Record video from the screen: overview of features and suggestions

Video recording from the monitor screen is available today not only to technically savvy users. Anyone who wants, with the help of the appropriate program, can record everything that is happening on the screen of his monitor. This is very useful for those who many times have to show the same algorithm of actions, talk about the features of the software or creators of educational materials. Sometimes this can be useful to users who contact customer support: instead of long and tedious descriptions of errors or glitches, you can record a video where everything will be clear and understandable.

The audience of users, who need a similar program plan, is expanding every day: gamers, students, programmers, system administrators, lecturers and just "teapots", for which you need to tell and show everything. All these comrades can use in their work to record video from the screen. It remains only to make a choice of the program to capture the video.

We offer a brief overview of the software, with which you can capture images from the screen.
1. CamStudio is a free program that can record video from the screen (the entire screen or the selected rectangular area of the screen) and save the recorded material in AVI format. In addition to video recording, CamStudio can also record audio material. Editing and processing of video / audio are present. It is possible to convert the record into SWF format, which is very useful for subsequent posting of material on the Internet. In a word, it's a great tool for creating video presentations. The interface is clear and accessible, which makes it popular with a wide range of users.

2. UVScreenCamera is a program with more advanced features. In addition to recording video, he can make quality screenshots of the screen with the further creation of animation in the format gif. Capturing and recording video from the screen occurs with minimal consumption of PC resources, so the program works fine even on machines with weak hardware. The video material is saved in the form of a project, which can then be edited: make captions or inscriptions, if necessary, cut out unnecessary frames, etc. The finished material is exported to AVI, SWF, FLV, EXE-flash. Recording can be done separately: first a video that can be edited in the video editor, then audio that can be superimposed from the file. The program is paid, but it does not scare most fans.

3. Camtasia Studio from the company TechSmith. This is an all-in-one option: video capture, audio editor, video editor, program for creating CD menu and subsequent burning to CD / DVD media. All this in one bottle and at a very good level. The abundance of settings and options allows you to squeeze out the maximum and record the finished material "without departing from the ticket office" - for the user's quality work there is everything.

• Capture and record video from the screen: you can record full screen, screen area or specified application window. Its own TSCC codec allows you to save video with minimal loss of quality. During capture, the image of the camcorder can be recorded in parallel. A kind of "picture in the frame" effect. Another feature is the zoom in / zoom out function of a certain area of the screen.
• Audio editing: the program writes sound from a microphone or other external source. Can insert into the audio material "silence". This is a very valuable feature that allows you to remove unnecessary coughing, creaking or rustling of turntable pages.

Enumeration of all the highlights will take a long time and even more space. We can say one thing: in this program there is no extra "left forcemeat". All the technical tools and tools are fully working - they can be used to create the highest quality video.

4. One more interesting tool can not be ignored. There is an opportunity to capture the image from the screen of the monitor with the help of special on-line services. Very popular option, if you are a teacher, teaching remotely and for certain reasons can not record video from the screen on your computer. Such services will simply become a "wand-a-do-it-yourself". A little time to search - and you will find your own version, which will satisfy you as much as possible.

Yes, forgive me fans of other applications that can record from the monitor screen. The fact that the article does not describe all the existing applications - does not mean evil intent. I just leave it to you to find your one, unique, favorite and very-very ... program, with which you can record video from the screen.