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Re: Screenshots
FastStone Capture is brilliant. Recently he added the ability to add numbered buttons, a feature I have long desired.
No one mentioned Cropper. Cropper creates a transparent area that you can move and resize. It can output to multiple formats including avi and gif.
No one mentioned Cropper. Cropper creates a transparent area that you can move and resize. It can output to multiple formats including avi and gif.
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Question: Capturing video from screen
Sorry for a slight OT, but this is my question:
I would like to capture a video as it is being played on screen (on a flash area in a web browser). Is this possible with some tool? Any experience with such a task?
Thank you for any hint!
I would like to capture a video as it is being played on screen (on a flash area in a web browser). Is this possible with some tool? Any experience with such a task?
Thank you for any hint!
Win 10 Pro 64bit
Re: Screenshots
My personal favorittes.Any experience with such a task?
Camtasia Studio Very good but also very expensive. They offer a 30 day fully functional trial.
Snagit Very good and a reasonable price. Video output is .mp4 which can be edited in AviDemux.
Jing (also Techsmith) Great little free recorder, but the output is .swf, which can be difficult to deal with, and the recording time is limited to 5 min.
You could also consider these free options.
CamStudio It takes a little practice, but if you manage to get the settings right, it's a very nice little app.
Screencast-o-matic It's free but if you sign up for an anual subscription, you will be able to edit your recordings.
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Re: Question: Capturing video from screen
My favorite is Active presenter free edition.Borut wrote:Sorry for a slight OT, but this is my question:
I would like to capture a video as it is being played on screen (on a flash area in a web browser). Is this possible with some tool? Any experience with such a task?
Thank you for any hint!
Re: Question: Capturing video from screen
Thank you both, Regmos and serendipity! You helped me a lot.serendipity wrote:My favorite is Active presenter free edition.
Due to various factors, one of which was a relatively low processor power at my disposal, I settled down with the Active presenter, with which I have successfully accomplished my task in a rather straightforward and intuitive manner. I have found the pdf help to be very good and indeed helpful, when needed. This application is obviously full of potential, which I have by far not explored yet (and perhaps never will). A nice surprise!
Win 10 Pro 64bit
Re: Question: Capturing video from screen
Great findserendipity wrote:My favorite is Active presenter free edition.
Just put it on my "freeware" computer, and I suspect it's gonna steal a lot of my time.
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Re: Question: Capturing video from screen
Me too, I am using it for my presentations on a regular basis.Regmos wrote:Great findserendipity wrote:My favorite is Active presenter free edition.
Just put it on my "freeware" computer, and I suspect it's gonna steal a lot of my time.
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Re: Screenshots
It's amazing to see a Vietnamese software is so popular
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Re: Screenshots
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Re: Screenshots
Would have been perfect if he adds these things:
1) Hotkey to start-stop recording
2) Allow click-and-drag to select the region to record instead of constantly showing GifCam window ontop
3) Easier editing
Anyway, I made an AHK to solve 1) and 2) above. usage:
Save the scipt as *.ahk > complie to exe using complier here: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/download/file.php?id=2879
Ctrl+Shift+LMouse drag to select region
Alt+Shift+p to toggle recording (and minimize GifCam window too!)
Known limitation:
- Record button should be active for the Alt+Shift+p to work
- Cannot move GifCam screen off-window
P.S: Anyone know a good lightweight GIF editor?
1) Hotkey to start-stop recording
2) Allow click-and-drag to select the region to record instead of constantly showing GifCam window ontop
3) Easier editing
Anyway, I made an AHK to solve 1) and 2) above. usage:
Save the scipt as *.ahk > complie to exe using complier here: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/download/file.php?id=2879
Ctrl+Shift+LMouse drag to select region
Alt+Shift+p to toggle recording (and minimize GifCam window too!)
Known limitation:
- Record button should be active for the Alt+Shift+p to work
- Cannot move GifCam screen off-window
Code: Select all
#SingleInstance force
;#notrayicon ;Don't wanna see Autohotkey's icon in tray? Then uncomment this line
#NoEnv
#IfWinExist, ahk_class TGifCamForm
^+LButton::
SysGet, xborder, 32
SysGet, yborder, 33
SysGet, caption, 4
ControlGetPos, X, Y, ButtonWidth, ButtonHeight, TButton3, ahk_class TGifCamForm
DefineRegion("LButton", "Screen", left_x, right_x, top_y, bottom_y, region_width, region_height) ;Only need to supply 2 parameters "Trigger" (which key to stop DefineRegion) and "Mode" (result is relative to window or screen or client); then the function return the other 6 parameters, left_x, right_x, top_y, bottom_y, region_width, region_height, which is ready-to-use
GifCamX := left_x - xborder
GifCamY := top_y - yborder - caption
GifCamWidth := region_width + ButtonWidth + xborder * 2 + 10
GifCamHeight := region_height + yborder * 2 + caption
WinMove, ahk_class TGifCamForm, , %GifCamX%, %GifCamY%, %GifCamWidth%, %GifCamHeight%
return
!+p::
ControlSend, TButton4, {Enter}, ahk_class TGifCamForm
WinGet, ExStyle, ExStyle, ahk_class TGifCamForm
if (ExStyle & 0x8) ; 0x8 is WS_EX_TOPMOST.
