CAMTASIA
This software is made by TechSmith and is also a little too pricey for my taste. It is available for PC users or MAC users but requires a very steep learning curve with many hours spent trying to figure out how to use it.
- For the PC Users, it is called Camtasia Studio 8.
- For the MAC Users, it is referred to Camtasia for MAC 2.
In addition, you can import your HD video from a camera. I have to admit I have seen screen casts created using Camtasia and they do look quit professional if you willing to pay.
Website: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
Price:
- For PC Version: $299 per license (approx.)
- For MAC Version: $99 per license
EDUCATIONAL PRICING VS. REGULAR PRICING
Note: I want to thank Marion Black for pointing out some differences in pricing on some of the software by TechSmith. Prior to WA, my profession was a teacher and librarian. TechSmith offers huge discounts on their software for educators, so some of the prices I mentioned may be based on the educator price and not regular price.
On that note, if you are a teacher, because I know we have many here in the WA community, check out the educational pricing for TechSmith products. The price differences are huge.
https://www.techsmith.com/volume-license-education.html
Flash and java have big time security issues, because many websites have moved on to HTML5 for videos. I think youtube uses it now. Tried to stream a move from Amazon. It stopped using MS Silver light and will only allow flash to play in Firefox. Hard to keep up, I think Netflix is now using HTML5. I have disabled flash and java in Chrome, I set it on click to play because many websites still use flash. What a mess hard to keep up!
William
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That does sound difficult to keep up with. I am not sure what YouTube uses for videos. It might be HTML 5. I have had a hard time streaming from Amazon as well. Thank you for offering more insight into the world of videos. :)
Steph
Best to you Steph, always...
William :)
I think I may have confused many folks. There are more pages to this training than the first page listing Adobe Captivate. I added a paragraph on top to make it more clear that there are other affordable and often FREE chooses out there as you navigate through the training. :)
Steph
Enjoy your weekend.
Robert
Many thanks Steph.
