LibCasting

Techsmith released a new version of Snagit on Feb. 28. Snagit is a great, full-featured screen shot (still image) program. With versions 11 for Windows and 2 for Mac, Snagit now has much more robust screencast (video) capabilities as well. Want to see it in action via a Webinar? If you are reading this in [...]

Techsmith has released a new version of Camtasia for Mac. The new 2.0 version features include the following: Redesigned editor interface Ability to Extend Frames Callouts can be animated and customized Tilt and restore animations Mobile device frames graphics Cursor effects (highlighting, magnifying or spotlighting) Blur Effect Faster production with higher quality output including Flash [...]

Just before last weekend, Adobe updated Captivate to version 5.5. The new features include the following Gradients, shadows, and rotation Updated quiz templates Publishing to MP4 Ability to publish to tablets, smartphones, and iOS devices Single click publish to YouTube option Also new is a subscription pricing model. Pay $59/month on a month-to-month basis or [...]

Techsmith updated Camtasia Studio to version 7.1.1 last week. The maintenance release mostly includes various bug fixes,but the announcement also highlights: Updating the My Screencast.com plug-in Fixing the a problem where a lack rectangle or table of contents covers the video and incorporated a requested option to show a rectangle around the area being recorded [...]

While their Twitter account still exists, Screenjelly has not posted for over a year. When I checked screenjelly.com today, it redirects to a strange SteinerSports picture and email request page (which is why I have not linked it). Parent Veodia.com (which also bought out ScreenToaster) ends up at a “You reached an inactive URL address” [...]

Since the demise of ScreenToaster (and I can’t even get to their site today) and my expectations that ScreenJelly may not last long, I’ve been looking for a new favorite among the free, online screencasting tools. Screencast-O-Matic has greatly improved since I last looked at it, and the editing options with the oh-so-affordable $9/year Pro [...]

Of the various free online screencast recorders, my favorite was ScreenToaster. It was free, included hosting, and it did not limit the screencast length as severely as others. In addition, you could add text to sections of the screencast. Unfortunately, in June 2010 ScreenToaster announced that it was closing down, even though it had been [...]

Probably of interest to only a few readers, but just in case you have some Linux users in your organization or have Linux-using friends (mostly systems managers or other computer-intensive users with some mathematicians and physicists thrown in for good measure), take a look at 5 Ways to Screencast Your Linux Desktop from LinuxHaxor for [...]

While waiting for Techsmith to produce a Mac version of Camtasia, Mac users have more limited choices for screencasting software. But at least those choices are expanding. See, for example, a recent comparison of eight options at the TUAW Faceoff: Screencasting. The most advanced option reviewed, ScreenFlow from Vara Software has recently been upgraded to [...]

So I’ve been playing around with some of the newer, free screencasting programs that including hosting. I created a quick and short screencast with each on the topic of finding the ERIC thesaurus from our library site. See what you think of the output. I’m using five different programs that all offer a free screenrecording [...]