claus.reinke: > Perhaps the "make a video" slogan doesn't quite explain what is > intended - it didn't to me!-) Reading John Udell's short article > > What is Screencasting? > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2005/11/16/what-is-screencasting.html?page=1 > > gave me a better idea: the screen video part is the modern, animated > version of manuals with screenshots, now with audio or text caption > annotations (a canned demo). He also gives some tool references, and some > suggestions for focussing the bandwidth on useful contents, editing, > privacy considerations, etc. Almost certainly, this > >> 2. type 'recordmydesktop' >> 3. do something with haskell >> 4. hit control-C >> 5. upload out.ogv to youtube > > is not a useful recipe - screencasts need planning of the steps one > wants to demonstrate, editing out of aimless moving around or > thinking about what to show next, annotations that guide the viewer (text > labels or audio track that explains what can be seen, > or what keyboard shortcuts are used, or what the plan is), and probably > several attempts to get one useful result (minimal bandwith/length/.. > with maximal "ah, that is how I do it" or "ah, that is how it works" or > "cool, I want to install that" effect). > But with a little effort, this could be very useful, more so than simple > screenshots, lots of text, or combinations thereof, if the > focus is not so much on producing a video to watch, but on > showing potential users what they are going to see, and how > to work with it if they decide to install it. For instance, I'd now like > to replace my old tour of haskellmode for Vim with a screencast.
Great! Yes, this is exactly what I hope. It is so much clearer why I would want to use something when I can see it in use. > As a windows user, I tried playing with CamStudio and that almost seems > to do the job (capture, annotation, replay, conversion > of .avi to compressed .swf) but I don't like the resolution of the .swf > it generates (screen text isn't as readable as I've seen in other > screencasts). Perhaps I'm missing an option to improve the quality, or > can anyone recommend another free tool for windows, from > positive experience (wikipedia has a whole list of tools > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software )? > > For the purpose I have in mind, it would be good to have > many small pieces of screencast, one for each feature, or even better, > one continuous screencast with the ability to link directly to sections > dealing with particular topics - a hyperlinked animation. Is that > supported by some (free) tool? That would be very cool. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
