Posts Tagged ‘Youtube’

The Screencasting Handbook Release 7 now available

Posted on January 10th, 2010 by Ian

As promised just before Christmas the next release of The Screencasting Handbook is now available.  Release 7 adds “Export – which file formats do you need?” so you know how to export your screencast so it works for your own distribution and in sites like YouTube and Vimeo. I discuss: HD examples for Vimeo and […]

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Constructive critique of ResolverOne’s BioPython screencast

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Ian

ResolverSystems have just published a new screencast made by Jonathan Hartley (one of their engineers) showing how BioPython can be used from within one of their spreadsheets.  I’m going to give a brief critique here with two suggestions for improvements.  Here’s Jonathan’s screencast: The Good: The video is clear and the length is 3 minutes […]

Future Trends in Screencasting

Posted on September 19th, 2009 by Ian

Below I list a number of thoughts I have about the future of screencasting.  What’s coming is ‘The Age of the Smart Editor‘.  Having screencasted for 4 years (by co-founding ShowMeDo in 2005 and ProCasts in 2008) producing both educational and sales screencasts, I’ve used a lot of software and I have many ideas for […]

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 […]