Making live action tutorial

hi,
There call screen recorder programs. basically they capture any that occurs on the screen, also at the same time you can add a voice narration and then the file is saved as a mpg or avi file..!!

you can do a general search for screen recorders and you will get a lot of hits such as the following...

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm
http://www.camstudio.org/

that just a couple of examples...

tony cooper wrote:

How are those tutorials made where it's like a video and you see the screen and the movement of the mouse and the changes in real time? They seem to be done with some sort of dynamic (rather than still) screen capture program. I'd like to share certain techniques with a relative. I'm currently doing several screen shots in sequence, but a live series would be easier to follow.

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> How are those tutorials made where it's like a video and you see the
> screen and the movement of the mouse and the changes in real time?
> They seem to be done with some sort of dynamic (rather than still)
> screen capture program.

Exactly. They are recorded using a video screen capture utility. The best
of these is called Camtasia, but it costs a fortune. Snagit, from the same
company, works reasonably well and the price is reasonable. There are also
freeware and shareware programs to accomplish this, but I have not found one
that works as well as SnagIt. Audio will be a problem - get a microphone
with an amp, and find a quiet environment to avoid extraneous noise.

> I'd like to share certain techniques with a relative. I'm currently
> doing several screen shots in sequence, but a live series would be
> easier to follow.

For teaching, another possibility would be to use software that allows them
to watch what you are doing in real time while you talk on the phone.
TightVNC will do this. It's free, and the performance is excellent. You
will need to set up your router, then email them an IP address and port
number that they will click on to see what you are doing, using their
browser.
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