Re: Mini-lesson creation with audio and video

["Rob Hudson" <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I understand that many people use Audacity to mix the audio before
putting it into the presentation. Is that your experience?

I'm also wondering about the size of the end product; I figure I'll
keep the videos short, but wonder what the ultimate sizes are from
Qarbon vs Camtasia vs Captivate.

I'm surprised nobody has done the same video in each and presented
them for comparison. That would be really useful :)

Rob

On 4/23/07, Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi Rob
>
> It all depends on what you hope to accomplish. Camtasia will record it all
> in one big long AVI file that you can later edit and spit out .SWF or other
> formats.
>
> Captivate will generally sense when the screen changes (by mouse click or
> other actions) and snag screen captures. It will also automagickally add
> those neat Text Captions (text bubbles) where Camtasia doesn't do this for
> you automatically.
>
> Either product will allow you to add your narration separately. (or as you
> record the main movie) Don't be tempted to record audio as you go along.
> Take a hint from the way the motion picture industry works. There is a
> reason they never record the audio track at the same time as they are
> filming the scenes. ;)
>
> Cheers... Rick :)
>
>
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> Subject: Mini-lesson creation with audio and video
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>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm working on some 5-6 minute lessons on basic Word and Writing
> > skills that I'd like to record and post on my web site. I'm debating
> > between Camtasia and Captivate.
> >
> > I imagine that I'll be mousing on a screen and talking over the video;
> > I won't be recording my face or my head.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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