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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Just to add my 2p: I had to get the company I work to pay for one of these screen recording programmes. I have quite a lot to say about them, but I didn't go for Macromedia Captivates for a few reasons: 1. It's Macromedia (Adobe's or Macrobe's or Adomedia's :confused: )'s expensive stuff 2. There are a lot of similar tools on the market which all have their strengths/weaknesses, but if you actually get the one with the features you need, why pay an extra EUR 300? 3. It is the slowest to deal with files, apparently. Anyway, there is a great review here, it is worth reading: [url=http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ScreenCasting/]DonationCoder[/url] I almost tried all of them (and many more), and finally went for BB Flashback, as it seemed to have the features I required for a very good price. And the file size it produces is very good. Other than that, Camtasia was great, you can edit your movie in a similar way than with Adobe Premiere or FinalCut (as opposite to BB Flashback where you deal with frames), but that is only a matter of taste. The only trouble with it was that I was unable to figure out why my movies were jerky. I contacted the support team, they came back to me with things I already knew, so I didn't get that one. I know, tough. There are some other features to be aware of when choosing a screen recorder: EDITING THE MOVIE 1. If you don't want to have to import it into Flash (or SWiSH, as I do) and add text bubbles or other animations, make sure you have the possibility to add them within the application 2. Some of them allow you to modify the mouse path, which is very handy if you tend to be a bit spamsic (BB Flashback allows you to re-record it, rather than modify the mouse keyframes) WORK INTERFACE Some of them work with slides (eg TurboDemo, I think), similar to PowerPoint, or as mentioned above, with frames or with a real time-line (like FinalCut) SOUND Some of them do not record sounds some of them do not synchronise well or allow you to modify anything in the sound Appart from that, Captivates seems to stand out in many ways, but I am not sure how they justify their price. ****************************** Mauro do not, please do not start :D! [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/5434]kimson[/url] on 05-18-2006 12:41)[/small] Loading...
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