Posts Tagged ‘screencasting’

Meet the ScreenFlow-ers: The Noble Samurai team

Interview with the dynamic team behind the Market Samurai screencasts
I love hearing the experiences and advice in this “Meet the ScreenFlow-er” series! My next subjects are Mr. Ben Galt and Dr. Anthony Fernando from Noble Samurai. Noble Samurai are the makers of Market Samurai, a really powerful software product which we at Telestream use to [...]


ScreenGenius Tip: Make your video files smaller

I need more SPACE! I know I’m not the only one who has said that – though, admittedly, maybe not everyone is referring to storage space for their video files.
Video files, as I’m sure you know, can be HUGE. Although virtually all video is compressed in some way or another there’s continual effort to find [...]


Meet the ScreenFlow-er: Scott Elias from Loveland High School

Interview with Loveland High School’s Scott Elias
Last week, I interviewed Joshua Rosenbaum from MailChimp about his ScreenFlowing experiences. My next subject is Scott Elias, Assistant Principal at Loveland High School in Colorado. Scott uses a much simpler set up than Josh had, and his “studio” easily sits entirely on his desk. But Scott manages to [...]


ScreenGenius Tip: Using Markers in ScreenFlow

If you’ve ever created a long screencast, you’ll immediately understand the benefits of using Markers. But even if your longest screencasts are less than a few minutes, you too can experience the joy of Markers also – don’t fret! Markers are essentially “bookmarks” that allow you to define a point in your timeline, and [...]


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 [...]


Sharing knowledge

I thought I’d dedicate today’s post to sharing a few of the very nice ScreenFlow tips and tutorials that we’ve seen lately from some of our fabulous users. These are in no particular order, and if I’ve missed any recent ones, please let me know in the comments below.
Thank you to all of you who [...]


ScreenGenius Tip: Changing your background to white

I’ve been asked by several people lately how to change the video background to white from the default black. The easiest way I know to do this is to put a white PNG graphic as the bottom layer in your timeline. You can extend this graphic in your timeline for as long as your movie [...]


Practical audio tips using ScreenFlow and GarageBand by Chris Beiting

Chris Beiting is a talented and professional screencaster. In fact, we’re proud to mention he was the talent behind our four ScreenFlow 2.0 teaser screencasts: 2D & 3D Transitions, Video Timeline Features, Audio Features, and YouTube Export.  I have asked Chris to share some tips on his screencasting process and how he uses GarageBand with [...]


4 Steps to Planning a Tutorial Screencast by Ian Ozsvald

Ian Ozsvald is writing The Screencasting Handbook which teaches how anyone can make great screencasts that teach and sell software.  Ian also runs the British screencasting company ProCasts that creates homepage demo videos. I have asked Ian to share some of his expertise with us on how he does his screencasts, and on his screencasting [...]


ScreenGenius Tips: 3 steps to cool “falling text” effect in ScreenFlow

There are a lot of nice effects that you can import into ScreenFlow from other applications such as Adobe After Effects or iMovie. But what if you don’t know those programs? How do you create some cool effects using only ScreenFlow?
Here’s an example of how to create a text effect I call “falling text” in [...]