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Subject:Re: Movavi software for creating video tutorials? From:Ryan Young <ryangyoung -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> Date:Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:20:27 -0800
Picking up this thread...
At my new job, I have been tasked with evaluating tools to create 30-second
videos without audio that illustrate common tasks. Camtasia is the
incumbent, competing against Captivate and a tool called ViewletBuilder.
The latter has features and abilities similar to Camtasia, with a somewhat
finnicky slide-based interface. Its one advantage seems to be some built-in
survey and rating tools. I've found Captivate the easiest to use. As Robert
mentioned, the ability to animate cursor movements rather than having to
get them right in real time is a huge advantage. ViewletBuilder also has
this ability, but it's less intuitive.
I'm going to recommend Captivate, though I have a feeling the inertia of
Camtasia might win the day.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:
> I found Captivate very easy once I figured out that Software
> Simulation was the right recording mode.
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Debbi Crum <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and insights.
> >
> > After reading all the comments, I wonder if Camtasia would be the best
> route to go. Movavi is about half the price (although they have it on sale
> for about 1/3 the price), but Camtasia must have a much larger user base
> (more experts to reach out to when you need assistance) and probably better
> support. Both of those have to be considered when comparing price.
> >
> > Captivate looks like a good product, but I'm worried that it might have
> a steep learning curve. I'd like to be able to get up and running as
> quickly as possible.
>
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