Professional screencaster and trainer Scott Skibell publishes screencasting content on his sites Macscreencasting.com and SkillCasting.com. I have asked Scott to share some of  his thoughts about screencasting with our readers. The following is the first of a two part series on Screencasting as a new way of communicating.

by Scott Skibell
Screencasting is a new form of [...]

As we in America get ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude to all who have been a part of our ScreenFlow community this year.  To everyone who has contributed to this blog, the forum, through Twitter and Facebook; to all who have let us [...]

Screencasting software is a perfect tool to help with usability testing for a website or a software application. Usability testing essentially helps gauge how “usable” a site or program is: Can users intuitively find what they’re looking for? Are users taking the intended path from A to B as they navigate? How quickly can users [...]

Another new feature of ScreenFlow 2.0 is the ability to export a selected range of your entire screencast, not the entire presentation. And, it’s easy to do!
Step one: Select a range in your ScreenFlow timeline. You can do this either by holding down “Shift” in the timeline as you click and drag the scrubber, or [...]

One of the many uses of ScreenFlow is as a recording device for live web events for playback later. The other day, there was a webinar I wanted to listen to, but I knew I would be in a meeting during the scheduled webinar time. So I thought: “I can use ScreenFlow to record the [...]

When you want to use music in your screencasts, unless you create it yourself or get explicit rights from a composer, you will generally need to obtain a license to use that music.
You might think that music you downloaded on iTunes for your iPod would work perfectly… but think again! When you buy a CD, [...]

Have you ever wanted to show a credit reel at the end of a screencast? It’s not hard to do. Check out our brief video on how to create scrolling text in 3 easy steps.

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Since we’re on the subject of using images in ScreenFlow (see yesterday’s post “Using still images in your ScreenFlow movie“) our resident ScreenFlow support guru, Willow,  has written a follow up on sizing images for the best results.
By Willow Wray
Adding images to a ScreenFlow document is easy. However, you can sometimes end up with [...]

Logos, thought bubbles, arrows, rectangles… there is going to come a time when you will want to add an image or icon to your screencast.  How can you do that and what are the best formats to use?
How to add images
In ScreenFlow 2, it’s easy to add image files to your documents. Simply drag your [...]

I’m the first to admit it: My computer desktop is messier than my teenage daughter’s room. Of course, I know exactly where everything is when I need to find it, but when recording a screencast, I generally have to make sure I have windows, strategically placed, to hide the clutter.
So no one was happier to [...]