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A List of Available Free Screencasting Tools

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Terry Leigh Britton • 2 Comments

There are several freeware screen-recorders: CamStudio: http://camstudio.org/ Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/ Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ HyperCam: http://www.hyperionics.com/ UltraVNC Recorder: http://www.uvnc.com/screenrecorder/ – Basically CamStudio with some speedup enhancements. Microsoft Encoder 4: Download link The free version of Encoder 4 can screen record up to 10 minutes at a time. Free Online Tools: Screenr: http://screenr.com/ (Screencasts for Twitter) Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ ScreenJelly:… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Camstudio, Generally Useful Stuff, Jing, Screen Recording Softwares, Screen Toaster, Screencast-O-Matic, ScreenJelly, Screenr

Best Color Depth?
16-Bit Color Vs. 32-Bit Color Explained!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Terry Leigh Britton • 1 Comment

Use 16 bit color for screen recording and that will bring the file size down quite a bit. It also will allow your computer to work more efficiently! But let me explain first what “32-bit color” vs. “16-bit color” (and 24-bit color) really means! Then you may make your decision based upon what’s “really going on” under the hood!… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Camstudio, Codec Related, Generally Useful Stuff, Jing, Screen Recording Softwares, Screen Toaster, Screencast-O-Matic, ScreenJelly, Screenr