CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software

CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software



 

What is it?

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on
your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and
using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean,
mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)


Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

• You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software
  program
• Or how about creating a set of videos answering your
  most frequently asked questions?
• You can create video tutorials for school or college class
• You can use it to record a recurring problem with your
  computer so you can show technical support people
• You can use it to create video-based information products you
  can sell
• You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you
  discover on your favourite software program, before you forget
  them

“Nick, here is what I think I'll do; rather than fork out the $300.00 bucks for [CENSORED], I'll just keep using CamStudio. “I am a self-employed consultant that works in the public safety community (cops, fire, ems, dispatch etc). What I have planned is to use CamStudio to capture on screen video for training vids. “Thanks for a great product and your help!” Joe Borgione www.AlpineGeographic.com

Don't like the sound of your voice? No problem.

CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged
edges) screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the
unique Video Annotation feature you can even personalise your
videos by including a webcam movie of yourself
"picture-in-picture" over your desktop.


And if all that wasn't enough, CamStudio also comes with its own
Lossless Codec that produces crystal clear results with a much
smaller filesize compared with other more popular codecs, like
Microsoft Video 1.


You have total control over the output of your video: you can
choose to use custom cursors, to record the whole screen or just a
section of it and can reduce or increase the quality of the
recording depending on if you want smaller videos (for emailing to
people, for instance) or you can have "best quality" ones for
burning onto CD/DVD.


But all of these features would be worthless if CamStudio wasn't
easy to use ... fortunately that's not the case. CamStudio can be
learned in a matter of minutes and comes with a comprehensive
built-in helpfile, so if you do manage to get
stuck, you can simply hit "Help" and get the answers you need.

So where can I get it and how much does it cost?

You can download and use it completely free - yep - completely
100% free for your personal and commercial projects as CamStudio
and the Codec are released under the GPL (for more details on this
license, click here.)


There are no royalties or any monies to pay - although if you do
use it for a commercial product, I wouldn't say no to a copy of
whatever you produce

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