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Hello fellow entrepreneurs....

I'm trying to create a flash product demo for my website. Looking for any great Do-It-Yourself Resources or any startup friendly (meaning $ friendly) providers...

Any help will be greatly appreciated...

Thanks!

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Camtasia Studio is the best video generator tool; I guess.

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yeah i heard about them...thanks, i'm going to check that out – Drew Little Oct 21 '09 at 21:41
i think i like this one the best...thanks for the info – Drew Little Oct 23 '09 at 21:53
what about CamStudio? Did a search on that and saw a lot of good reviews on it compared to Camtasia... – Drew Little Oct 23 '09 at 22:14
+1 Camtasia is what I use at my company. – Michael Trafton Oct 25 '09 at 13:30
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http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

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great tool...thanks! – Drew Little Oct 23 '09 at 21:11
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Check out http://www.flypaper.com/

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Jon Udell is an excellent "screencaster", he has great examples and resources for screencasts, you can have a look at his delicious bookmarks http://delicious.com/judell/screencast . In the free range of price DebugMode Wink is a great tool.

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Do it yourself for FREE with screentoaster.com To create a comprehensive tutorial for your users: 1. Go to screentoaster.com 2. Open up your website 3. click record my screen 4. navigate the user throughout your website. give them a tutorial 5. hit save. 6. post your free tutorial on how to use your website for your users to follow.

Cost effect and instructive for your users.

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thanks for the info...i really like this...the only thing i didn't see in the service is the ability to zoom in...am i wrong about this? – Drew Little Oct 23 '09 at 21:22
Im not sure about the zoom ability, but off the top of my head I would say you could do all the zooming in a simple post production editing. After you download the .mov file that you make from screentoaster, import it into a simple video editing program - Mac's make this simple (if you or a friend has a mac) and zoom in where it needs it. – Adam Webber Oct 24 '09 at 1:44
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Like the others have said, Camtasia is great, and should have most everything you need. However, with a price tag of $299, you may want to check out Jing (both from http://www.techsmith.com), which is free if you just need something simple. For Mac users, Screenflow is the way to go - http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm.

For a longer list of free screencasting resources, although a little dated, here is a list of 12 screencasting tools from Mashable - http://mashable.com/2008/02/21/screencasting-video-tutorials/.

If you'd rather not do it yourself, Demo Duck - http://www.demoduck.com - offers a relatively affordable custom screencast service using professional voice overs.

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