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As I went through the training for creating Screencasting, I was amazed at how many different types of software you can use to create tutorials. The first thing I learned were all of the details you need to know to make a video. First you need a computer, a HD video camera, a microphone and lighting. Second, you need to create a script for your video that is if you are narrating your video. Last, the right software to piece it all together.

In my training, 4 different pieces of software were introduced in creating screencasting. Which you could use any of them to create your screencast video.

Quicktime is very basic. You can record live shots of your actions on the computer and it comes preinstalled on your Mac computer.

Snapz Pro X allows you to capture only what you want the viewers to see (so you have less editing). So if you only want the viewers to see a snap shot of your screen you can tell it to only capture that part of the screen. The down fall of this program from what I could see is you have to save all of your files as .jpg’s and depending on how many shots you take the exporting of the files can take some time.

Next was iShowU HD, this software only records live actions so no still shots with this one and lets face t sometimes you need still shots.

Last was ScreenFlow, you have the ability to capure still shots and live action of your screen. But in this one the real magic happens inside the editing process. After you have completed recording all of your actions on the computer you can add text, media and watermarks to the shots.

After going through all of the training I think I will give ScreenFlow a try. But no matter which one you choose they integrate with iMovie. So after you record your screencasting you can import your files into iMovie and polish it up.