How to make a good screencast?

Yegor Badayev, content manager teachvideo. ru.

The project. uToodle. We sought advice from an experienced creators of video lessons -. TeachVideo. ru. Tips Yegor Badaeva useful to all those who plan to participate in the contest uToodle.

Using modern technology, screencast can make almost every. But how to make sure that users have been interesting to watch it and share it with your friends?.

The most important thing - to determine the theme screencast. It is, first, should be interesting, and, preferably, is not illuminated in a format screencasts. Few will be interesting to see where it is necessary to type in the browser address Google, moreover, it can be shown using a simple screenshot, show much more interesting, such as on a computer to draw a pretty picture. Also, when choosing a topic worth paying attention to its compatibility with the format of the video. For example, the idea to make a screencast on how to write a calculator in C is not too successful - to monitor the recruitment process of program code in the editor is not very interesting to learn programming is much more comfortable using text articles.

After selecting a theme screencast, you must decide what will be shown in the video. Remember that the main advantage screencast - it is an opportunity to demonstrate concrete actions. The more saturated by such actions will be your screencast, so it is better and more interesting. Do not go into the theory - screencast - it's not a lecture, and look at the screen where nothing happens, no one interested. Also try to chase down or in an accelerated mode too long or obvious action - interest audience can only lead to something new and unknown. On the other hand, it is important not to overload the user information - he did not understand and will receive only the negative emotions.

We should also mention the duration of the screencast. The optimal duration of a clip - 3 minutes. Video of greater length, as a rule, tire the viewer, and some may not even start watching your screencast to see that it lasts 15 minutes.

It is also very important audio and text support roller. If you can not make a voice recording, it is better to choose a theme screencast, where everything is clear without words. In no case should not show the pre- printed in Notepad or another text editor text - it does not look very nice. Today's video editors let you create a great screencast and without a microphone with a beautiful graphic inserts, annotations, or subtitles. Although, no doubt, prefer voice notes. They are perceived better, and less distraction from watching the movie. However, the scoring - the task is complex and time-consuming. After listening to the commentator goes astray, stutters, negotiated, and the like are not too nice. So, if you take a sound, approach it with no less responsibility than to record video. Regardless of whether you are going to voice your screencast or not, it can be put to music. However, there has to be careful - it should not interfere with the perception of information.

And the last thing to mention - the quality of your video. And in this case is not about solving. Remember that watching screencasts on the Internet, they inserted into the page, and, at times, the final video size is very small. Imagine that the user will see if it show the video size of 320 × 240, was shot in 1600 × 1200? . The optimum size for a screencast - 1024 × 768. It is also very important to make sure that the final video to be compressed best - had a good image quality, and not too large file size. When you boot to the broadcasts, simply provide the video in its original format - services such as youtube or rutube themselves compress your video into an optimal format. If you decide to publish a screencast on your site, it is necessary to find a good codec and choose the best format. Remember - not everyone can easily watch the video larger than 15 MB.

And of course it is important that you liked the screencast made ​​by the.

Following these simple tips, you can easily make a great screencast that look thousands if not millions. Do not be afraid of difficulties, and you must succeed.

Good luck!.