Comments on: A usability screen recording tip

By: aaronh

aaronh — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:17:00 +0000

I LOVE Jing and it is cross platform, though I have started to use skitch which is faster and easier and mac only, so sorry about that.

By: Marielle

Marielle — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:10:17 +0000

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your response! My experience with camstudio is limited, but positive. It does not allow recording the webcam at the same time, unfortunately. But sometimes it’s desirable to use a separate video camera anyway (better view on body posture, etc).

I really like Jing, for quick screenshots and short video captures. But I’m certainly going to try out Screenflow as soon as I have a mac

By: aaronh

aaronh — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:07:21 +0000

@Marielle
I have heard good things about camstudio, as in vague generalities, but I don’t actually know someone personally who uses it regularly.
Adobe breeze has been mentioned to me for screen recording, but I don’t believe that will also record another video stream (the webcam for facial expressions).

Everyone I know uses camtasia or morae, and I’ll say that for quick and easy still images as well as video of the screen Jing (www.jingproject.com) is a great thing (also from Techsmith). Honestly Screenflow seems to be one of the best inexpensive pieces of software around.

My new mantra is that Mac is worth it because you can always run windows via parallels or bootcamp. If anyone out there has experience with camstudio I would like to hear about it.

By: Marielle Winarto

Marielle Winarto — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:28:07 +0000

As I understand, Screenflow is Mac Only. Do you know if there is a suitable Windows (or linux…) alternative? There is Camtasia of course, and the open source Camstudio, but they’re not Screenflow…