Posts Tagged ‘Narration’

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 […]

15 tips to remove noise from screencasts and videos

Posted on November 21st, 2009 by Ian

One of the biggest problems with screencasting is poor audio quality.  It doesn’t matter how swish your graphics are or how carefully you’ve planned your script – if your audio is hissy, full of pops and breaths and background sounds (like traffic!) then the listener will be disappointed. This topic is discussed in more detail […]

First Handbook screencast – “Making a screencast in the next 30 minutes” using Jing

Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Ian

The first screencast tutorial is on-line, it shows you how to make your first screencast, using the free Jing, in the next 30 minutes.  This screencast is a part of Chapter 4 in The Screencasting Handbook.  Since Chapter 4 is now complete I’ll be releasing a new copy of the book to my mailing list […]

Critique of GibraltarSoftware.com Tour Screencast

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Ian

Jay of GibraltarSoftware posted a link to the Business of Software forum asking for feedback on his new Tour screencast.  I figured that a critique here would be useful to other Handbook readers rather than a reply over a BoS.  Over on ProCasts I have critiqued five other screencasts, I’ll be doing those here now […]

24 tips to make eye-catching screencasts

Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by Ian

Are you making your own screencasts? Frustrated that they’re not generating the reactions you want? Annoyed by your audio?  Feeling that you’re recording without a plan? Here we present 24 tips borne from many years of screencasting experience whilst teaching 100,000 users a month at ShowMeDo and explaining client’s products inside ProCasts: Avoid built-in and […]

Proposed Chapter Outlines

Posted on August 10th, 2009 by Ian

Subject to some minor changes, these are likely to be the main chapters that will appear in TheScreencastingHandbook.  Over in the Screencast Handbook Google Group we’re having a very useful conversation about the topics just so I know exactly what everyone wants to learn about If you want to be notified about our progress with […]