Software suggestion for screen recording
I have been asked to convert some video tutorials done for Photoshop, into Paintshop. That is easy. However, i am not sure what (reasonable) program is really available for me to record those.
I downloaded Camtasia, and it seems ok but it is $300. The free trial will expired before i get used to the program and finish the videos.
I found Adobe Captivate, but that is $800 (ouch!)
I know of CamStudio. That is free so i started using it. The problem i am facing is that it saves in avi format, then requires conversion to swf. But then, for a 3 minutes video, i am getting a file that is over 50MB. I cannot imagine the size of a 15-20 minutes tutorial. With the Adobe Cativate (hubby downloaded the trial version), he got a 2 minute video online (at least it had an html extension) that was less than 20Kb. I am not sure what the difference is.
So, all in all, i would like to find a program (as inexpensive as can be) that can generate a small enough swf file to upload.
Any suggestion?