Hello

I'd like to create several MoI vidéo tutorial (I've found a software recording the screen). To avoid to explain what I'm doing, I've found a soft wich display mouse state (right clic left clic...). But I haven't find any soft wich display keyboard state ("CTRL C", "CTRL A", ...). I've search with keyword : "keyboard", "display", "show"... but I didn't found anything. If anyone have any idea thanks in advance.

PP

Hello PP,

Sorry I cant help you with software to use but I am looking forward to seeing your tutorials
if you plan to share them here on the forum?

[OT] I would like to know what software ppl & Michael use for creating GIF's please?

All the best,

A lot of people use the free "Wink" package from DebugMode ( http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ )

The industry standard is Camtasia Studio from Techsmith ( http://www.techsmith.com )

-Will

Screen capture software doesn't usually pop up a graphic which shows hot keys being pressed (that I know of). You might get a line illustration of a keyboard - trim out the keys you are using, and paste them over the video. Easy if you've got Adobe After Effects or other motion graphics software.

Hi PP, Hi Paul,

Paul wrote:
> [OT] I would like to know what software ppl & Michael
> use for creating GIF's please?

I use Camtasia Studio v5 for that myself.


> PP - re: capture keyboard state

I'm not really sure... That does not seem to be commonly handled, it does not look like Camtasia will do that automatically.

I did find a page with some keyboard graphics: http://icons.alanwho.com/104-standard-pc-keyboard-keys-icon-set/ which you could add as annotations later on.

I'm not sure, but it may be possible that the Adobe Captivate recorder may handle that automatically.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

>> I use Camtasia Studio v5 for that myself.

Thanks I will take a look now I see what you use..... ;-)

Rgds,

Hi Paul, it has worked really well for me - one nice thing is it supports creating the output in many different formats, like WMV like I used for the tutorial documentation, or also animated GIFs which are kind of handy for small newsgroup posts, and also stuff like Flash , etc... It also has a good built in and easy-to-use editor for trimming out bits and adding in annotations.

But it does cost $300 though which may be a lot if you don't use it much.

There is a free recorder app here: http://camstudio.org/ which is not bad, but not really as easy to use and refined as Camtasia.

Wink (as mentioned before) is also free and I've seen some good results with that as well.

- Michael

Hey Michael,

I do like your small gif's and I know from friends that Camtasia is the business but im not keen on spending $300 at the minute especially when it would be just to communicate on the web. I will take a look at Camstudio (looks like a fellow brit is running that show but im not sure ?)....

I would like to purchase another seat of MoI after V2 is released, plus an upgrade so I would rather save the cash for that...decisions, decisions!!

Thx for the heads up ;-)

Hi Paul,
Good free combo is Camstudio as mentioned and this Avi to Gif converter called Movies13....... http://jansfreeware.com/jfgraphics.htm

Hope this helps.

Start by using Wink.
It's free and well known and accepted by everyone.

(And the free version of Camtasia is pretty nice to learn on and use as you save up for the Pro version anyway)
Brian

Hi Paul,

There's a program that I've used many years ago called GIF Construction Set Professional.
I had an earlier version & it was very easy to learn & use, so I'm assuming this newer version would be much the same?
Here's a link to the website.
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html

Hope it's of use, Colin

Hi Danny,

Ohhh yes, that will do nicely mate - Thanks !

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Hi Colin,

Thanks for the link but i'll try Camstudio + Addon Movies13 and see if I can't cook something up. Like I said, it will just be used
to communicate on this forum probably so Camtasia is a little too good for me.....watch this space :-)

Cheers,

My school own a licence for "allcapture" (100 €)
http://www.allcapture.com/eng/index.php
It is quiet easy to use and seems to have almost the same features as camstudio (except quiz an animated gif).

Thanks for the information about Adobe Captivate recorder but it's quiet expensive, and there is no demo version.

Software called "Keylogger's" do exactly what I'm looking for, unfortunatly, they don't display keyboard input, they store it in a file.

Freekeyloger displays keyboard input, but don't show keyboard shortcuts, like "CTRL C".

I've also found KeyboardTest
http://www.passmark.com/products/keytest.htm
which is almost perfect for my use except for one detail : It only display keyboard input when his window is active.


I'll be looking for a solution a few days more, then, I'll do the tutorials, without keyboard display.

I'll post here when the tutorials will be ready.

Thanks everyone.

PP