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Screencasting

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I don’t like video!

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People are auditory or visual learners

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Getting Started

What all will you need?

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Ingredients

A good idea for a video. �How-tos and walkthroughs are a good place to start
A decent microphone (don’t go crazy!)
An editor of some kind (I use Screenflow)
A quiet room
Some free time

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1.

The Script

Yes! There is still writing involved

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Be conversational

Don’t Lecture!

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Tell a story

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Give Good Directions

But Don’t be too specific

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Easter Eggs are Fun

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Record your audio

The scariest part

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My Setup

This is my little recording setup. As long as you have clear audio you’re pretty golden, but I’d suggest investing in a nice mic if you don’t already have one. Mine here is a yeti blue which I use for conference calls and meetings as well. I generally record with my mic pointed downward about 12 inches from my mouth. I’d suggest just playing with mic positions until you find something comfortable that sounds good to you, and then snap a picture of exactly where you left it sitting. The more uniform you can keep your audio the easier it’ll be to cut out one small portion and replace it later on, if there is an update to your software. If you’re the minimalist type without much in the room you’ll be recording in (as you can see, I’m definitely more of a clutter type!) one quick trick to preventing echo or just that “I recorded this in an empty room” sort of sound is put something around your mic. I’ve used just a folder with a towel over it.

Someone else told me that recording the audio in your car works great.

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Consistency makes things easier

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Just record. Go for it!

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If you mess up, it’s okay

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3.

Edit your audio

It seems daunting, it’s not

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Editing Audio

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4.

Record your video

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Video Prep

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Recording!

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5.

Edit it all together

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Edit all the things!

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Keeping it all up-to-date

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Bonus!

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Keep a standard setup

Record in the same place with the same mic position.

Keep your browser window the exact same size.

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Componentize

Set up your script, audio, and video to have sections. Re-recording 1 section is a lot faster than the whole thing!

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thanks!

Any questions?

You can find me at:

@drpotter

me@drpotter.me

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Resources

Audio:

Screenflow
Garageband
Anything you’re comfortable with that can save an audio file

Video

Screenflow
Camtasia
Snagit
ScreenCast-O-Matic

Editing

Screenflow
Camtasia
ActivePresenter

Hosting

Vimeo
YouTube
Wistia

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Credits

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