I’m not going to spend too much time on the interface, only to say it is very intuitive and the dark colours make it easy to focus on the content. Once you stop, the edit suite opens, with a panel offering tutorials – another helpful feature. Press the big red button and you are off, until you pause or stop recording.

There is an option to use a built-in iSight camera or other connected camera plus various microphone and system audio settings, which requires installing a TechSmith Audio Capture Component. If I had been able to use it for my work, I think it might have been more easy to decide which I prefer, so plus one to TechSmith and Camtasia!ĭownload the demo here where there are both Mac and PC versions: Launching Camtasia, you get a panel where you choose to record your full screen, a custom region or one of several preset sizes, plus a few recent sizes you have used. This is a huge plus as the ScreenFlow demo carries a watermark and I have not been lured into using it for any purpose beyond trialling. This is based on the trial version 2.3.0 which lets you use it fully for 30 days, without a watermark. This is about me as a potential customer looking at these two products and finding out which I may prefer. What follows is not an in-depth look at their features – you can find that on their websites. It does however, have some great features that are NOT in either of my two test apps, such as the ability to save presets for mouse-clicks, zoom to focus window, align and distribute options plus a cut tool right above the timeline, which is useful! However, it always feels kind of clunky and missing some key features plus the files seem way bigger than they should be. Snapz Pro X is like the free QuickTime screen recorder on steroids, but I moved to Screenium when I needed a more sophisticated tool, that allowed me to use callouts, text and zoom in or highlight/obscure items on my screen. Up until this moment, my screencasts or video tutorials have been made with initially, Snapz Pro X and more recently, Screenium. Why I’m Looking For New Video Screen Capture Software May 3 2013: Cult of Mac are offering a bundle that includes Camtasia:Mac for $49.99. I currently use Screenium but for reasons I’ll go into, I’m currently testing both Camtasia:mac and ScreenFlow.

There is the free built-in QuickTime screen recording option, or a range of 3rd-party apps. If you need to record your screen, for screencasts or client or video training tutorials, and you are on a Mac, you have a few tools available.

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