Make Screencasts with Screen Recorder Software

Let's say that you're talking on the phone to someone. The girl on the other side is having difficulty in setting the Outlook Express. So she has turned to you for help.

You could be frustrated trying to explain the operation steps over the phone after 10 minutes… you could send an e-mail explaining what the email setting, but you might find it not easy to describe some complicated procedures… you could travel to the girl's place and show her what to do, but if she is far away… or you can send her a short screencast as the setting guide, and then the girl can just watch the video and duplicate what you've done.

Obviously, the last way is the most logical way to get the problem done. That is a familiar technical support scene which screencast is used in.

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. It is a powerful tool to demonstrate technical tasks, or to illustrate technical concepts that are hard to explain in words.

A screencast might take the form of a formal narrated presentation, a software demo, or an informal walk-through of a particular concept. A good screencast projects an image of transparency, trust, and authenticity. It is widely used in software training and website demonstrating. It can be easily distributed via blog posts, RSS feeds, tags, and social media video hosts like YouTube and MySpace. These media allow you to share training screencasts with a distributed audience, and people can get portable computer training with podcasts.

Just as a screenshot is a picture of a user's screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on their monitor. The video and audio components can make a topic more engaging than written instructions or static images, while also appealing to different learning styles. Lets see a sample about Exporting the image from DemoCreator.

Note: The following description is based on DemoCreator 2.8 or older versions. Now this feature is not available in DemoCreator 3.0.

Export the image from DemoCreator: Screencast tutorial

Export the screenshot from DemoCreator: Text tutorial with screenshots

1. Launch DemoCreator, create a new project or open an existing file, go to a slide you want to export.
2. Move the timeline cursor on timeline editor to position a frame, which is displayed instantly on the working area above.



3. Right click the slide on the Slide pane, then choose "Export as image". Specify a location, and select a format to save the image.

Most people prefer a different learning style with a screencast, which is the more effective way for learning.

There are a number of different software packages or ways that make it easy to capture what is going on the screen to make a screencast. DemoCreator is a wonderful screencasting tool. You simply click the record button and it will capture your exact mouse clicks and operations on your monitor. This screencast software also allows you to add audio narration to your presentation, and integrate Flash video, photos, and music to enhance your screencast.

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