Usually I set things up to record at my desk so I can stay focused on what I’m doing, but for this demo it worked fine to just use the coffee table, as you can see in this setup photo: But, hey, you’ll be able to hear for yourself. Trust me on that, external mics are always better. Why an external microphone? Because it gives you better quality audio, regardless of how fancy yuor computer is. To demonstrate, I made a very quick demo capture video using a Toshiba Ultrabook and a new Blue Microphone “Nessie” mic. By taking care of all the details and making it a breeze to setup and configure whatever format you seek, it lets you focus on what you’re recording, not how you’re recording it.
And, and, and.Īnd suffice to say, it’s a very complicated task, making a legible and comprehensible screen capture video, which is why it’s such a pleasure to work with Camtasia Studio 8. Then there are output formats and compatibility with Mac and PC.
With audio you can capture just the computer-based audio or computer audio + microphone input, and on the latter, you can use a built-in microphone if your computer has one or plug in an external mic.
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If you’ve never created a video screen capture, you might not realize all the options available, but you can record just video, video + audio, record full screen or a specific subset of the screen that matches a desired resolution (like the exact pixel dimensions of 720p HD video, a format we frequently use in our own videos).