Presentation & Screen capture Tools

Other Tools

Screencasting

Other Tools

There are lots of other free and paid tools for screencasting that work pretty well too, including the simple but useful built-in tools in your operating system.

For the Mac

• Shift-Cmd-3: Whole screen capture, save PNG to desktop

• Shift-Ctrl-Cmd-3 Whole screen capture save to clipboard

• Shift-Cmd-4: Partial screen capture using crosshairs to select, save PNG to desktop

• Shift-Ctrl-Cmd-4: Partial screen capture using crosshairs to select, save PNG to clipboard

• Screenflow: another nice screencasting tool from Telestream with some good postproduction options.

• QuickTime Player: built right into the Mac, this app can also record screencasts

• Debut - freeware screen recorder

For Windows

• Snipping Tool built into Windows 7 and Windows 8

• CamStudio Open Source Recorder

• Jing: another option from TechSmith

• Dozens of freeware and paid screen capture tools, just search for [screen capture tool windows]

For Linux

• recordMyDesktop: Captures audio-video data of a Linux desktop session

• Byzanz: Small and compact screencast creator

• pyvnc2swf: Screen recording tool with Flash (SWF) output

• xvidcap: Standards-based alternative to tools like Lotus ScreenCam

• Istanbul: Desktop session recorder producing Ogg Theora video

• Wink: Tutorial and presentation creation software

For Chromebooks

• Screencastify - a Chrome extension for screencasting

• Screencast-o-Matic: web based screen recorder

• Screenr - another web based screen recorder

• Loom - a nice simple screen recorder for ChromeOS

For Mobiles and tablets

• iPad or iPhone? iOS has a screen record mode built right into the operating system. Learn more here.

• Android phone? Try the AZ Screen Recorder or the DU Recorder App. No root access required. Lots of others to try too.