subject: The Introduction Of Mac Screencasting Software [print this page] Screencasting is an excellent way to communicate to clients, potential customers, or people in general. With many screencast software options available, it is not hard to find one that fits your specific needs.
Now let me introduce the features of screencasting software in the following table.The table has seven fields, as follows:
1.Name: Product's name; sometime includes edition if a certain edition is targeted
2.Audio: Specifies whether the product supports recording audio commentary on the video
3.Entire desktop: Specifies whether product supports recording the entire desktop
4.OpenGL: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games and software that employ OpenGLto render digital image
5.DirectX: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employDirectX (particularly Direct 3D) to render digital image
6.Editing: Specifies whether the product supports editing recorded video at least to some small extent, such as cropping, trimming or splitting
7.Output: Specifies the file format in which the software save the final video (Non-video output types are omitted)
ScreenFlow is powerful, easy-to-use screencasting software for the Mac.
With ScreenFlow you can record the contents of your entire monitor while also capturing your video camera, microphone and your computer audio. The easy-to-use editing interface lets you creatively edit your video, and add additional images, text, music and transitions for a truly professional-looking video. The finished result is a QuickTime or Windows Media movie, ready for publishing to your Web site or blog or directly to YouTube or Vimeo.
There also have various popular sceencasting programs currently available for PCs and Macs,such as Jing/Jing Pro,ScreenFlow(Mac),SnapzProX(Mac) and so on.Many of the programs have other features,such as the ablity to take screenshots and record only audio.
In conclusion, you can use different screencasting programs depends on your specific needs. For the amateur or occasional screencaster, I would recommend such web-based programs as Jing, Screenr, and ScreenToaster. For a person planning to use screencasting extensively, a more robust solution would be required, such as ScreenFlow or SnapzProX for Mac, and Camtasia for the PC. Good free programs would be CamStudio and Screencast-o-Matic.
