- 5 Steps in Recording: (1) Open Camtasia Recorder > (2) Select input (Do you want the whole screen? Just a window? A region? A fixed region?) > (3) Record (Just press F9) > (4) End recording (Press F10) > (5) Save video.
- 800x600 is a good size for a screencast. Set the screen resolution system-wide to this value before you start recording.
- If you have a not-so-powerful machine, turn off hardware acceleration to get better videos.
- Configure Camtasia Recorder's Annotation, Audio and Cursor settings to get something other than what the default values give.
- Generating a Flash file from the original video is a good idea. Flash files can be viewed on many platforms. And my 1,111 kb .avi test file was converted to just a 202 kb .swf file.
- It is advised to make multiple short recordings instead of one large recording. These short recordings can be stitched together later if you need to have it that way.
- It is good practice to prepare a script and documentation for each project.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Notes on My Screencasts Project
This morning, I explored the screencast producer I have in mind (Camtasia). Although the latest version is 4.0, what we have in the College is just version 1.1. But I think it will do. Here are my exploration notes:
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What is this for? Recordings of what? How is it different from Flash Macromedia?
Camtasia produces recordings of what happens in a computer screen while Flash produces animation in general. It is great for tutorials on the use of computer software, displaying what happens when windows are opened, buttons clicked, menus opened, etc. The "movie" that will generated is an avi file. It can then be converted to a Flash file.
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