Video capture
I've used a number of products on Mac to create video/screen capture for Lightroom-Blog.com. I do have to consider my options when I purchase, but not exactly being new in the game, it's been a case of using things as they became available. PC users, sorry, but I don't use PC, but all I can say is, if you're not using Camtasia, you need to start there. It's not cheap, but it does everything.Snapz Pro X: This for a long time was the only ball in town. If you wanted video capture with audio, this was it. There were a few freebies that did video without audio though. You could record audio, then record the video as the audio played and match them up. If you scripted, this was perfect. I don't, or at least I should, but I tend not to. So I bought Snapz. While it's not longer my video capture tool of choice, I do use it for screen capture. I actually own 2 licenses to this as I got a second one in a software bundle.iShowU & Stomp: I bought these as a bundle. iShowU is a great little package for video and creates amazingly small videos, while still retaining quality. I used this until this week, and I see it used by "The Photoshop Guys". It is great, but my needs have been changing rapidly. I've stopped using iShowU for capture, but I'm still squishing my video with Stomp.Screenflow: When you've already spent a wad on software, you tend to be reluctant to buy something new. I'm about to do a series of video for an online training site, but they need panning and zooming. To an extent you can do this in the OS, but it's really fiddly to do it while actually making a video. Screenflow lets you do it after. I can also save out the audio from the recording, normalise it and then import it back into Screenflow. By removing the original audio track in the timeline, I can get louder audio. Very cool. Thanks to Clicio Barroso for putting me onto this. I had it for an hour of the 30 day trial when I bought it. Besides the need to zoom and pan for a specific site, this control is something I've wanted for a long time anyway. I'm delighted.. Not to mention that I haven't looked into the titling abilities yet either. Well worth the money.