Keynote if I need to do custom graphics with voice-overs
Otherwise just record with quicktime + audio
Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
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#12No affiliation with them whatsoever but I saw this on Twitter or HN a few weeks ago and have it bookmarked to trial: https://mockrocket.io/
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#13Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#14I use the following on Linux to create things like this: https://vimeo.com/641668961 - OBS Studio to record video - Google Sheets to keep track of different segments of the video - ffmpeg to split the original video into separate chunks (one per 'scene') - openshot to arrange the scenes into the full video (speeding up some scenes and maybe slowing down others) - (don't remember) for recording voiceovers - sox for no…
Recently I've been learning kdenlive to edit videos. I believe it uses ffmpeg on the backend. It's been great! The open source tooling around video recording and editing actually seems fairly good.
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#15If you want to screen record, I would highly recommend Camtasia. It does not cost that much and it excels at screen recording.
You can also use it for video editing. It takes 1-2 hours to learn.
If you want to shoot something outside the screen, most of the mobile phones work fine. You can get a tripod mount. Make sure to use a lapel mic to improve the sound.
Re: Ask HN: How do you produce product/feature demo videos?
#16No affiliation with them whatsoever but I saw this on Twitter or HN a few weeks ago and have it bookmarked to trial: https://mockrocket.io/
Thanks for the mention! Happy to answer any questions when you end up trying it