Mac Users Only: What do you prefer: ScreenFlow Or Camtasia?

I've not done any screen captures and videos for a while, but when I did I used Jing, (Jing | Add visuals to your online conversations) which was ample for what I needed it for. I'm going to be doing doing some more soon, so I might have to try out Screenflow which I've never used before.

Wow just checked out ScreenStep. Thanks for the recommendation. I plan on using it.

screenflow. Simple and low requirements

never failed me before so I wouldnt change it

I use Camtasia on Windows and Screenflow on Mac. Screenflow is superb on Mac!

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I finally settled with SnapzProX, as it never failed even under heavy load.

However it is not feature packed as camtasia or screenflow which add a bunch of postproduction-like features.

So if you are looking for an all-in-one solution I would say screenflow, if you are going to edit somewhere else or do elaborate post on your screencast... consider Snapz.

I love Screenflow so far, but I have to experience with Camtasia

I use iShowU iShowU HD - for OSX 10.5 (Leopard)
I think Camtasia has more features, but for just recording videos in various formats and sizes iShowU seems to work just fine for me. Sometimes I also use Jing.

Screenflow is by far a better solution for screen capture.

Screenflow works best for me. Even on a PC, Camtasia has always been giving me problems

I work with Camtasia on the mac and its works just great

For some reason, the Mac version of Camtasia is actually worse than the PC version (called Camtasia Studio Pro). So, as a Mac user, I'd go for ScreenFlow.

Screenflow.

I've used both and like Screenflow better.

Here's my 2 cents worth: I have all those apps and use them for different things. Screenflow is simple and when you need to capture 'everything' I simply use that. However, it requires a 2 pass cycle when producing output. Basically it captures everything and then you can edit the resulting 'capture' before exporting it to your chosen video format - very cool by the way. I used this approach to get a 75 minute hid-def full 21" screen-cast down from 2GB of disk space to about 150MB with no discernible loss of quality.

However, for quick capture - where the output is a video file - I use iShowU HD (I also have the non HD version too - both have specific applications.

The Camtasia for Mac app is new, and while I'm enjoying the interface it really isn't doing much more than Screenflow.

Bottom line, Screenflow was about $100, iShowU HD was less than that - so for under $200 you can get pretty much all you need. Oh yes, and before I forget ... I grabbed a copy of Stomp too - it helps compress videos for small filesize output.

Remember, even if you are storing and streaming your media from an Amazon S3 account, you have to get the file uploaded. A 100MB upload on a typical cable connection takes about 30 minutes - give or take.

Hope this was helpful.