[TriLUG] Instructional Video Capture Software

[Jim Ray via TriLUG]

Something I bought for about $300 if my memory serves me well is TechSmith Camtasia. It is not as fancy as it's more expensive brethren yet let me create a video last night with decent introduction and conclusion slides. I picked one of their templates, copied/pasted text, added my video to the slides from the template for beginning and ending, and produced a mp4 for a web site very quickly. It does screen capture, editing, labels, and callouts.

https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

Regards,

Jim

Jim Ray, President
Neuse Networks – IT Management and Project Services
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From: TriLUG [mailto:trilug-bounces+jim=neuse.net at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Jim Wright via TriLUG
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 8:22 AM
To: Scott Chilcote; Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Instructional Video Capture Software

I work with some e-learning folks, and they all use Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline.  Those products make it pretty easy to create a polished looking result, albeit for a price.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG < trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Hi LUGgers,
>
> My employer has been asked to provide some instructional videos that 
> provide basic instruction on how to get started using some of our web 
> applications.  These are to help our primary customer train new employees.
>
> ${BOSS} came to me and said to find a screen video capture product 
> with the right bells and whistles.  I looked around and found no 
> shortage of such products for Linux, e.g. recordMyDesktop, VLC, 
> ScreenStudio, KRUT, Simple Screen Recorder, VocoScreen, Kazam, OBS, and more.
>
> Most of the recorders I've seen can limit the recording to a single 
> window, which seems useful for web-application specific video capture.
> They don't support video editing, adding labels and callouts, etc., so 
> I expect we'll need to use something like Cinelerra, OpenShot, and/or 
> something else to clean up and add finishing touches.
>
> I mentioned the variety of free and open software I'd found for Linux 
> to ${BOSS}, but he wasn't impressed.  He "isn't trying to save money"
> "wants something we all can easily use", "has useful features", and 
> "has professional results".
>
> Being a total newb when it comes to this, I'm hoping there are trilug 
> members who have experience they can share?
>
> I'm particularly interested in being able to add arrow pointers and 
> callouts to the video, so that the voice-over can effectively identify 
> product features.  Some animation relating to these wouldn't hurt.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
>    Scott C.
>
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> Cary, NC USA
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