HOW TO CREATE VIDEOS OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 15, 2006


HOW TO CREATE VIDEOS OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN while you work...


1. You do not need a web cam. You are not videotaping yourself.  
Instead you download a computer program that automatically takes a  
video of your screen as you work.


2. These programs are called video screen capture software. Go to  
Google and type:

video screen capture software Windows XP

or...

video screen capture software Mac OS X

and then press the search button...

You will find a listing of inexpensive programs you can download and  
experiment until you find programs that work for you on your computer...


3. For Windows XP some are (see listing below)...Once you choose one,  
you need to experiment with size and formats...

Val ;-)

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Some Windows XP Video capture software:

*Creative Softworx Inc.
http://www.creativesoftworx.com
(considered the professional choice)

   * ZD Soft Screen Recorder (Freeware/Windows) - free video screen  
capturing software, however, it is as powerful as most of the  
commercial screen recording software on the market, especially  
outstanding on the recording speed and the output file quality. As  
for video Screen Recorder can capture the full screen, a window, a  
rectangular region. Mouse movements can be recorded smoothly. You can  
even record audio.
       Download Screen Recorder

     * TechSmith SnagIt and Camtasia (Shareware/Windows)
       SnagIt (Shareware - $39.95/Windows) - the leader in screen  
capture, offers users over 40 ways to capture content from your  
Windows screen, such as video, images, text, and more. As for video  
SnagIt can capture the full screen, a window, a rectangular region.  
Cursor image can be included. You can even record audio. Upgrades are  
free. Awarded Best of the Year 2003 by PC Magazine. Free trial for 30  
days.
       Download SnagIt

     * Replay Screencast Editor's choice! (Shareware - $29.95/ 
Windows) - the easiest way to capture whatever you see on your  
screen, and turn it into a movie file, or "screencast." It's a great  
way to make Software Demos and Tutorials, make Powerpoint Videos,  
record Flash, QuickTime, and DRM protected videos, and a lot more. It  
can record from a screen region, or any application window. Replay  
Screencast makes standard Windows Media WMV files.

     * Mr. Captor- captures anything you see on your computer screen,  
including the entire desktop, rectangular, elliptical and freehand  
regions, single window, a group of windows, menus, cursors and  
colors. It enables capture long web pages, PDFs, DOCs and other  
documents by using auto-scroll feature. The program can also record  
any screen action, save it as AVI file and capture on timer event.  
Supports capture from DirectX/Direct3D games, DVD and Media Player.  
Extracts images from EXE, DLL, SCR, OCX files. Enables save images in  
a variety of graphical formats (BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, ICO and many  
others). Additional features include support for hotkeys, image  
editing, email support, web publishing, printing and more. It is a  
very useful tool for designers, web masters, developers, technical  
writers and more.

     * HyperCam (Shareware $39.95/Windows) is video capture software  
that records AVI movies (screencam) directly from your monitor. It  
supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes. You can select  
Frame rate and compression quality prior to video capture.
       Buy HyperCam at element5 for $39.95.

     * Capture Professional (Shareware/Windows) - captures the entire  
screen, controls, menus, elliptical areas, windows, DirectX surfaces,  
polygonal areas, client areas, rectangular areas and more. Captures  
images from games and media player applications. DirectX overlay  
surfaces can be automatically captured by themselves or they can be  
included in screen captures made using other screen capture modes.  
Capture Professional has the ability to capture images or video and  
audio (DirectX overlay surfaces can't be saved to a video file!)

     * ACA Screen Recorder ($39.95/Windows) - is a video capture  
software that records AVI movies directly from your Windows screen.
       Download ACA Screen Recorder
       Buy ACA Screen Recorder at RegNow.

     * ScreenCorder (Shareware- $249/Windows) captures and records  
all your desktop activity. You may enhance recordings with step-by- 
step audio instructions and graphic speech bubbles. You also can  
correct audio and video or add new material to existing recordings.  
Export recordings to multiple formats, including AVI, Animated GIF,  
WMV streaming video and Flash.

     * MediaCam (Shareware/Windows) - captures video from the whole  
desktop, a selected area of the screen, or a window. Exports directly  
to PowerPoint, AVI and PackAndView. Captures audio and overdub if  
required. Shares captures across the network, distribute them via e- 
mail, and publish them on the Internet or Intranet. Free 30 day trial.

     * Hero Screen Capture - is a screen capture and video capture  
software that can record full or any area of computer screen to AVI  
or GIF format. It supports sound recorder, text annotation. You can  
combine files and edit frames with it.

     * Easy Video Capture (Shareware - $29.95/Windows) - a video  
capturing tool for recording your screen activities into AVI video in  
real time. It supports recording video, audio, and mouse cursor. You  
may change the options for recording, add text to video, record video  
with audio, choose to record mouse cursor or not, blink the area  
border when recording, and so on.

     * Capture-It! (Shareware - $19.95/Windows) - is a screen capture  
program. Can capture screen shots of the active window, the entire  
screen, user defined area, menus, objects, and more. Saves video as  
AVI video or GIF animation. FREE 14-Day Trial.

     * CapturePad (Beta version/Windows) - s a video capture utility  
which allows you to capture any screen activity into standard AVI  
file, JPG sequence and even into Flash SWF file. Besides that  
CapturePad works with any video hardware attached to the computer so  
you can easily grab and save a video from your webcam, tv tuner, etc.

     * Cybercam (Shareware/Windows) -

     * Macromedia RoboDemo (Shareware/Windows) - records your actions  
in any application and instantly creates a Flash simulation with  
visible and audible mouse movements. Can automatically generate text  
captions. Free 15-day trial.

     * ACS Capture (Shareware - $25/Windows) - makes screenshots and  
captures screen images, icons and records your actions as AVI. Free  
30-day trial.

     * Cam2Flash (Shareware/Windows) - Record your screen and save in  
as a Flash file (SWF). In Enterprise version, you can also create an  
exe file.

     * WinCam 2000 (Shareware/Windows) captures everything on your  
computer screen in full motion, and records it as a movie file.  
Adding narration, background music and sound effects are very simple  
using the Recording Wizard. Recorded movie files can be converted to  
EXE, AVI, and ASF as well as WinCAM 2000's own WCM and WCO file  
formats. Have built-in movie editor. Free 15-day trial.

     * ScreenWatch

     * River Past Screen Recorder (Shareware- $39.95/Windows) -  
Captures AVI video from the full screen, a window, a rectangle  
region, or a defined area around the cursor. Cursor image can be  
included. You can even record audio into the AVI, from the  
microphone, line-in, or speaker.
       Download River Past Screen Recorder
       Buy River Past Screen Recorder at RegNow.

     * FrontCam (Shareware/Windows) - is a screen camcorder tool. It  
can capture the action from your screen into standard AVI movie  
files. Sound from your system microphone is also recorded. You can  
use it to capture screen into static pictures too.
       Download FrontCam
       Buy FrontCam at RegNow.

Screen capturing software for Linux

     *

     * WinCam 2000 (Shareware/Linux) Screen capture software. Doesn't  
support sound recording. Free 15-day trial.

Screen capturing software for Macintosh

     * BTV and BTV Pro (Mac OS) - allows you to view video from any  
video input source, either in a window or full screen on an entire  
monitor. Video can be captured to disk as a standard QuickTime movie  
file and single frames can be saved as image files.

     * Snapz Pro (Shareware - $69/Mac OS X) is a quantum leap in  
video capture technology, adroitly capturing full motion video of  
anything on your screen at a blistering pace, complete with digital  
audio, and an optional microphone voiceover. It allows you to  
effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a  
QuickTime® movie or screenshot



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