Nowadays, I have been hunting for good mac applications to record screen of my Mac. And I found these five applications are good enough to do the task: ScreenFlow, SnapzProX, ScreenMimic, iShowU and Jing.
Their prices are varying. They also have their own uniqueness. Here are what I thought of them.
Jing
Price : $0.00 alias Free
Let's start from Jing.
With Jing, you can record video of your screen up to 5 minutes. The recorded video is in the swf format. The file size of the result is quite big so that it's not compatible for recording long video.
iShowU
Price : $20.00
In my opinion, iShowU has good user interface. You can easily customize your settings and save them as preset. And also there are some built-in presets to help you.
Feature that I like most of this screen recording: It can do instant recording, so we don't need to wait for the encoding to take place. And it has a reasonable price.
The demo is available but with a huge iShowU watermark on your recording.
Screen Mimic
Price : $65.00
The main advantage of this screen recorder is its ability to export movies as Adobe Flash SWF and Flash Video FLV format other than Quicktime MOV format.
The unique part of this application is the re-encoding feature. With this feature, you can have the second chance to encode again. This is especially useful for increasing/decreasing the frame rate and adjusting the mouse from the first encoding.
Demo of this applications is available for 15s recording.
Snapz Pro X
Price : $69.00
I remember when I first start my hunt on screen recorder, everybody says that I should try Snapz Pro X. It seems that this application is already so popular.
But there is one thing you need to take note, keystrokes Shift Command 3 will be used to invoke Snapz Pro X. And it's quite a long time needed for the encoding.
ScreenFlow
Price : $99.99
This is a newly built screen recorder for Mac OS X Leopard. So I've confidence that this screen recorder has been optimized for your Leopard.
After the encoding, the file is saved as ScreenFlow format. This file can be further exported to QuickTime Movie Format and interestingly, you can scale down the movie.
But yeah I know, the price is really high.
What's Your Decision?
So, have you decided which screen recorder application you will use? For additional information, I am currently using ScreenFlow, the most expensive one *ouch*.
7 COMMENTS (RSS)
Daniel
June 23rd, 2008 Time: 03:26 AM
consider Sequence from App4Mac. about $10 for now until near end of July. http://www.app4mac.com/action_view_product.lasso?-token=($Var_sess_product)&-session=WEBS:474B82340f3001DE5BUij405D1DE
Allie
June 23rd, 2008 Time: 03:35 AM
I first used Snapz Pro X but when I discovered iShowU I began using it exclusively because the interface in iShowU was so much more user friendly than Snapz Pro X. However I have recently been using a demo of ScreenFlow and I really like the user friendliness and the editing capabilities. After having bought Snapz Pro X & iShowU........I am reluctant to purchase ScreenFlow.....mostly because of the high price but I also have 2 perfectly good apps.
David
June 23rd, 2008 Time: 03:43 AM
iShowU and Snapz Pro X are probably the most popular choices, but I don't have any experience with either of them. I personally use Copernicus (http://osx.iusethis.com/search?q=copernicus}, which is free and, as far as I know, has no limits on movie length. It records in MOV format, but there is NO audio and it might take some getting used to. But, if your budget is exactly $0.00, it's the best solution out there in my opinion, but only if you can live without audio. If you're into making screencasts using these apps, I recommend using Mouseposé, which will allow you to do things such as putting a spotlight on your cursor and flashing the keystrokes you're hitting on the bottom of the video. This makes tutorials *much* easier to follow for your viewers.It costs around $15 and can be found at boinx.com.
Benjamin Michael Goering
June 23rd, 2008 Time: 06:10 PM
Screenflow is really great for screencasts and whatnot. It records you from your iSight, as well as your screen, and then lets you edit everything after the recording has taken place. I was really impressed when I used it.
AJ
June 24th, 2008 Time: 01:27 AM
What about http://screencast-o-matic.com ? Free and Java based so no install. Nothing is easier to share online or export .mov... Course I'm a bit biased :)
michael
June 28th, 2008 Time: 09:47 PM
I've used Snapz Pro for years. It works, but when I discovered iShowU I switched. It's more flexible and easier to use. Much cheaper too. But it's ScreenFlow all the way now. The built in editor makes it so easy to create much more polished products. Edit out the verbal stumbles, zoom in on a part of the screen, add effects, include external files, no problem. Also the ability to include iSight and external cameras provides a lot of extra flexibility. $99 seems expensive unless you spend a lot of time producing screencasts. But if you do, you'll bless ScreenFlow's developers each time you use it.
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