A Comparison of Screeencasting Tools

Tool Online/ OS Cost Formats Shareability Other

Local

Jing Free Pro allows

Free hosting at JingPro allows you to capture
http:// Windows/ (pro version export to sites
Local screencast.com (2GB in MP4/h.264 format and
www.jingproject.c OS X costs $14.95/ like Vimeo and
free storage) record from webcam
om/ yr.) YouTube

CamStudio
http:// Capture audio with full
Local Windows Free AVI, FLV Export
camstudio.en.soft screen, region, still frame
onic.com/

CaptureMe
60 second limit to capture
http:// MP4
Embed file, share with motion video with audio
www.chimoosoft.c Local OS X Free (QuickTime),
YouTube,... (expected to improve with
om/products/ JPG, TIF, GIF
future updates)
captureme/

iShowU
$30/$60 HD/ H.264 Full screen/delimited screen
http:// Export for app of your
Pro Built-in capture full-motion capture, webcam
www.shinywhiteb Local OS X shoice/YouTube upload
Free trial (has presets or capture, system audio
ox.com/home/ (Pro/HD only)
watermark) customize capture, and more.
home.html

ScreenJelly
Instant link sharing to Very Easy.
http://
Online ALL Free FLV Twitter, email, or other 3-minute limit. Records entire
www.screenjelly.c
services screen only.
om/

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Tool Online/ OS Cost Formats Shareability Other

Local

★ScreenCastle No way to delete or edit. No

http:// registration; No control.
embed, link to
screencastle.com Record entire screen or
(save the long URL.
/ delineate screen area.
Online any Free FLV Thereʼs no way to
Unlimited length. Can use
search for/find it
Firefox plugin
otherwise)
“DownloadHelper” to capture/
download the flv file.

★ Screencast-o- Capture full screen or

Matic delineated screen area.
http:// Move capture area while
Free.
www.screencast- recording. Animates mouse
Create free Export/YouTube
o-matic.com/ Export in MP4 clicks. Crop/over-record to
account to host upload/host at
Online any (QT), WMV(avi), edit. 15 minute maximum
your Screencast-o-
FLV record length. (10 min. limit
screencasts on matic.com
for YouTube). Can make it
site.
private. Enable notes/
comments. Create own
channel.

Camtasia Screen video capture with

Can
http:// audio. Also captures your
$299 edit .mov, .mp4, Can share screencasts
www.techsmith.co webcam. Can narrate the
Local Windows Free trial .swf and even at screencast.com
m/camtasia.asp screencapure after it is done.
available Jing files with (2GB free storage)
Many other customizable
this software.
features.

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Tool Online/ OS Cost Formats Shareability Other

Local

ScreenSteps No full motion capture.

http:// $40/$80 Instead, it captures
MS Word, Pages, PDF,
www.bluemangol Windows/ Education screenshots and allows text
Local HTML, host at
earning.com/ OS X pricing avail. annotation. Can embed
ScrenStepsLive
screensteps/ 30 day free trial video. Great for handouts and
manuals

★Skitch JPEG, PNG,

Export/Upload to Simple annotation, resize,
http://skitch.com/ Local OS X Free PDF, TIF, GIF,
Skitch.com crop text, draw tools
BMP

★SnapzPro JPEG, PNG,

http:// PICT, GIF, PDF,
www.ambrosiasw. TIFF, GIF, BMP,
com/utilities/ Photoshop files Record anything on your
$69 Export in any of the
snapzprox/ Video/audio in screen, still or full-motion with
Local OS X Free trial listed exportable
many QT audio.
available. formats.
formats with Add borders, watermarks
option to
customize in
many ways.

ScreenFlow $99 H.264, DV, Excellent, versatile software.

Export in any of the
http:// OS X 10.5 Free trial Windows Media Titling, zoom, multi-track
Local listed exportable
www.telestream.n or later available, but (customizable editing, effects, webcam
formats.
et/screen-flow/ has watermark. exports) integration, and more.

ScreenToaster Embed in web2.0 apps,

Full motion capture of entire
http:// Free videoshring sites, or
Online Any SWF, AVI screen or delimited area. Can
www.screentoast (must register) host at
add subtitles.
er.com/ ScreenToaster.com

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Tool Online/ OS Cost Formats Shareability Other

Local

Wink
Export in any of the Captures still screenshots
http:// Windows Flash, EXE file,
Local Free listed exportable and allows voice/text
www.debugmode. Linux PDF, HTML
formats. annotation
com/wink/

Total Screen
Recorder Export in any of the Capture random region,
$30 AVI, WMV, SWF,
http:// Local Windows listed exportable window, full screen, fixed
Trial Available FLV
www.totalscreenr formats. size, fixed region
ecorder.com/

Captivate
http:// $800 See High-end software. Very
Local Windows hosting/self-hosting
tryit.adobe.com/ Trial Available documentation powerful
us/captivate/

ScreenCam Add voice narration after

Export in any of the
http:// $200 See screen capture. Text
Local Windows listed exportable
www.smartguyz.c Trial Available documentation annotation. Cursor/mouse
formats.
om/ effects.

Pixetell
http://
Record screen. Add webcam
www.ontier.com/
Windows. Pixetell will host your capture. Viewers can reply by
pixetell.html
OS X Basic: $9/mo. screencasts. It adding voice commentary,
Online
coming Pro: $19/mo. generates a link to webcam capture and mouse
soon. send via email. annotation. Creates email link
to send.

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Other Good Alternatives

Create your slides, add screenshots of applications, web pages, ..., add text, add voiceover, save as PPT file and
PowerPoint
share. Save as a PowerPoint show if you donʼt want anyone to edit/change your original screencast.

Create your slides, add screenshots of applications, web pages, ..., add text, add voiceover, save as Keynot file and
Keynote
share. **Export as a QuickTime movie and share.

Create SmartNotebook pages, or simply use the screen recorder to capture all screen/board activity, including your
SmartBoard
voice. Save as QuickTime movie and share.

Upload your PowerPoint presentation to SlideShare with embedded screenshots. Record a voiceover, upload it, and
SlideShare time it with your presentation slides. Advantages are the ability to viewers to add text comments and its embeddable
in other web2.0 applications like wikis, blogs,...

Upload your images, PDF document, PowerPoint presentation to VoiceThread. Record a voiceover on the individual
VoiceThread slides that VoiceThread generates along with mouse-drawn annotations. Share. The advantage here is that others
can contribute comments, ask questions, ...

iMovie, Capture screen shots, import them, add titles, chapters, voiceover, etc... and export in a sharable video format. This
GarageBand, process works well, but is often more labor-intensive.
Windows Movie
Maker,...

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