{
Winset, AlwaysonTop, Off, ahk_class TGifCamForm
Winminimize, ahk_class TGifCamForm
Loop, 4
{
Gui, %A_Index%: -Caption +ToolWindow +ToolWindow +AlwaysOnTop
Gui, %A_Index%: Color, Green ;can state any Hex code i.e: 0x00ff
}
Gui, 1: show, % "x" left_x " y" top_y " w" region_width " h1 NoActivate"
Gui, 2: show, % "x" left_x " y" top_y " w1" " h" region_height " NoActivate"
Gui, 3: show, % "x" left_x " y" bottom_y " w" region_width " h1 NoActivate"
Gui, 4: show, % "x" right_x " y" top_y " w1" " h" region_height " NoActivate"
TrayTip, ,Recording...
sleep 2000
TrayTip,
}
Else
{
Loop, 4
Gui, %A_Index%: hide
Winset, AlwaysonTop, On, ahk_class TGifCamForm
Winrestore, ahk_class TGifCamForm
TrayTip, ,Stop recording
sleep 2000
TrayTip,
}
return
DefineRegion(Trigger, Mode, ByRef left_x, ByRef right_x, ByRef top_y, ByRef bottom_y, ByRef region_width, ByRef region_height) ;ByRef means the variable will be returned to caller with the same variable name
{
CoordMode, Mouse, %Mode% ; relative to window or screen or client (window title bar, menu and borders)
MouseGetPos, start_x, start_y ; start position of mouse
Loop, 4 ;Create 4 lines of a selection rectangle (display as 4 GUI)
{
Gui, %A_Index%: -Caption +ToolWindow +ToolWindow +AlwaysOnTop
Gui, %A_Index%: Color, Green ;can state any Hex code i.e: 0x00ff
}
Loop ;Can use settimer to reduce cpu usage (although less smooth)
{
MouseGetPos, start_x_2, start_y_2
If (start_x_2 > start_x) ;Update the selection rectangle
{
Gui, 1: Show, % "x" start_x " y" start_y " w" start_x_2 - start_x " h1 NoActivate"
Gui, 4: Show, % "x" start_x " y" start_y_2 " w" start_x_2 - start_x " h1 NoActivate"
}
Else
{
Gui, 1: Show, % "x" start_x_2 " y" start_y " w" start_x - start_x_2 " h1 NoActivate"
Gui, 4: Show, % "x" start_x_2 " y" start_y_2 " w" start_x - start_x_2 " h1 NoActivate"
}
If (start_y_2 > start_y)
{
Gui, 2: Show, % "x" start_x " y" start_y " w1 h" start_y_2 - start_y " NoActivate"
Gui, 3: Show, % "x" start_x_2 " y" start_y " w1 h" start_y_2 - start_y " NoActivate"
}
Else
{
Gui, 2: Show, % "x" start_x_2 " y" start_y_2 " w1 h" start_y - start_y_2 " NoActivate"
Gui, 3: Show, % "x" start_x " y" start_y_2 " w1 h" start_y - start_y_2 " NoActivate"
}
ToolTip, % "Width: " start_x_2 - start_x " - Height: " start_y_2 - start_y
;ToolTip, % GetOCR(left_x, top_y, region_width, region_height)
If (GetKeyState(Trigger, "P") = 0 ) ;Trigger (i.e: Left mouse) is Physically up
{
MouseGetPos, end_x, end_y
ToolTip
Loop, 4
Gui, %A_Index%: Hide
break
}
}
left_x := MinMaxAvg("min", start_x, end_x)
right_x := MinMaxAvg("max", start_x, end_x)
top_y := MinMaxAvg("min", start_y, end_y)
bottom_y := MinMaxAvg("max", start_y, end_y)
region_width := right_x - left_x
region_height := bottom_y - top_y
Return ;End of Define Region
}
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Re: Screenshots
Just did! Totally worth.admin wrote:Absolutely brilliant! I donated 5$. Everybody here should do that!
Re: Screenshots
GraphicsGale is good and updated often. I don't think the freeware version supports GIF though.binocular222 wrote:P.S: Anyone know a good lightweight GIF editor?
GIF Movie Gear is good also. I made a many a banner using this software back in my web dev days.
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Re: Screenshots
Perhaps RealWorld Paint
http://www.rw-designer.com/image-editor
Or this one, if the size doesn't fit
http://www.ashongsoft.com/product/gif-resizer.html
http://www.rw-designer.com/image-editor
Or this one, if the size doesn't fit
http://www.ashongsoft.com/product/gif-resizer.html
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Re: Screenshots
Screen to Gif can do that.binocular222 wrote:Would have been perfect if he adds these things:
1) Hotkey to start-stop recording......
The quality is fine, but the resulting file size is huge compared to camtasia, Gifcam and LiceCap. You must also be patient when rendering. There's no progress bar, you just have to wait for the window to become active again.
It's still early days, and it needs some work, but it seems very promising.
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