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So you want to know how to put video on your blog but you don’t want to buy Camtasia.
I received an email today from Lon Naylor – the Camtasia expert from ScreenCastProfits in which he told me about Screen Toaster. Thanks Lon. (He’s one of my Google Friends in the sidebar).
It’s an online service that enables you to record your PC screen (just like Camtasia) and Callouts (just like Camtasia) and Voice Overs (just like Camtasia) but it’s free (unlike Camtasia)
Is it any good? We’re about to find out together.
This was totally off the cuff, no preparation and no prior knowledge of how it works so excuse the “content” or lack thereof!
Initial thoughts?
Good, bit slow on loading but easy to use. Once created easy to add callouts and the screen shot. Easy to embed – just copy the code and paste in to blog post (make sure your in HTML screen and not Visual, in Wordpress I mean). The size is just fine for the width of this blog – so any Mandigo users won’t go wrong either.
Give it a try. Just sign up and you can start immediately – you don’t even need to wait for their email to arrive.
This is so cool! Create Video for your site for free. No need to buy expensive programs. No need to learn processing, uploading – all those things that make video a pain.
Just capture the screen while talking and click a button.
I had a problem with Camtasia which I use to create videos and the support guy sent me a link to a file showing me how to resolve the problem.
He created the video he gave me the link to using Jing.
As you know by now, I am compelled to look at these things to see if they are any use to our members and the answer is a resounding yes!
You can use it to create videos or simple “still” shots of anything on your computer. If you want to add augio like I did all you need extra is a microphone or headset.
Take a look – it’s simple to download and install. Easy to use and upload and you can be adding video to your blogs in 10 minutes from now.