Software product vendors need to
demonstrate their product while selling. A moving image speaks more than a
stationary snapshot. Person who has watched a movie understands how the power of
animation can immensely increase the process of communication. For that vendor have
to record and take snap shots of software products while execution of it.
Recording purpose would be ease if there is tool for it.
Cam studio is software tool which
records screen activities in system into
.avi format video files.Camstudio tool records like each and every events like
moving cursor, launching a new program, open a video file, playing games,e-tutorial,installation
methods and etc.,
Users can use Cam studio:
· Demonstrate
installation steps, configuring and features of new software
· Create videos for user
trainings for company professional trainers.
· Trace the progress of a
software program that executes for a long time.
· Record a movie stream
while viewing movie in internet .ex: YouTube
· Convert AVI format
video files to Flash (SWF) files.
System
requirements:
Operating system:
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista , 7
Ram: 128
MB and above
Disk
space: 4MB free disk space.
Qualities:
1. Video options:
·
Video
options can be set to high quality by increasing number of frames per second
option.
·
Cam studio has two video
rates: Input rate to specify number of frames while recording and output rate
to specify the number of frames to be displayed while viewing the output video.
2.
Cursor
options:
·
Cam studio permits user to
allow cursor to display in output video or hide the cursor or highlight cursor
position in video using cursor options menu from cam studio before recording.
·
Tool
allows user to specify three types of cursor
A) Actual cursor
b) Custom cursor
c) Cursor from file
3.
Audio
options:
·
Cam studio permits user to
add soundtrack to movie or demonstration from Mic or system speaker.
·
Cam studio also permits
user to specify not to record any sound to output video.
4. Auto name of AVI:
·
Output videos name can be set
to automatic, Cam studio names it by system’s
date and timing while recording.
·
This feature allows disturbing
asking name dialog box.
5.
Prebuilt
SWF producer:
·
Users
can now produce small, stream-able Flash files with lossless compression (in
perfect quality) with Cam Studio.
·
Cam studio can convert
almost all AVI format files to Flash SWF, including those not produced with Cam
Studio.
·
SWF
producer can operate in 3 modes.
A) Standalone mode
b) Record directly to flash
c) Command line mode
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