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Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Mac only?

Many of the apps are macOS only unfortunately. For Windows, there's Descript or Camtasia. Linux not sure, but Descript and Veed are browser-based.

Yes, I use Camtasia for over a decade. It not only solves screen recording but also most other tasks you would need cutting video and sound.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#47

Blackmagic Atem Mini: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemmini/techspecs... And some hdmi cameras

not sure what you are proposing here? a hardware device that can zoom on a cursor?

It's a live video mixer that you can use to switch between various sources of input - say, a demo device (or, in my case, a device under test), a front camera (or two) facing the presenter, a top camera showing how the presenter interacts with the device... supports a bunch of transitions, and if you get yourself the ISO variant, it records all audio and video tracks uncompressed together with a bunch of metadata that allows you to import the exact same cut as it was broadcast, and fine-tune aspects of it in post to get a refined video.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#48
Hi everyone! I'm the CEO of Arcade (who a few people have already mentioned...thanks!).

+1 to that being ScreenStudio.

Sometimes people import ScreenStudio videos into Arcade to add branching, annotations, and get analytics about who is engaging with the tool.

We're about to announce a big release on May 17th which will be very relevant - we're going to show how you can capture beyond the browser and get even more powerful analytics (https://www.linkedin.com/events/7189307779977818112).

Happy to answer any questions here as well.

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