtasia is you can split off the audio if you want to create a podcast or MP3 from your video.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Piteo
    Camtasia, hands down. It's super powerful and the new version 7 enables you to do motion backgrounds. How cool is that. I'm still on version 5 and I use it for all of my training videos. I'll be upgrading to version 7 soon.

    John P
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