Video Creation Tools - what are the good ones?

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The "typical" cheap looking white background with black text marketing videos I've noticed everywhere in the IM world are usually made via creating a power point slide presentation, and then converted into video. Ok, sometimes marketers get creative and add some color to the background. But either way, that's how it's done on an amateur level. From there you could advance into using Adobe® After Effects® or similar if you want to get a bit more pro.

Youtube doesn't allow videos like this on their site. They will shoot you down fast if they see this. But if you're using it on your site, then i guess it's ok. Don't know why you woudn't want to record yourself though.

It's best to buy a camcorder and record yourself talking - with your face on the screen, basically giving the advice that you would give in the "article-video".

Using powerpoint to create the text slides can do the same job while you can talk over the top. I use camtasia to record myself and the screen at the same time. Gives it a personal effect which connects with the viewers in my opinion

Here's what I use dude.

Video Marketing Isn't Complicated or Expensive. Here's The Equipment and Software I'm Using To Create My Videos

Camtasia works great

Webinaria is a good option which proved quite useful while creating presentations or products demos.

I have and use:
Video Scribe/Sparkol
Camtasia 7
Sony Vegas Movie Studio
Open Office Impress
PowerPoint
Active Presenter
Apex Text to Speech
Corel VideoStudio Pro X3
The Logo Creator
AnyVideoConverter
CrazyTalk - Makes talking animations
Powtoons
DVD slideshow GUI
Inkscape - Vector image program. I use it with Video Scribe.
ProShow Producer - The best slide show maker
Screensaver Factory 5 - Make and distribute screen savers (made from slideshows)

Media:
Animation Factory
Video Blocks
Presenter Media
Morguefile
OpenClipart - free public domain clipart
Kozzi
www.publicdomainpictures.net
JewelBeat
Neo's Clip Archive - Neo's Clip Archive

I have not tried many of these tools but I will soon. Instead of Camtasia, which I consider to be expensive, I use their free screen and voice capture tool called Jingo. Jingo saves in shockwave flash format which is very, very, very lightweight, especially compared to powerpoint which has choppy voiceover and can end up as a 26 Mb file once I add voiceover and music.

I have spent the last two days trying to find a reasonably-priced swf to mpeg4 converter so my vids will play on mobile and still retain the lower file size. Most converters either don't see swf source files or just don't work.

By the way, typing is screen capture. you can't do that in power point although you can embed videos but not swf in power point.

You can (kind of) get the typing effect by using an entrance animation called Wipe. To the right of the animations area you'll see an up arrow after selecting wipe. Under that arrow select Effect Options and change it to "from left" and, to the far right in the Timing area, change "On Click" to "After Previous" and then increase the Duration to a length of time that looks natural for typing.

Thanks for the thread! Shelley Owens

You can also create videos right in YouTube using your Video Manager dashboard. Click on Video Manager at the top of your YouTube page. Shelley Owens

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Out of curiosity, what tools would work to make this type of video?

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So do any of those products actually do what the OP asked? Coz I looked at most of the links and I couldn't see any that do the typed on screen text as you talk videos?

I have seen them a few places so there must be a way to do them?

Any ideas?

Cheers

Hi,
You could use the video transcript and do a blog about the video. Not sure what your goal is!
Good luck
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if OP want "what tools IM'rs are using to create the various videos that have words appear and then have their voice over playing during the video?", the easy answer is Powerpoint. if want animation video, then you can start with the lists

Dean

Little affix into KURT's super list

1.Video Scribe/Sparkol - 7 Days Free Trial, Monthly Subscription $25.00, Yearly Payment $189, Ultimate $595.00

2.Camtasia 7 - 30 Days Free Trial - Price $299.00
Sony Vegas Movie Studio - 30 Days Free Trial, Price $44.95 (Download), Price $49.95
(Packaged)

3.Open Office Impress - FREE

4.PowerPoint - with Office 365 Home Premium (Cheap edition) 30 days free trial, Price
$9.99 (per month), $99.99 (per year)

5.Active Presenter - Free Edition (No time limit), Standard Edition $299.00, Professional
Edition $399.00

6.Apex Text to Speech - FREE

7.Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 (X6) - Free Trial [Available], Price $69.99

8.The Logo Creator - Free Trial [Not Found] - Price $37.00

9.AnyVideoConverter - Free Edition, Pro Edition $29.95, Ultimate Edition $44.95

10.CrazyTalk - 15 days free trial, Standard Edition $49.95, Pro Edition $179.95

11.Powtoons - Free Edition, Monthly Subscription >> Pro Edition $60.00/mo, Agency Edition $130.00/mo - Yearly Subscription >> Pro Edition $20.00/mo, Agency Edition $57.00/mo

12.DVD slideshow GUI - FREE

13.Inkscape - FREE

14.ProShow Producer - Free Trial [Available], Upgrade $89.95, Full version $249.95

15.Screensaver Factory - free trial [Available], Price $39.85

16.Animation Factory - 1 Year Gold Membership $59.95, 1 Year Platinum Membership $99.95, 1 Year Pro Membership $199.95

17.Pro Blocks - 7 Days Free Trial

18.Presenter Media - 1 Month Subscription $39.96, 1 Year Subscription $59.95

19.Morguefile - FREE

20.OpenClipart - FREE

21.Kozzi - Free registration & Subscription Plans

22.publicdomainpictures.net - Free, Premium Membership available

23.JewelBeat - $0.99, $99.00, $399.00

24.Neo's Clip Archive - FREE

To make this:


I created different slides in Photoshop then imported them into Sony Vegas to animate them and put the whole thing together.

I record my voice with Camtasia and then pull that into Vegas as well.

You could also use Audacity for your voice which will give you more options to alter how your voice sounds but I prefer the ease of Camtasia.

Nice list of resources, I have used many of those tools, I think the "Take Away" here is that sometimes you have to use many different tools to get the best possible result.

I often export in MOV, then compress to a h.264 format with a custom frame rate depending on the content and the transitions it can cut your over all size down considerably.

I think its all about what your doing and the publishing platform your using.

Camtasia Studio is one of the best video creation tools
thanks
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