Take One:ScreenCam

[Scott Goodhue <goodhue -at- SMTPGATE -dot- DISCLOSURE -dot- COM>]

     Hello folks,

     I'm using Lotus ScreenCam 2.0 for Windows to make a demo of an
     application.  ScreenCam's a package that "turns your PC into a VCR
     that records every click, scroll and action on your screen" (back of
     box).  It comes bundled with Lotus Office -- or goes for around $100
     bucks a pop by itself.  At first I was really wowed, recording mouse
     movements and inserting captions to make instantaneous flicks.  But
     now that I have a demo ready to shoot with a story board script to
     follow and captions loaded, I find myself flustered over trying to get
     the mouse movements, captions sequence and option selections all in
     sync from start to finish.

     Seems as if ScreenCam's a "one take" recorder with no real editing
     capabilities.  If you don't get it down all at once, you have to start
     again from the beginning and hope you orchestrate it well enough the
     next time (or the next, and so on)...a lot of fretting to make
     something strut if it involves more than just a few maneuvers.

     I also have Macromedia's Director, a really powerful multimedia
     package, but it requires a lot more money and time because you must do
     screen-to-screen captures and simulate mouse movements.  The advantage
     is, however, that it's easy to fine-tune and edit every "cast member"
     and frame with Director.

     Question: Is there a splice feature in ScreenCam that I've somehow
     overlooked or is there a package (or one being developed) that works
     like ScreenCam but has at least some rudimentary editing capabilities?


     Scott Goodhue/Disclosure, Inc. (not the movie, the company)
     sgoodhue -at- disclosure -dot- com