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Screen capture software

I'm looking for software for Mac that films my screen without eating up the CPU. What do you use?

Posted 17 months ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I use ScreenFlow and have been very happy with it. It's not the cheapest at $99 retail, but has all the bells and whistles I have ever needed while creating tutorial videos.
    Posted 17 months ago by Wundur Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've seen that mentioned before and think they offer student discounts. Time to download a trial! Thank you :)

    EDIT: even with student discount it's $90. Too expensive...
    Posted 17 months ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • QuickTime has some built-in recording, no web-sourced audio but it might do in a pinch since you already should have it.

    Voila has a 30-day trial, and it's less expensive.  I'm not sure how it compares in terms of performance.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • May i suggest Copernicus, its free but doesnt record sound http://danicsoft.com/software/copernicus/
    Posted 17 months ago by Eldon Kenlon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • At my work we used Camstudio for similar purposes, it's free.
    Posted 17 months ago by nekomaki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I tried QuikTime but that didn't work out very well. I'm trying ScreenFlow now but it creates lag in the game for me... Will try Viola and Copernicus when I get the chance, thank you!
    Posted 17 months ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • SnagIt recently came out with a Mac version. I haven't used it, but the Windows version is quite good:

    http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/
    Posted 17 months ago by Sheepy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bookmarking everything. Thank you so much!
    Posted 17 months ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  i have been using the free version, which sadly only gives you 15 seconds at a time and you get their logo on it too, but works in a pinch: www.screencast-o-matic.com/

    ETA: It looks like this: bit.ly/p9gqzR
    Posted 17 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink