What's a screen capture?
A screen capture allows you to take a photo of your screen. With a Mac, you can do this easily by pressing Command/Shift/4 simultaneously (the command key is next to the space bar). Your mouse will change to a target symbol. Simply click and drag over the area you wish to photograph. When you release the click, you will hear a shutter sound. Your picture will be saved on the desktop as 'picture 1.png.' Snow Leopard now says 'Screenshot (date).png'
What is a screencast?
Basically a screencast is recording what is on your computer screen. It's useful for creating tutorials as it allows viewers to see what's happening on your monitor, mouse movements and allows you to narrate.
There are times when you need to make a screenshot that should meet the following requirements:
• standard desktop picture (aqua blue or plain white, for instance)
• no desktop clutter
Desktop Curtain displays your favorite desktop picture just in front of your real desktop, so you won't have to clean up each time you need to take a screenshot. And it's really easy to control — just control- or right-click on Desktop Curtain's desktop picture to access its settings or quit. Free Download. Desktop Curtain 1.1 runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
| If you are running Snow Leopard on a Mac, did you know Quicktime Player X now lets you do screencasts?
Open Quicktime and go to File > New Screen Recording and use the pulldown menu (the little arrow) to select your settings and save destination.
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Skitch
(screen capture)
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Your friends are global… you can send them links… but what if the action is on your screen? … Point out a quick suggestion to a colleague or pass on that funny moment from an IM chat, post images to MySpace, eBay, forums or via email. You can also draw. Free
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Jing
Recommended!
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Free
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| ScreenToaster |
Free Online Screen Recorder! Use it to create tutorial videos or anything else that interests you and your screen.
- Register & use it anywhere anytime
Make screencasts / tutorials / demos / high-scores show-offs…
- Record your screen in one click
No download. Compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
- Share videos on the Internet in Flash
Embed them on blogs/webpages or send them by email.
Also add subtitles.
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Screenr creats screencast videos and you don't need to register in order to us it unless you wish to save your recordings (but, you do need a Twitter account!). Recordings can be downloaded or published to YouTube.
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Snapz
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Snapz Pro X allows you to effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot that can be e-mailed, put up on the web, or passed around however you want. Snapz Pro X 2.x costs $69. |
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Screenflow
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This one is the mother of screencasting! Very professional.
Capture the contents of your entire desktop at the same time as your video camera, microphone and computer's audio. Sophisticated editing tools allow you to create incredible screencasts in no time. The finished result is a QuickTime movie, ready for publishing to your website or blog.
(99USD)
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ScreenToaster
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Sketchcast
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Sketchcast allows you to record a sketch with or without voice. You can explain something, have fun, or create art. You may also embed the sketch player in your blog or point people to your sketch channel.
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