Screen Recording Tools

There are two tools that I have come across many times, and thought I should mention them again. The first is a small paint program called Paint dot Net here is the link for the download; Paint dot Net Paint.Net in a nutshell is like Microsoft Paint and Photoshop put together. It may not have as many options as Photoshop but it’s free and easy to use. I have made a tutorial on how to use the paint bucket feature which you can watch here; Youtube

The next program is Microsoft Expression Encoder 4, here is the link for the download; Expression Encoder 4

Now Microsoft Expression Recorder is similar to Jing and a few other screen capture programs, in that it can record your screen. What I like about Expression 4 is the fact that I can record for 10 minutes and encode the video to a .WMV file that can be uploaded to YouTube immediately.

Something else I like about Expression 4 is that I can import graphics that have a transparent background into it, placing it above my video! While I can resize the graphic, and move it around, I cannot rotate it. So if you need to use arrows, you’ll need to make sure you can point them in all directions.

But hey you can use Paint.Net for that!!

I can also do basic cuts only editing, and if I want to get super fancy I can simply drag the video into Windows Movie Maker for more editing choices.

Like I said, it’s all about options!

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