Making Videos

[Charles H]

Hi Gang, Newbie Man here,
What do you guys find is the easiet place to make videos, screen capture that is, for your sites and/or landing pages. New concept, need a little advice. Thanks, Charles

[citrus]

If by place you mean software, then Camtasia is really good, possibly the best. There's a 30 day free trial and then its about $300 for the license. The software is incredibly easy to use. Also recommended for taking screenshots is SnagIt, which is from the same company, Techsmith. You should google them both and see what they're all about.

Good luck,
Curtis

[essai]

I use Camtasia 5. it's little pricyyyyy

If you want a free tool then use http://www.jingproject.com/
or use Window movie maker that integrated with XP.

[imported_Kim Roach]

I second Camtasia Studio. Awesome sofware!

But if you're looking for a good, free alternative, you can also check out CamStudio.

[Richard Legg]

Kim is right about CamStudio, especially if you're just starting out.

Get it free from www.CamStudio.org

I use Camtasia primarily, but that's because I use it enough to warrant the price.

Richard

[Charles H]

Thanks and keep it coming. Will check out camstudio, jingproject is neat, but as a mac guy and taking swf to avi is a little more than I seem to be able to accomplish so far. Thanks again guys, happy holidays.

[charleskirkland]

Hi Charles

When it comes to video it can be tricky getting all the formats to play with each other. But Camtasia has some great options for rendering out video. Also you might want to look at getting a Flip.

Brian J told me about it last month and after I got it I can't stop using it.

Just putting video on your home page and OTO's will make a huge difference in sales and signups.

Thanks
Charles

[mikencm]

O mercy Charles, you said you were a Mac guy. Let's start a club--you can be president and I'll be VP--now if we can just find some members. (ha)

I could be wrong, but I don't think you can run Camtasia on a Mac, although they are working on that and they should have a Mac version before too long.

Listen, if you've got an Intel-based Mac like a MacBook, it probably came with iMovieHD on it. Now, you can't do screen capture stuff like you want with that, however--you can get a thing called iShowU from http://store.shinywhitebox.com/store/shop.php for under $50 and you can do a lot of what Camtasia can do (not everything). You end up with a QuickTime movie format.

But you can take that movie and drop it into iMovieHD on your Mac and then edit, insert graphic images, and create special effects--whatever you need. The movie you end up with is a .mov format, but you can use online stuff to change the format if you wish. It's great for making YouTube promotional stuff--whatever you need.

Shiny Wite Box has also got something called Slurp or Stomp or something that will compress iShowU stuff quite a bit. I don't have it but it's available.

Good luck!

[charleskirkland]

Mac Power.

I was on the phone today with Jerry West "the god father of real SEO" and he told me that he got a Mac also and how much he loves it.

2 years ago I would have never even thought of getting a Mac. Now I'm an apple lover.

Thanks
Charles

[Chris Vendilli]

Hi Charles

When it comes to video it can be tricky getting all the formats to play with each other. But Camtasia has some great options for rendering out video. Also you might want to look at getting a Flip.

Brian J told me about it last month and after I got it I can't stop using it.

Just putting video on your home page and OTO's will make a huge difference in sales and signups.

Thanks
Charles

I got the Flip Mino HD for Christmas. It's the bomb diggity!

I bought an $800 sony HD handycam with a 30gb hard drive about 8 months earlier, I paid $800 for it... and sadly, it's now collecting dust because 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.