Monday, November 9, 2009

Thoughts about some FREE Tools

Camtasia: screen recording software: "the easy way to demonstrate a process, a product, or an idea...Record onscreen activity. Edit it into a polished video. Share with the world." (Commercial; open source, Windows)
30 days free trial

I tried Camtasia and found it's an easy-to-use screen recording software with some really good editing features such as screen in screen and nice transitions.

Jing: "the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere"; the Pro version allows for a wider range of sharing (Free, with Pro services available; Windows/Mac)


Jing is easy. You download it and learn how to use it in about 5 minutes. It's handy for capturing screen shots and for adding your own text comments to them. You can pull it into a recording program and make nice graphics.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the review of Jing. I hadn't tried that one. I think screen shots with text sounds like a much simpler way to demo relatively predictable processes.

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