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Subject:Re: Programs to create a software walk-through? From:"Collin T" <tutivillus -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 16 May 2006 08:35:03 -0600
I've used Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Captivate on hundreds of hours
worth of walkthroughs. I've never had a problem with corrupted files
or similar. It's a *very* easy program to learn, but does have some
quirks that need to be kludged around.
Overall? I recommend Captivate over Camtasia...just a better feature
set all around.
*HINT!!! If you're adding voiceovers? Get the sound files *first*
then do your screencast while the sound file is playing.
I've created a great list of do's and don'ts...I should post it somewhere.
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