Camtasia Alternative

Hi

If you need a free alternative, you can't go far wrong with CAM Studio. If you google it, there are several sites you can download it from.

All the best

Andrew

I can do far more with CamStudio (Free) and Corel Video Studio X3. Honestly Camtasia hogs my system resources to the point of frustration that I just avoid using it anymore. (I make long recordings) Yes, that is the latest version 7 by the way.

Now with Camstudio I can do the initial screen recording, then import that file into Video Studio X3. It is a full movie editor with all of C7 features and more, with a simpler user interface and for less than a third of the price. (I think you can get in on sale for about $50).

Try saving in both. There are advantages with both.

SWf is a less used format these days, but has the advantage that it's a smaller compressed file. So if you can get it to work in your web page, it's the fastest way to get your file online and working on the web for people to see.

Whilst you should never upload an AVI for users to stream (because it's gonna be a big file and too big to stream smoothly), the advantage with getting an AVI output is that you can convert it in to other formats easily. AVI is (almost) uncompressed and is the best quality, so you can compress in to other formats from AVI. It gives you more options to play with.

But like I say - if you can get the swf uploaded and working in your webpage - it's the quickest route. I'd always do an AVI output too, so you have options to play with if you have any problems with the swf.

Hope that helps. I didn't want to over complicate things with too much info - but hope that I have provided enough to make it understandable.

Good luck

Kate

Personally I couldn't get camstudio to work on my pc....have had audio problems !

A free alternative to camtasia is windows encoder 4

I second that... dig deep in that thread and you will even get video tutorials and other resources that will guide you.

I agree completely
Go to post #29 from Josh and watch the video he recorded.
Kicks Hiney!Big time

the is a firefox plugin call 'capture fox' that is
pretty good, and oddly can work outside the
browser window! (obviously FFox needs to be
minimized) no editing though, so you would
still need a video editor.

while cam studio is quite good, the interface is
not exactly easy, but does deliver a clean video.
when camtasia was at v3-5, camstudio was a
surprising contender, but it no competition to
version 7.1 of camtasia.

since you have a month to pay? why not just
create a project with the focus on getting camtasia
paid for from the proceeds? $299 is a steal for what
the program can do (now smart phone vids!)
and will be a useful tool for years to come.

Holly Moly!$15/year. what a rip off,eh?