How to create a video tutorial with
free software?
If you want to create a tutorial about any topic that you can
find on the Internet, here is a quick tip on how to do it, if
you don’t want to buy new software.
First of all, let me explain what screen capture is. It is in
the name: it is an application that captures your screen, and
you can create a video of what you see and record your voice to
narrate what is happening on the screen.
There is a free screen capture software that you can download
from TechSmith, it is called Jing and here is the link: http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
This is the basic version of the software with very few options,
but it does work.
Jing renders into a *.swf Flash file only. You can't upload this
type of file to YouTube, but you can create a free account at
www.ScreenCast.com
. You can embed your videos from ScreenCast to your your websites.
I recommend that you choose the size of your recording very carefully.
Your web site will look more high tech if you use a wide screen
format. The aspect ratio of a wide screen video is 16:9. It means
that the width is 16 units and the height is 9 units. Older TV
screens had a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Here are some measurements (in pixels) you can use: (you can
click on any of these to see the actual size in a new window)
