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How to Master Screencasts in Seven Steps

Source: Mashable!

Oct 22, 2008

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Making screencasts (also known as “video tutorials”) is already easy, and becomes easier with better tools and broadband proliferation. However, no tech is complete without a human who dives in, does experiments, and discerns best practices from the results.

I’ve made over 200 video tutorials, mostly for the virtual world of Second Life, and I’ve also done tutorials for stuff like YouTube and Sony Vegas. If a picture’s a 1,000 words, then a video is… a LOT more.

Through such experience, these are tips ‘n’ tricks I’m sure you’ll find practical and applicable to your further forays into the video fields:

1. Understand audio engineering

No, you don’t need a degree. Yes, you need ears-on experience — there’s just no other way around it. The good news is, by the time you’re well on your way, your screencasts will sound crisper, louder, and overall better.

In the first place, you don’t need an expensive mic. I use a US$30 Plantronics headset and it captures my voice well.

George Lucas was spot on when he reckoned:

“Sound is 50 percent of the moviegoing experience, and I’

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