How to record tutorial videos
So I have been doing this 3D thing for a while now and Im thinking that I might get more employment if I started making tutorial videos. I think there are a lot of tricks that I figured out that I want to share with the community. So right now Im looking for good program to help me screen capture here is the criteria I need.
Thank in advance for any advise.
- · Can record high quality specifically for youtube
- · Takes minimum system resources
- · Fairly simple to navigate
- · Under 50$ price tag
- · Able to make like a circle appear around my mouse on the screen or something on every click so that people can see where I clicked and wont lose my mouse on the screen
Thank in advance for any advise.
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That might seem crappy but it turned out fine. The most important aspect is the content of the video
http://www.techsmith.com/snagit-features.html
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Fraps is good for a straight recording; its super cheap. Still don't screw up, it doesn't come with an editor.
http://www.fraps.com/
Camtasia is your best bet, but don't count on it compressing higher res movies... your most likely going to have to combo some stuff up!
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html?gclid=COKjl9DWirsCFU5o7AodcWkAzQ
As mentioned audacity is fantastic!
Vimeo has better quality than youtube... I think your free limit is 500mb
https://vimeo.com/home/watchlater
Hope this helps out, or at least gives you more options
Pro Tools is so heavy that you can download, install, open and edit the audio in Reaper and when you're done, you'll find it still at the splash screen checking no one knows what.
tdm plugins are slow to load I just mentioned it since it is what I use with a previous background in pro audio. Yes for the general consumer for doing quick things audacity or reaper is prolly better.
That would be overkill (with a chain of Waves plugins preferably), considering the quality of a consumer recording equipment (integrated microphone, recorded in STEREO), better invest in a nice NT1 and a pre amp at this point
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then i always use Handbreak to compress the file sizes, it really works wonders.
Via wikipedia: Uncompressed cbr video at 8bit/1080p/30fps is roughly 417 gig per hour.
What you're suggesting is the best way to do it though, capture in a lossless codec and then reencode it afterward. I made the mistake of using raw uncompressed video for my first tutorial and ended up having to cut the framerate a lot in order to get the file size down to something managable.
you just re iterated what I said that for this use the small free daws are better. only mentioned pt since it was at the top of my mind since pt is the only one I got installed.
Also haven't had a chance to use a nt1 but own a nt2a have used a nt3 many times, what's it like.
Well, it's the stripped down version of the NT2, it has only the cardioid diagram, so no switches, and I don't think that can be even be compared to the NT2-A, not only considering the price range, but the sound quality and the manufacturing, but as long as you are using it to record spoken voice, and not a singer, the NT1 it's ok, I must say that I used it very few times, as the main mic I used to record at the radio was an AKG C 414B-ULS (yes, I still have notes with the equipment I used) and a NT2, I can't judge them because they where attached to different hardware configurations, the AKG to a soundcard connected to the PC and the NT2 into an analog mixer to make live announcements, and stuff like that.
Probably for amateur usage you can find a better microphone than the NT1, but I can't suggest something that I didn't tried.