Posts Tagged ‘screencasting software’

ScreenFlow 2.1 is now available

The new ScreenFlow is here! The new ScreenFlow is here!
We are happy to announce the availablity of ScreenFlow 2.1. This is a free update for existing ScreenFlow 2.x customers and a $29 paid upgrade for ScreenFlow 1.x customers.
The big news:

New Flash Publish feature. ScreenFlow can now create an all-in-one [...]


Screen highlights and special effects with OmniDazzle

Occasionally I will come across a free application that offers something that might be useful for ScreenFlow users. A few weeks ago, I wrote about “Ratio” the free widget that helps calculate standard screen sizes (I use that one all the time). My most recent discovery is OmniDazzle – a free program that lets you [...]


Screencasting in Technical Support

I recently suffered through a frustrating hour of trying to unsuccessfully add a URL link to one of my blog posts in WordPress.
Let me first defend myself by saying: I’ve been using WordPress for quite a while; I’ve added dozens, if not hundreds of successful URL links. But suddenly, this particular link kept redirecting to [...]


Full-screen capture vs. partial-screen capture

There is some debate among screencasters about what’s better: full-screen capture or partial-screen capture. Full-screen capture is just that: your entire screen gets recorded, then you crop and edit in post-production. Partial-screen capture requires that you size and position a “viewport”  or recording window prior to recording, and only things in that window get recorded.  [...]


Apple H.264 vs. x264 in ScreenFlow – better exports?

If you export your ScreenFlows using the “Web” presets or the built in Apple H.264 codec, you’ll be interested to hear of a way to reduce your data rates while maintaining the quality of your H.264 movies by installing a free x264 codec.
x264Encoder is an encoding engine that produces video in the H.264/AVC standard. It [...]


Come see us at MacWorld

Hey, if you’re at MacWorld, come by and visit our booth!
We are at booth #1556

Also, be sure to listen to the ScreenFlow-focused podcast interview done by Rob Griffiths from MacWorld.com featuring  our own Andy Engberson.
Have a great weekend!


Design the ScreenFlow T-shirt, and win a $500 Telestream store coupon

Calling all creative people!
We’re looking for a T-shirt design for ScreenFlow, and we want YOU to help us design it! It can be something cool, funky, interesting, humorous… anything that represents ScreenFlow to you.
We will select a winning design from all the eligible entries submitted. The winner will receive a $500 coupon for use in [...]


Meet the ScreenFlow-er: The man behind MailChimp screencasts

Interview with MailChimp’s Joshua Rosenbaum
I recently connected with Joshua Rosenbaum, the resident ScreenFlow guru at MailChimp, providers of email marketing software and services. Joshua has created some really professional, not to mention, fun and unique screencasts for MailChimp.
In this interview Joshua gives us some great insight into his screencasting process, as well as some of [...]


ScreenGenius Tip: Change your default transition

Do you know that you can set what your default transition is? Easy! Just go to your preferences, and select a transition from the “Default Transition” dropdown box. This comes in handy if you have a project that uses a particular transition that you don’t use regularly. Simply make that transition your default, and you’ll [...]


Screencasting: A New Form of Communications – with guest Scott Skibell

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 [...]