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Ah now, music lover. Wondering where to find a free copy of your favorite songs?  Well, you could always search the Internet for some free MP3 songs! Here are a few websites where you can download free MP3 songs and albums. Continue Reading »

With the price of audio recordings today, there’s nothing like getting your favorite music for free.  And in many cases, this music can be found online in the form of MP3 files. Continue Reading »

Why would you want to use videos, and particularly Camtasia Videos, to sell stuff?  There are several reasons to use video. Continue Reading »

It’s very helpful to create a storyboard of your presentations.  A storyboard is a sketch you can create on paper that shows a very rough description of what each scene or visual is, who’s in it, what’s going on, and how long it is. Continue Reading »

Most screen capture programs do the same thing: they allow you to grab a copy of the screen or an active window and either save it to the clipboard or print it on the printer.  Some will let you save it to disk in one or more formats — the more the better.  Some will let you edit it by adding annotations and call-outs.  But one of the most useful ones will let you select a specific region to capture. Continue Reading »

It probably doesn’t need to be asked, but … why train with video rather than a traditional manual? Continue Reading »

Flash presentations come in two flavors: SWF and FLV.  If you’ve been following the other thread on Streaming Video, you’ll recall the discussion between downloads vs. streaming.  This distinction lies at the heart of this issue. Continue Reading »

Recording a video from your screen is not all that complicated from a technical standpoint.  All it takes is a program running in the background that copies all or part of the video display buffer’s memory every so often.  For 15 frames per second, it would need to grab and store a copy of the data every 60 milliseconds.  In other words, it needs to do a full or partial screen capture 15 or 30 times a second (depending on your needs), consistently, without missing a beat, and without eating up all of your excess CPU bandwidth in the process.   All screen recording programs work this way. Continue Reading »