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“The Screencasting Hanbook” is now Open Sourced

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by Ian

This is a quick post (see the longer post on my personal blog: Open Sourcing “The Screencasting Handbook”). I have just open sourced this eBook as a free book (it has been commercial for 3 years) as some of the content (mainly relating to software packages) is looking a little old now. The techniques and […]

“How to screencast” post on Freelance Advisor

Posted on August 19th, 2010 by Ian

I’ve just started a three part guest post series on Freelance Advisor, the first entry is “Communicating more effectively with screencasts“. The goal of the first post is to show freelancers how they could use screencasts to improve their business, in particular: Avoid meetings by sharing progress reports with screencasts Communicating more effectively with clients […]

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Selling ProCasts (my professional screencasting company)

Posted on August 7th, 2010 by Ian

Some of you know that I built my professional screencasting company ProCasts during 2009 into the UK’s largest screencasting agency. I’ve decided to move away from professional screencasting (don’t worry – I’m still working on this Handbook!) and so the business of ProCasts is up for sale. If you’re building your own professional screencasting brand […]

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Good microphone technique

Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Ian

In the Mic Technique chapter of The Screencasting Handbook a number of ways to improve your narration recording are discussed. In these two videos I’ll highlight the main points. First we cover: Keeping a constant distance to the mic Breath in a way that doesn’t swamp the microphone with noise Use a pop filter to […]

Two more reviews for The Screencasting Handbook

Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Ian

I’ve received two more reviews for the Handbook, first Stéphane Wattier penned Un guide pour vos tutoriels vidéo (English translation). Here’s a section from the Google-translated English version: “In French, we can find comparative screencasting tools, tutorials devoted to a particular tool (see for example my current folder on screencasting) or this file explaining how […]

“The Ultimate Screencasting Guide” Handbook Review

Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Ian

Paul McGovern has written a wonderful review for the Handbook entitled “The Ultimate Screencasting Guide“. Paul is a Lecturer who has a lot of experience with screencasting, he’s written a very thorough review: “The Screencasting Handbook weighs in at just under 130 pages and takes those completely new to screencasting as well as those that […]

First Edition of The Screencasting Handbook published!

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Ian

I’m very pleased to announce that the First Edition of The Screencasting Handbook was released this weekend, it covers everything that a new screencaster needs and it’ll teach an intermediate a few things too. This release is priced at a discounted $36 until May 15th when it returns to the regular $39 price, buy your […]

Avoiding mouse wiggle – use zooms and spotlights

Posted on May 2nd, 2010 by Ian

As discussed in chapter 6 it is important to avoid wiggling the mouse if you want to bring attention to something – it is annoying and distracting. Instead use zooms for pure focus and spotlights if you want the user to focus on something within the context of the rest of the screen. The following […]

And another Screencasting Handbook review

Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Ian

Darryl Pendergrass has just written a review of the almost-released Screencasting Handbook. He’s also provided a great testimonial which I need to add to the homepage: As a novice screencaster, I found every section of The Screencasting Handbook enlightening. Particularly helpful is Ian Ozsvald’s coverage of microphone selection for improving audio recording quality. In my […]

The Screencasting Handbook Release 9 now available

Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Ian

The 9th release of The Screencasting Handbook is now out, this release is probably the last before the First Edition is released around the end of the month. The current price is $36USD, the price will rise to $39USD in a couple of weeks when the final release comes out. Buy your copy now if […]