Mobile Tech Minutes — Screenium Video Test
I like to do screencasts, those short videos that are recordings of my desktop. These let me show how I use programs, and allows the viewer to follow along. This video is a test of a new method I am trying on the MacBook, using the program Screenium. Screenium does a lot of different things, but its chief function is to record high-resolution recordings of the desktop.
I like this method as Screenium can record an overlay of video from the web cam, and that means you can see me while watching the desktop action. This test video is only four minutes long, and I doubt you’ll ever see both OS X (Snow Leopard) and Windows 7 in such a short video screen cast.
I would like to get your thoughts about this method, so leave me a comment. If enough people prefer this method over others I’ve used in the past then I will be happy to switch.
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I like the Screenium way for you doing your mobile tech minutes. Also seems that Screemium does a lot of different things for video capture and everything seems to run pretty smooth. So count me as a vote to use Screenium. :)
Thumbs up here James.
Thumbs up here also, the only recommendation I would suggest would be to make sure that your video overlay has a clear section on your desktop, that way your icons don’t obscure the video.
This was definitely a dry run. While recording the screen the overlaid video window is not visible so I have to be careful nothing is in the way. That’s easy to fix though.
Thumbs up as well and I agree with Bryan that you should avoid obscuring the video.
What’s your impression, comparison with your Windows based Screencasting software?
I have actually been using QuickTime on the Mac previously. On the Windows side Camtasia Studio is very nice, more powerful than Screenium, though. Screenium is much easier to get a recording done and encoded than Camtasia, however.