"Even the expensive tools have been extremely buggy making the process even more cumbersome."
What?! I've bought Screenflow almost two years ago for 99$ and got *free* upgrades for almost a year. It's rock solid and getting better. There's also Techsmith's Camtasia for Mac currently being introduced for 99$ (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasiamac/) with twice the feature set and efficiency of ScreenFlow. 99$ in cheap for any type of video production tool. As for productions skills, YMMV. Personally, I find that the process is easier once you have spent some time writing a good manual/user guide. The manual can then serve as a "script" for the screencasts + you can reuse some of the manual's illustrations. -- - Nick -
