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What's a Watt Stopper? My First FLIP Camera Experiment

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I am also fooling around with Camtasia Studio to see what the more advanced editing features are. Advice about using the FLIP camera: The Flip Spotlight site has a resource section with lots of tips for using the camera. Here's some resources. FLIP Camera. The camera comes with some editing software.

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Need Some Inspiration To Video Blog? Look no further.

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They are using FLIP Cameras and Camtasia editing software to product a series of videos of their deep field work in Africa. Advice about using the FLIP camera: The Flip Spotlight site has a resource section with lots of tips for using the camera. Flip Video Camera : These are easy to use, inexpensive cameras with a built-USB port.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

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I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited.

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

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Does he edit in Camtasia? Ready/Talk outputs the file into.swf format which can't be brought into Camtasia for editing. I tried to convert the.swf file into one that would import into Camtasia using replay converter and couldn't do it. Option 1: Record the.swf playback file using Camtasia after the call.

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Expect some light blogging because.

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One piece of advice I didn't listen to was to use Norton Ghost to create a mirror of the system when it has been cleanly installed. Also, the video editing tools are better (although I'm hoping that Camtasia will work on dual boot =) I'm also going to embrace web-based productivity apps. I have backups of data.

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Quick Tips for Improving Screencasts

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Now, I'm curious to go back and make a screencast in Camtasia using auto pan and see what the difference might be. I read CogDogBlog's post " Participating in Other People's Spaces " where he points to Sue Water's post, " My Advice for Being A More Effective Blogger " by way of Stephen Downes. (I Very sparingly.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

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" Through bloggers , we learn that like it did for an older version of SnagIt, TechSmith is offering a free download for an older version of Camtasia, the gold standard of screencasting editing and capture software. advice and writes a great blog too. Michele Martin is already exploring.

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