![]() ![]() I purchased Camtasia first then fled to Screenflow and now use that regularly.Īnd I don't entirely dislike Techsmith, as I use Jing frequently and have Snagit also (crashes a lot, though). When using Camtasia, it just doesn't feel as "organically Mac" as Screenflow, which can be very frustrating. Screenflow tests will begin shortly.Īnother vote for Screenflow. Not entirely intuitive, but in less than a few hours I figure out how to do multiple things I needed to do to make my presentations work. Started testing Camtasia last night and I like it. As one of the tests is screen capture of Gimp as an animated whiteboard, I had to run to Best Buy and pick up a Wacom Bamboo for a hundred bucks for use during the trial period. ![]() I inadvertently lied in my first post because I didn't realize they both had free trials. Since getting the kexts right to make it work it has never crashed or hung up and will render even the most complicated lengthy video in very little time. I'm rocking the Mac OSx on a Hackintosh I built two years ago with dual monitors a 1GB video card, 16 GB of ram a 3.8 GHz Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge processor a 1TB HD, with multiple FireWire ports, a card reader for just about anything multiple USB 2 and 3 ports and I got everything, including the monitors for less than I would spend on a tricked out Mac Mini with no monitors. This provides a considerable ability to speed up the workflow. Camtasia and Screenflow are built to pan, zoom and focus attention within a shot and unlike a simple QuickTime screen capture they are designed to follow a cursor and highlight key information. When I'm editing screen captures iMovie could handle it as could FinalCut, but they may be overkill and it isn't the task they were designed to handle. If I'm editing a feature film iMovie could handle it, but probably doesn't have the horsepower I want. The advantage of a specialty program like Camtasia or Screenflow over QuickTime and iMovie or FinalCut is workflow. My first was an Atari 800 XL in 1980s a massive 64KB system with a tape drive! I was well aware of the ability to use QuickTime to screen capture. ![]() I'm experienced as a Mac user my second computer in 1992 was a Mac. Particularly interested in telestrator capabilities, can I John Madden a website with both or just one of them for example? I appreciate the input because I have a hundred dollars in my pocket and one or the other of these technologies IS my next investment for my toolset, and if they each offer something unique that is lacking in the other they may both eventually end up in my toolset, but if they both get the same jobs done, ease of use wins. If you have used one, but not the other, what was lacking from the other that made your decision for you? If you have used both in their latest versions on a Mac I would love thoughts and opinions. They are both $99, so is there something you can do in one presently that you can't do with the other, and if there isn't, which has the easier learning curve and user interface. I've looked at the previous threads and seen video comparisons that felt incomplete, but software evolves in this space, and I've heard differing opinions based on different times in the development cycle of the products, RADICALLY DIFFERENT opinions. ![]()
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