Making Videos

[Charles H]

Mike, Charles,
Appreciate the info and yes the mac has been my standard since the Apple II. Oops dating myself. I bought a flip for my wife recently and I know it needs a download from quicktime, or so I have been told. Shamefully I haven't checked on that, because she and the flip have been out of town for a few days. Mike, I will play with the iMovie some this weekend and see where I stand. Appreciate all the great info that I always receive here at JVNP. I think the Jing Project holds promise, but have to transfer it to .avi. That is for screen capture of course. I just want to make crazy Frank Kern videos, always seem to be fun and informative. Thanks guys, Charles

[FleshJoe]

Screencast.com has a free piece of software that makes excellent screencasts that are every bit as good as the Camtasia and Camstudio ones.

Download it here: http://www.jingproject.com/

[Jamie Garside]

I am looking into this right now, Im glad I found this thread!

Camstudio is free as already mentioned and is fairly easy to use. Could I ask, With Camtasia can you add background music easily to your videos and graphics or is it literally a record and play piece of software?

Jamie

[Joel Peterson]

When using Camtasia....... try doing your videos with a web cam picture in picture.

From my testing... the perceived value of the video you sell is much greater than a regular screen capture. People like the interaction.

Joel

[Mike Lucas]

Hey Charles,

Just to echo what everyone else has said, that Camtasia is the bees knees Lol
I tried the Camstudio Pro software, it's good but it's no where near as easy and powerful as Camtasia, yeah it's more expensive but it's the best, go for it.


Hope this helps

Best

Mike Lucas

[Eric Medemar]

I have been using camtasia and open office to make very professional looking presentations, but I like the idea about adding the photo, maybe I'll have my wife sit in the chair though, shes a bit better to look at.

[fernando_rc]

Hii there

about making videos i strongly recommend jing pro

there is a free version but the format is only.swp i think, and not all computers have this format..
and i had a problem on youtube when i tried to upload a video using the free version of jing, because youtube didn't convert that format to the format they use to upload videos..

and the paid version,,, which is ridicously low,,, $17 A YEAR i think, is much better and the format is different and accepted by most computers and youtube as well..

so, have a loot !! the site is www.jingproject.com ... im not quite sure.,..you can google it..
there you can download the software as well.. it's a little bit higher the fee but is yours!!!!

hope this is usefull
bye

[global5564]

If you don't want to encounter problems with Vista, use Camtasia 5.

I am also a Mac person and I use Final Cut; you can do anything with that program!

[Chris Freville]

Does anyone know how to make a Camtasia video not display the play-bar (time-line underneath the video) ?

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[coachmiami]

I got the Flip Mino HD for Christmas... the Flip is easier to use, faster to get the vids onto my computer with less editing, and most importantly, the video quality is noticeably better.

I swear by the Flip Mino HD. I did buy some software to edit it (although the Flip has its own). If you don't have an affiliate you can buy it through my site at http://bestflipcamera.com and make my wife happy!)

Miami 8)