Screen Recordings
We have been getting a lot of questions lately about the videos on our site. I just use a few simple tools to create them:
Recording: iShowU
It is simple and fast. All it does is recording. No effects or editing but it works well for what it does.
Screen Highlights: Mousepose
This is a great little app for highlighting the screen. You should also check out OmniDazzle though I have never used it.
For editing I am just using QuickTime Pro. I highlight the areas I need to delete and delete them. Then I use the QuickTime Pro "Export for Web" feature. We used to host the videos on our site but when TUAW linked to us we got so many video views that it brought the site down. Now we host the videos on Amazon S3 and it seems to work pretty well.
There is a new app out that I am going to take a look at when I get a chance called ScreenFlow. It looks great but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
BTW - We also get people asking if ScreenSteps records video. It most definitely does not. These little 4-7 min. videos take several hours to create. Screen recordings are a major pain. That is why we created ScreenSteps. We use video as a quick intro and then fill in all of the other documentation with ScreenSteps.