February 10, 2012
While there are many ways to capture screenshots from video games, recording video footage isn’t quite as simple. There are two main choices. The first is FRAPS – the choice of pro gamers who want to keep a record of the action from their favourite games, FRAPS is quite expensive for anyone who doesn’t plan to use it regularly. The second is WeGame, a free alternative.
January 24, 2012
Camstudio is a simple open-source screen recorder that’s great for someone who’s starting out his or her YouTube show on software tips and how-to’s. If you’re looking for something that allows you to enhance your videos even more, check out what ActivePresenter offers. ActivePresenter is a screencasting software that you can use to author training tutorials and software walkthroughs.
January 7, 2012
What do you do if you want to make a video tutorial on Linux yourself? You’ve may have seen some people use their video camera to point to the monitor, but those look very unprofessional when compared to others that show only what the monitor shows, without the monitor acting as a border around the video. The tool for the job is a screencasting software. Kazam Screencaster is an easily available free screencasting tool that you can use on Linux.
August 22, 2011
AShot, is an open-source screenshot and screencasting tool. You can easily view what’s on your Android handset on your computer screen and more. Read on to find out more about what makes this a good alternative to the built-in Dalvik Debug Monitor.
August 16, 2011
Most people would agree that video instructions are easier to understand than plain written words. That’s why YouTube is chocked full with how-to videos. But making instructional videos is not everybody’s cup of tea as the process is hard and time-consuming. TechSmith – the maker of Jing – has tried to solve the problem by releasing an iPad app called ScreenChomp.
January 4, 2011
Sharing video or audio with friends and perfect strangers is easier than ever before thanks to the Internet and the wide array of social websites. Actually recording that video and/or audio, however, can still be a pain. One solution to this problem is SMRecorder, a versatile free recording program for Windows. SMRecorder can record audio, [...]
May 27, 2010
When you work on or with the web, you often have to take screenshots or videos of what you’re doing. You may need to make a copy of a website for your documents, capture a process for a presentation, or simply prepare images for an article you’re writing. Rather than installing yet another nifty tool, [...]
May 9, 2010
Articulating your point in a presentation is an art. Nowadays with projectors and screen sharing over the Internet, it is no longer verbal communication skills that matter. Think about Steve Jobs showing the iPad without being aided by the awesome slides or the iPad screen on the large projector over his shoulders. Takes a bit [...]
April 5, 2010
Have you ever wondered how to create a screencast or why you may want to? Screen recordings, also known as screencasts, could serve a number of purposes, such as teaching your less tech-savvy relatives or friends some time-saving techniques, and showing customer service agents what the problem is when screenshots are just not enough. You [...]
March 10, 2010
A few of us writers here at MUO are pretty fond of the free screen capture application, Jing, because of its practical and time saving features and because, if you haven’t noticed, we use lots of screenshots in our articles. MUO has already published a few articles about how to use Jing for both image [...]
