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<\/p>\nWhen I first started on my entrepreneurial journey I was advised to use some kind of screen capture software to record PowerPoint videos, the pros, and cons of each video software listed below are based on my own experience. <\/p>\n
After much research, I found free recording software called Cam Studio.<\/p>\n
Cam studio seemed a good option to use as money was tight at the time. This was the first recording piece of software I ever used, with its very simple design.<\/p>\n
Obviously they upgraded the software but it’s still not the best quality that I’ve come across but it’s free and you can record.<\/p>\n
The sound quality was tinny and the video quality was not very clear and was also lagging but you can’t complain as it’s free software.<\/p>\n
Pros and Cons Of Cam Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n Free Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Output Only AVI and SWF Format Here is the link<\/p>\n www.camstudio.org<\/a><\/p>\n After being limited with Cam Studio I then moved on to a piece of software called Debut Debut was quite easy to follow and it records in 720 HD but it was a little bit fiddly as it was missing some important features. With the Debut software the interface was good and easy enough to follow but you have to download an additional programme called video pad to edit your videos which proved to be difficult to use.<\/p>\n Pros and Cons Of Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n Easy To Use Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Needs Separate Editing Software Here is the link<\/p>\n www.nchsoftware.com\/capture\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n Price at the moment for pro edition $60 discounted to $39 for lifetime membership<\/p>\n After struggling with Debut’s editing software I needed to try something new and I discovered a software called OBS. Which offers many important features like real-time audio and video mixing, OBS has the facility to do chroma keying (green screen) and color correction.<\/p>\n The configuration of the software worked out to be difficult for me to use as there were a lot of features involved. As OBS progressed it got a bit more complicated to use, I felt like they shouldn’t have touched it because the quality was good anyway but they thought they could make things better.<\/p>\n It’s a bit like when Nokia tried to go from simple software to something a bit more complex it lost its status in the market, that’s why Samsung and Apple overtook Nokia who was the market leader at the time because they kept things simple, and that’s the same with OBS.<\/p>\n Pros and Cons of OBS<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n Free Open Software Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Too Many Features Here is the link<\/p>\n www.obsproject.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n I did try a software called Camtasia I didn’t really get on to well with it. Camtasia has a 30-day trial and after the trial, you get hounded to buy the product at a onetime fee of \u00a3241.43 and \u00a348.24 for yearly maintenance. This software is a large file and will take up a lot of space on your hard drive causing your PC to slow.<\/p>\n You can upgrade this software for \u00a396.48 if you don’t have maintenance but like OBS it has a lot of functionalities that confused me. There’s been too much going on with this software for me but it’s very popular software with a lot of online gurus but I wanted something to use that was very simple.<\/p>\n Pros and Cons of Camtasia<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n Can Use on PC or Mac Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Not Basic Here is the link<\/p>\n www.techsmith.com\/video-editor.html<\/a><\/p>\n The next piece of software I moved on to was Video Maker FX. I purchased this video software for $27 and it came with ready-made templates, being like powerpoint you can place words on the template with animation attached.<\/p>\n You can put music in the background but I found the problem with video FX was the fact that when you wanted to do a voice-over the rendering on The Voice and the video wasn’t always matching and in time.<\/p>\n The voice-over recording would fall behind and your video would be miles ahead so the words wouldn’t be matching up with the words on the screen so that’s why I started to use another piece of software.<\/p>\n Pros and Cons of Video Maker FX<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong> Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Hard to Voice Over<\/p>\n Here is the Link<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.videomakerfx.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n The last piece of video software I will talk about is called Xsplit and is the one I currently use today.<\/p>\n Xsplit is a gaming piece of software that records the highest quality videos that I’ve ever seen; I bought the broadcaster which is amazing it also comes with video editing software built-in.<\/p>\n You can edit the video afterward and you can have 2, 3, 4, or even 5 screens on record at the same time. The video quality is up to 4k recordability and it’s as simple as just pressing F10 to record and F10 to stop, video editing allows you to cut and slice out of the clip.<\/p>\n Xsplit is very simple to use they show tutorials that are really good they constantly update but they don’t change the layout that much which is good so they kept the Apple way of without going too much into changing the design.<\/p>\n If you want to go live you can live stream straight to YouTube or any social media platform. You can record Skype video calls and it records their voices as well as yours so you can do an interview and the quality of the video is amazing.<\/p>\n It also comes with V Cam so you can add any background so it looks like you could be anywhere in the world, you can use any picture or video from YouTube without the use of Green Screen.<\/p>\n Xsplit records up to 100 frames per second. It’s constantly updating to improve its performance; you can download this software to as many Windows devices as you like.<\/p>\n You can cut out part of your screen so people don’t see the time and date you have on a PowerPoint, It works well if you want to create a video and you don’t want to sit in front of the camera. If you want to record yourself talking the camera I would recommend would be a Logitech HD 1080p which costs about \u00a380 on Amazon and it also comes with a built-in microphone.<\/p>\n Xsplit is not free but it’s worth it, once you purchase it that’s all you need but and there are no other costs.<\/p>\n There are 4 options to purchase.<\/p>\n 3 Month License $24.95 Pro and Cons of Xsplit<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros<\/strong><\/p>\n Amazing Drag and Drop Features Cons<\/strong><\/p>\n Need 4GB of Memory Here is the link<\/p>\n
\nOpen Source
\nEasy To Use
\nNo Recording Time Limit<\/p>\n
\nOutput Size Is Large
\nContains Unwanted Programmes (when Installing)
\nCost More CPU Resource
\nSupports Windows Only
\nLimited Editing Capabilities<\/p>\n
\nWhich seemed like a good piece of software to start off with but it only had a 7 day trial. In that free trial you can record as many videos as you want but you’re still limited.<\/p>\n
\nAvailable For PC and Mac
\nRecords in 720 HD
\nCan Stream To You Tube
\nAudio Better Than Cam Studio
\nCan Insert Captions<\/p>\n
\nLacks Integrated Editing Module
\nTakes Time to Render Videos
\nVideos Not the Best Quality
\nMinor Problems with Pixilation
\nVideo Jumps in Parts<\/p>\n
\nCross Platforms
\nStreams to Most Live Platforms
\n20+ Plugins That Enhance Functionalities
\nAllows You To Choose Video Quality<\/p>\n
\nCan’t Link an Audio File as a Source
\nConstantly Changing Features
\nComplicated to Use<\/p>\n
\nBuilt-in Video Editor
\nProfessional Screencasting
\nRecords in Full HD
\nNo Lagging
\nComes With Video Templates<\/p>\n
\nNot Good at Green Screen
\nLimited Colour Correction
\nToo Many Features
\nCan Only Use on One Device at a Time
\nOnce You Upgrade Your Files Can’t be transferred
\nOn 30 Day Trial if a Video is longer than 2 Minutes it leaves a Watermark<\/p>\n
\nSuitable for Windows and Mac
\nReady-Made Templates
\nVery Simple to Use
\nAnimations
\nRoyalty-Free Audio Tracks
\nExcellent Graphics (35 topics and 240 animated slides)<\/p>\n
\n12 Month License $59.95
\n36 Month License $149.95
\nLifetime Access was $499 now $199<\/p>\n
\nEasy Integration with Other Tools
\nSupports all File Formats
\nNo Lagging
\nSimple to Use
\nNo Monthly Fees
\nNo Hidden Costs
\nRecords in 4K
\nConstant Free Updates<\/p>\n
\nNeeds Processor core i3 CPU<\/p>\n