Kelly Walsh's Blog – January 2010 Archive (4)

Testing free video editing tools (and techniques)

The 3rd post in a series focused on free tools for recording, editing, and publishing video tutorials.

I’ve been working this month to find a set of free tools that can enable me to produce and distribute video tutorials. Picking up where I left off last week, this weekend I pursued the idea of using Windows Movie Maker as a free editing tool to pair with a free video… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 25, 2010 at 7:00am — 4 Comments

Screencasting with Debut’s Lite Version

Testing the free version of NCH Software’s video capture application.

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking into a variety of free screencasting tools available on the web.

I’m interested in finding a free application that let’s me easily capture screen activity and record audio over it, and then save the resulting file in an easy to play, stand-alone format (some tools only allow created recordings to reside on their web site – I want more flexibility… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 17, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools

Combing through the basic functions and features of a list of tools I’ve become aware of, to select some for further testing.

Over the course of the week, the list of Screencasting tools that have been recommended to me, or that I’ve otherwise learned of, has grown to a dozen.

I have a goal of trying identify a free tool or set of tools to use to create… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 10, 2010 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Creating brief instructional videos (and more) with Jing

Cool free app for combining screen shots or screen motion with audio, to create instructional presentations.

This week I got my Jing on! I recently heard about Jing (found on the web at jingproject.com), and after a quick visit to their web site I knew that this might be the type of tool I’ve been thinking about trying out for creating some brief instructional videos. The fact that it was free made it a no brainer to go… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on January 3, 2010 at 2:02pm — 1 Comment