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Ask HN: What do you use for Screencasts?

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Post by _b8r0 »

Hi everyone. I'd like to sort out a screencast for the upcoming beta of minklinks (http://www.minklinks.com/) before I launch. It's a fairly easy tool to use, but I wanted people to see what it looks like before signing up. What do you use for screencasts and why?

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Post by mikelbring »

jawns wrote: post #3

I've used Jing for short (under 5 minute) screencasts, and it's been great. I think if you go over 5 minutes, you need to upgrade to the paid version.

The paid version doesn't give you more then 5 minutes, it just lets you save the raw video rather then a flash player. They do this because the company that owns Jing (TechSmith) sells a high end screencast software.

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Post by rdonahue »

mikelbring wrote: post #2

Good article on different tools: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/general/how-to-create-scree...

Another good article is over at CSS Tricks and has an accompanying screencast. Between the NetTuts and CSS Tricks articles, you should have a good starting base for screencasting.

http://css-tricks.com/screencasting-setup/ http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/63-on-screencasting/

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Post by Shooter »

I use ScreenFlow (from www.Telestream.net) because it is fairly intuitive and has all of features I would ever need. It is also made by a company that has strong experience in the video arena and I think it benefits from the development of its (higher-end) product siblings. I want to spend as little time as possible on the technical aspects of screencasting, so that I can focus on my product/service and content. ScreenFlow handles the transitions, audio ducking, custom cursors, callouts, editing, encoding, titling, etc. etc. without making me open up other apps.

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Post by dawsdesign »

Shooter wrote: post #6

I use ScreenFlow (from www.Telestream.net) because it is fairly intuitive and has all of features I would ever need. It is also made by a company that has strong experience in the video arena and I think it benefits from the development of its (higher-end) product siblings. I want to spend as little time as possible on the technical aspects of screencasting, so that I can focus on my product/service and content. Scre…

Screenflow is the shizzz
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