Comments for The Screening Room http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow The Destination for ScreenFlow Producers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Tips for making mobile-friendly screencast videos by Frank Lowney http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/tips-for-making-mobile-friendly-screencast-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-72128 Frank Lowney Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:58:14 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4017#comment-72128 I always like to create a high-rez "master" in the neighborhood of 1280 x 800 and archive that. One never knows what opportunities are around the corner. I then use one or more of the QuickTime X Players presets or "Export for Web" if that is my destination. Lately, I've been working on screencasts for EPUB files viewed on iPad and developed these observations on what works best overall in that environment: http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2011/04/standard-definition-video-in-epub.html http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2011/02/revisiting-audio-and-video-in-epub.html http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2010/09/insuring-playable-audio-and-video-in.html<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72128">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I always like to create a high-rez “master” in the neighborhood of 1280 x 800 and archive that. One never knows what opportunities are around the corner. I then use one or more of the QuickTime X Players presets or “Export for Web” if that is my destination. Lately, I’ve been working on screencasts for EPUB files viewed on iPad and developed these observations on what works best overall in that environment:

http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2011/04/standard-definition-video-in-epub.html

http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2011/02/revisiting-audio-and-video-in-epub.html

http://frank-lowney.blogspot.com/2010/09/insuring-playable-audio-and-video-in.html

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]]> Comment on Using Screencasts to “Flip” Education by Frank Lowney http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/using-screencasts-to-flip-education/comment-page-1/#comment-72127 Frank Lowney Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:32:47 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4034#comment-72127 Now we have yet another great container for educational and other screencasts. If you've used Pages to create EPUB-based eBooks with screencast video, you'll really like creating .ibooks eTextbooks (or cookbooks or art catalogs or ...) with the new and free iBooks Author. As "explainers" screencasts are extraordinarily powerful and in context with text images and other media, they are unbeatable in many cases.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72127">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Now we have yet another great container for educational and other screencasts. If you’ve used Pages to create EPUB-based eBooks with screencast video, you’ll really like creating .ibooks eTextbooks (or cookbooks or art catalogs or …) with the new and free iBooks Author. As “explainers” screencasts are extraordinarily powerful and in context with text images and other media, they are unbeatable in many cases.

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]]> Comment on ScreenGenius Tip: Keyboard shortcuts to speed up your screencasting by Lynn Elliott http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/screengenius-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-72126 Lynn Elliott Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:39 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4049#comment-72126 Nice! Command-Delete (or Ripple Delete) is indeed very handy. Press I for in point, O for out point, then Command-Delete for a ripple delete of the selected section. Thanks Ian.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72126">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Nice! Command-Delete (or Ripple Delete) is indeed very handy. Press I for in point, O for out point, then Command-Delete for a ripple delete of the selected section.
Thanks Ian.

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]]> Comment on ScreenGenius Tip: Keyboard shortcuts to speed up your screencasting by Ian Roberts http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/screengenius-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-72123 Ian Roberts Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:24:27 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4049#comment-72123 The first pass, before any zooming and panning, my most used key sequence (after I click then shift-click to set a range), is command-delete to remove all the "umm" and "now what was I going to do here?" pauses. Command-Delete removes the highlighted section and closes the new gap in one step.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72123">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> The first pass, before any zooming and panning, my most used key sequence (after I click then shift-click to set a range), is command-delete to remove all the “umm” and “now what was I going to do here?” pauses. Command-Delete removes the highlighted section and closes the new gap in one step.

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]]> Comment on ScreenGenius Tip: Keyboard shortcuts to speed up your screencasting by Veit http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/screengenius-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-72120 Veit Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:34 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4049#comment-72120 Nope - same issue. "j" gets entered as an actual value. Assigning a function key or a key combination such as CMD-CTRL-spacebar would help. Ideally, it should be added to Screenflow's preferences, such as the record hotkey.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72120">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Nope – same issue. “j” gets entered as an actual value. Assigning a function key or a key combination such as CMD-CTRL-spacebar would help. Ideally, it should be added to Screenflow’s preferences, such as the record hotkey.

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]]> Comment on ScreenGenius Tip: Keyboard shortcuts to speed up your screencasting by Lynn Elliott http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/screengenius-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-72118 Lynn Elliott Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4049#comment-72118 Thanks Mattias, <a href="http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2010/03/meet-the-screenflow-er-don-mcallister-of-screencastsonline/" rel="nofollow">Don McAllister, in his "Meet the ScreenFlow-er" interview</a> also mentioned he uses a shuttle controller. He uses the ShuttlePro2. Is that the one you use?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72118">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Thanks Mattias,
Don McAllister, in his “Meet the ScreenFlow-er” interview also mentioned he uses a shuttle controller. He uses the ShuttlePro2. Is that the one you use?

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]]> Comment on ScreenGenius Tip: Keyboard shortcuts to speed up your screencasting by Lynn Elliott http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2012/01/screengenius-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-to-speed-up-your-screencasting/comment-page-1/#comment-72117 Lynn Elliott Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:58:31 +0000 http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/?p=4049#comment-72117 Thanks Veit. Good info about the spacebar... "J" can also be used in place of the spacebar to play the video. Maybe that would work better for you. (That doesn't stop you from hitting the spacebar though... :))<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-72117">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Thanks Veit. Good info about the spacebar… “J” can also be used in place of the spacebar to play the video. Maybe that would work better for you. (That doesn’t stop you from hitting the spacebar though… :))

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