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A book was published recently that is probably the bible on using Camtasia.  It’s called Camtasia Studio 3 — The Definitive Guide, by Daniel Park.  Here’s a brief review of it. 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 »

When you’re looking at acquiring a Screen Capture utility, there are a variety of features you may or may not need.  Here we identify many of the features and benefits so you can decide if they’re important. Continue Reading »

Most people don’t realize it, but Microsoft’s Windows has had a screen capture facility built-in since it was released as Version 3.0 years ago.  Back in the days of DOS, there was a key on your keyboard labeled “Prt Scr” that could be used to print the contents of the display screen on your printer.  It was somewhat quirky, but it worked most of the time.  When Windows was introduced, print drivers were really messy and hard to get working nicely.  So the behavior of the “Print Screen” key on the keyboard was changed slightly.  It became a “screen capture” key. Continue Reading »

When it comes to web video and training subjects, one of the best types of tools you can use are those that take a snapshot of the screen.  This is called a “screen capture”.  Screen captures allow your viewers, users, customers, and clients actually see what it is that you’re talking about. Continue Reading »