Video Tutorial
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What is "best" is always a personal preference.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave Kreskowiak... and where do you find the question asking for the "best" software...?
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
I think Spielberg started with an 8mm. The classics were made from stills. Start like the masters. Monty Python clip art.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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... and where do you find the question asking for the "best" software...?
"best", "easiest", does not matter. Both are a matter of personal preference.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
I have used Active Presenter for this (years ago). And it was good for my needs, although i didn't need zoom, so you would have to check that out yourself. From what I can see, they have expanded functionality quite a lot, so you can not only make videos with it, but also interactive online tutorials.
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
For me it's "Open Broadcast Studio" I use it for everything from screen capture, to recording online zoom/teams/etc meetings. ANYTHING I can plug into my PC can be mixed into the stream, so that means for example I can easily overlay my web cam/video frame grabber/USB Professional Mic/Midi Keyboard/etc over anything I grabbed from my screen. You can also just grab a specific output of an application window, or a video stream from another server. You can also create a set of "Scenes", so EG: you might have full screen desktop with webcam lower left, and another that's just full screen desktop, and you can easily switch between them at the click of a mouse. I have a dual monitor setup, and I always keep one monitor desktop totally clear of any icons etc, that way I can open OBS on the bottom monitor, while broadcasting a screen cast from the top monitor. I also have a remote control I can run on my phone which allows me to just touch an icon to switch scenes and turn video/audio sources on/off. As well as recording, I can also stream live to YouTube/Twitch and many other video hosting platforms, as well as pushing an RTSP stream directly to my own private servers. If your considering ANY video streaming/recording software OBS is probably the most feature rich it is. It's used by millions of games & youtubers all over the world.
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
I recommend TechSmith's Camtasia for this. It does a great job of recording applications, and includes all the features you mentioned. https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html[^] You will need to use their recording software (not just their editing software) to add or smooth mouse movements. It isn't free, but if you are doing a lot of this, it is absolutely worth the money. --Avonelle
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
You can make screen-share videos using Zoom, Discord, and any one of a number of meeting apps where screen-sharing is allowed and recording accommodated. I usually just use Zoom. If you have that, you can then put that in some editing software. I'm not sure if you can zoom in to a specific region - that certainly would be handy for meeting apps too. Hmm. I'll be following to see what folks come up with.
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For me it's "Open Broadcast Studio" I use it for everything from screen capture, to recording online zoom/teams/etc meetings. ANYTHING I can plug into my PC can be mixed into the stream, so that means for example I can easily overlay my web cam/video frame grabber/USB Professional Mic/Midi Keyboard/etc over anything I grabbed from my screen. You can also just grab a specific output of an application window, or a video stream from another server. You can also create a set of "Scenes", so EG: you might have full screen desktop with webcam lower left, and another that's just full screen desktop, and you can easily switch between them at the click of a mouse. I have a dual monitor setup, and I always keep one monitor desktop totally clear of any icons etc, that way I can open OBS on the bottom monitor, while broadcasting a screen cast from the top monitor. I also have a remote control I can run on my phone which allows me to just touch an icon to switch scenes and turn video/audio sources on/off. As well as recording, I can also stream live to YouTube/Twitch and many other video hosting platforms, as well as pushing an RTSP stream directly to my own private servers. If your considering ANY video streaming/recording software OBS is probably the most feature rich it is. It's used by millions of games & youtubers all over the world.
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I recommend TechSmith's Camtasia for this. It does a great job of recording applications, and includes all the features you mentioned. https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html[^] You will need to use their recording software (not just their editing software) to add or smooth mouse movements. It isn't free, but if you are doing a lot of this, it is absolutely worth the money. --Avonelle
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I use Techsmith's Snagit and it can record the screen and audio too. I like their products and I'm sure Camtasia is great too.
True - SnagIt is also a great product (and considerably cheaper than Camtasia). I use it for screenshots and quick and dirty screen videos. However, I don't think it has the mouse capture features that the OP requested, which is too bad. --Avonelle
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Maybe one of these: free-screen-recording-software-tools[^] or one of these: screen-recorders-for-windows[^]
Thanks Rick
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
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I need to make a demo video for a new tool I created, so I'll be trying this out. Thank you!
Your more than welcome. Any questions feel free to ask me, I've been using it successfully for quite a few years now.
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint
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Want to know which is the easiest software to learn and use, for making video tutorials of an application. It should be possible to zoom in to a specific region, annotate with text, highlight click events, and if possible add mouse movements while eliminating original jerky mouse tracks that appear when a screen capturing software is used. Need not be free necessarily. What I have tried: Creating videos using screen capturing softwares, creating videos using PowerPoint