Recording of your screen or any moving image on your computer screen is referred to as screen recording. Screen recording can be referred to as screen casting, screen capture, snap shot or even session screen recording. But everything really means the same thing. It’s either capturing a set of images or moving image or the activity of your computer screen.
A screen cast could be of various uses; tutorials, demos, training, helping your mom to buy from amazon, technical help/support, video review, and a lot. Sounds simple? But most screen recording softwares don’t agree. They end up creating a very complex software by adding some unnecessary features and steps which complicates the very simple task of screen casting. Here are a few thing you should look for in a screen recording software;
Capture
The main purpose of screen recording software is to record screen, so a product you choose should have a range of options to let you choose how to record your screen. The basic things you should look for in capturing feature should be custom screen size capture, high frame rate captures, good compression for better video quality, ability to capture online video, full screen capture capability, webcam video, cursor effects and lastly easy to start and stop capturing. Having the ability of select the custom area to capture the screen helps a lot while recording only the certain aspects which are to required, this makes sure your screen recording focus stays within the topic and there are no other distractions to the viewer.
Editing
Most screen recording software in the market right now provide tons of editing options which confuse us and makes this simple process very complex. There are only few which provide only the basic ( required ) editing feature. Since screen recording are used mainly for a purpose and the production value isn’t that important, all we require from a screen recording software are split, merge, ability to record audio or remove it, add animated transitions between different clips or add image, add basic filters to adjust the brightness or remove video noise. The ability to add text tiles between the screen recording goes long way in making a very easy to understand screen recording. Don’t forget adding separate audio track is a must feature this way you can do a quick screen recording and then separately add an audio explaining the screen recording after the recording is done.
Features & Ease of Use
Some basic features which should be expected in a screen recording software are the quick record and stop buttons ( shortcuts preferably ), the basic toolbar which includes all the necessary and quickly required options to work with, screenshot and video reviewer so you can go back and forth with your recordings and snapshots to help you easily make your screen recordings. These small things go a long way in helping use the software easily . Ease of use is the most important aspect most people forget. The less daunting the software is, much easier and quicker it is to get the job done.
Exporting Recordings
It is very important for a screen recording software to provide with your more than one option and video format to export your recordings in, as the internet is plagued with gifs, it would be a very bonus feature to have a gif creator within this software. Sometimes a small 3 second recording is all it takes to convey the message, instead of a video, a gif can be very helpful. Apart from that the softwares should also allow exporting in variety of video formats like standalone exe, swf, flash, windows media, avi, quicktime. mpeg4, mkv etc, As the number of devices and platforms have increased, you never know how your media would be consumed, it might be on an iPhone, blackberry, tablet, Android or consoles. The more the number of options to export your media, the better it is. This way you are always sure and ready with whatever format you need to convert your video into.
Free screen recording software comes with a lot of drawbacks and limitations, but you could find them easily online. However if you are in a look out for a good, cheap and good screen recording software it might be hard to find online as most softwares you find marketed online are very expensive and really not worth it. They mostly end up adding features you do not need.
Out of the whole lot movavi is a very easy to use and cheap screen recording software, most of the times it’s on sale so you can always get the best deal on it. If you find it on sale right now, I would highly recommend you to grab it right now. Even if you don’t need it right now a screen recording software is a very helpful software you should have in your arsenal. A sale on movavi is a must buy. movavi screen capture studio has all the features you read above and is very easy to use. Plus it also allows you to burn your screencasts directly to DVD or upload it to YouTube, Vimeo or even Facebook. This not only helps quickly importing your recordings but also makes sure the purpose of the screen recording is fulfilled as soon as its made.
Always remember, the best screen recording software is uncomplicated, but still powerful enough to let your capture quickly and help you edit it and export it the way you want making sure you are your viewers are satisfied with the output.