Creating reusable screencasts

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Matt Sullivan

Creating reusable screencasts for your content

Headshot optional

Quality video production is faster than you think, when you adopt a topic-based video approach.

 Places to reuse video

 Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn Blog Community email Help, user guide, support Online education, courses

What do you say when your client

asks you to write a manual on how they should use FrameMaker?

 Done!

Demo: PDF with video

 Write Pare down Record Process Timing

1-hour formula

Write (Storyboard and Script)

 My process: Create storyboard in PowerPoint, using outline mode- Use notes for script

Storyboard/ Script

Example-Needles Script

Script 1/3

Script 2/3

Script 3/3

Or…

Revised Script

Record audio and screen

 My process:- Record one action- Read script related to action

- Repeat until satisfied with audio

Record audio and screen

Edit Audio

 Process in Audition (Audacity is another)- Process the file to reduce gaps

- Delete gaffes and multiple takes

- Demo (16:34 raw)- Demo (02:31 clipped)

Edit in DAW

 Options to normalize recording- Hard Limiter or Compressor for audio outliers

- Normalize to -3dB(broadcast standard)

Prep for export in DAW

 Captivate, etc.Delete empty

slides ScreenFlow, Camtasia

Scrub out processing time, flubs

Video Processing

Resulting videos in ScreenFlow(before, after, and demo)

Hardware

MacBook Pro

Storage on MBP

Heil PR-40

FocusRite Scarlett 2-4

Software

AuditionAudition is a DAW,

or Digital Audio Workstation

ScreenFlow (Mac only)