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Serge Professional Member
Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Posts: 1480 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 8:55 am Post subject: CamStudio...alternative to help file |
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hi all,
i recently came across a great program (hefty at nearly 10mb) but absolutely wonderful
it is called camstudio and basically compiles into an avi movie anything that you do on screen...you can select the whole screen or part of the screen...you can add audio via a microphone if you want to...and more
i don't know about you, but i find writing good help files rather laborious and was thinking of using camstudio to show my users the basics of how to run my programs...and because it records audio as well, i can explain things as i click on the screen...i see that as a real time saver
anybody who trains anybody in the use of software could also use it eg teachers in i.t. classes
the link to camstudio is http://www.ehelp.com/camstudio/product/screenrecording/ and the program is absolutely and totally free
serge _________________
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LiquidCode Moderator Team
Joined: 05 Dec 2000 Posts: 1751 Location: Space and Time
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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This could be very helpfull! I don't link writing help files. _________________ Chris
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CodeScript Moderator Team
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 1060 Location: India
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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You can even include silent AVIs inside the exe as a resource. _________________ Regards
- CodeScript
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Dr. Dread Professional Member
Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Posts: 1065 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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How about size? Lots of graphics tend to bloat installation sizes quite a bit
Greetz
Dread
PS: Haven't tried this just a thought. _________________ ~~ Alcohol and calculus don't mix... Don't drink and derive! ~~
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FreezingFire Admin Team
Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Nice. _________________ FreezingFire
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Serge Professional Member
Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Posts: 1480 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:43 am Post subject: |
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dr dread,
the file size of the avi's is quite big but the program offers various compressions and other features to reduce the size of the file
perhaps the avi files could be left out of the installation file and users can access them ziped directly from your site if they need them
i also thought of breaking up the avi help files into sections much as a help file...this way users could download only the avi help file they feel they need as opposed to the whole thing
serge _________________
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