Comments on: Screencast Software Options

By: Alex Miller - Mac screencast recording choices

Alex Miller - Mac screencast recording choices — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:27:46 +0000

[...] Screencast Software Options (March, 2007) [...]

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:50:51 +0000

I tried Jing - pretty if unintuitive ui. Records straight to Flash but stops recording after 5 mins. Shame. Could be good if the restriction were not in place

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:47:26 +0000

I prefer Jing. It is a project powered by TechSmith. It is easy to use and, it’s FREE. It works with Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista.

By: Ken Hanson

Ken Hanson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:21:33 +0000

Wow, I knew I would find some great feedback in a blog post like this, so straight from google I read the review and then straight to the comments.

I am greatly impressed by Greg Willits’ (simply titled) ScreenCast application. It almost feels like a widget on steroids. I recorded -exactly- what I needed to record in under 30 seconds (speaking of setup time). I say widget, because it behaves exactly as a mac app should, and is amazingly simple to get moving. Drag out the screensize you need, click through to turn audio on in different sections, oh and system audio? “No problem”, screencast says, “we’ll just install a small kernal update that can be uninstalled anytime. Sit back for a fraction of a second while we handle that.”

Even compression is robust, with many different ways to compress the movie. It also has left click and right click notifiers to show off where your clicking and such. Its a ton of small things that make a daunting screencast a breeze.

Download it over here, I did, and in one video, I bought it

ScreenCastApp.com

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:41:51 +0000

One feature that is missing from all of this software, using the built in camera that comes on all macs.

Does anyone know a program that records using the iSight and syncs it with the video from the screen? I do real world lectures and would love to be able to get synced screen capture / iSight recording and then edit them into a presentation.

Sean

By: Greg Willits

Greg Willits — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:45:49 +0000

We just released a new screencasting application for OS X. Great performance, nice OS X UI, and some nice features for software casters and trainers. Several other features planned for upcoming versions.

http://www.screencastapp.com/

By: future318

future318 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:41:50 +0000

ScreenMimic is pretty amazing, and it allows recording directly to FLV (Flash) video.

With SnapzPro (which I used for many years) you have to encode after recording. This takes time and processing power.

http://www.polarian.com/products/ScreenMimic.php

By: Snapz + Skitch = Jing - The Apple Blog

Snapz + Skitch = Jing - The Apple Blog — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:00:41 +0000

[...] suite of capabilities are not there. But Jing certainly does a nice job of combining the power of Snapz Pro X’s video capture abilities with the simplicity of Skitch to grab screen [...]

By: How To Roll Your Own Screencast at The Apple Blog

How To Roll Your Own Screencast at The Apple Blog — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:04:59 +0000

[...] so first off, you’ll need some software. I’ve listed the more popular options here, but for this article I’ll be referring to Snapz Pro X which is my favorite for this kind of [...]

By: luxojr

luxojr — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:44:35 +0000

Snapz captures great, but then it loses all appeal as it has to convert the entire session in post processing. TechSmith/Camtasia record just as well on the PC and there is no post processing step. It’s pretty annoying to record 15 inutes of video and then have to wait hours as it’s compressed before you can do anything again.

I’m hoping there’s enough demand for Camtasia - there was a survey similar to the SnagIt one for Camtasia, though I’ve long since lost the URL.

Making screencasts requires not just being able to capture the images, but being able to keep workflow going and in this regard SnapzPro fails completely.

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Weekendgeeks.gr » WeekendGeekCast#44 - We are back…. — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:40:33 +0000

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By: crawlspace|media

crawlspace|media — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:50:55 +0000

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By: maggie

maggie — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:22:10 +0000

Does anyone know of an application which will give the same level of functionality as Macromedia/Adobe Captivate for the Mac?

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:44:39 +0000

iShowU is awesome. The Apple Animation preset (with ‘good’ quality setting) is basically a raw capture off of your computer. Lock-ups and/or other havok are undoubtedly user error. After you’ve captured your movie, just export it to whatever format. No choppiness, no problem with full-screen capture (for me at least, Macbook Pro 17″ 2.16 ghz 2GB RAM)

Intel native, it screams. Easy to use. Lots of mouse-over features. I’ve used it to make three tutorials so far, with great feedback.

By: Quix

Quix — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:35:32 +0000

Snapz Pro is a disappointing joke as far as I’m concerned. When was the app given any real functional updates? The endless delay in a Universal version is ludicrous, as is the annoying nag alert I get every time I boot my machine. “Upgrade to Snapz Pro X 2 now! We might even update it someday!” Um, no thanks.

I envy the Windows world for very little, but screen capture software is woefully inadequate on the Mac compared to the Windows world. Both Camtasia (for motion capture) and SnagIt (for stills) kick sand in Snapz’ face and laugh about it. The Snapz Pro interface is convoluted and functionality is bare bones. Is this really the best the Mac development world can do??? Pitiful.

Frankly I’m hoping TechSmith will do a Mac version of SnagIt. In fact, there’s an online petition (please sign):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=493032743512

Yeah, SnagIt is for static screen captures only, sorry for the OT diversion…

By: Nic Waller

Nic Waller — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:25:05 +0000

Hello, I am the author of Copernicus. I was delighted to see my software mentioned on this blog, and I think you gave it a fair appraisal. I know it’s not the best software in the world, but it’s enough for some people.

I tried Display Eater a few days ago, and was surprised at just how fluid the captures were. If you’re looking for quality on a budget, I strongly recommend it. Of course, Snapz Pro X is the best tool around if you can put up the cash.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:29:30 +0000

I’m with Jim. I use Snapz Pro on my Macbook Pro and have had no problems. It runs like a dream.

By: Matt Fitzsimmons

Matt Fitzsimmons — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:47:05 +0000

I tried iShowU, and it filled up my RAM so fast when recording that after a short amount of time the machine would become unuseable.

I even tried some others, but Snaps Pro X is the only one with good performance on my MacBook Pro.

In regards to development time, they did get an Intel compatible version out fairly quickly. They’ve said the universal version is going to be a complete rewrite, and I’m willing to wait for that. The only advantage to the universal version would be improving the export processing time.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:39:39 +0000

FWIW, I’ve had no problem whatsoever using Snapz Pro on my MacPro.

By: Stacey Abshire

Stacey Abshire — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:19:17 +0000

Personally, I have been using Display Eater, and like it.

http://reversecode.com/

By: PXLated

PXLated — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:56:25 +0000

A Mac developer taking longer than Adobe…amazing.
With service like that, I guess I’ll look at the others.