elearning creation on a mac

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elearning creation on a mac

Hi all

I need to create some elearning training videos at a commercial quality in the style of macProVideo - where I can show a particular piece of software with mouse movements via video, with my voiceover and add text boxes in the style of Adobe Captivate 2, but i need to do it on a mac.

Is there any solution for me that anyone knows about?

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David Tobin

imac G5 2ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on May 4, 2007 7:29 PM

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Henry G4

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May 4, 2007 8:09 PM in response to Deetee

Hi.

Maybe somethig like This?

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May 4, 2007 8:47 PM in response to Henry G4

That looks fantastic.

Now, i just need to add a relevant soundtrack and be able to add some text over it to help people understand the most important points.

What programs would you run in tandem to get the best results?

David

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Henry G4

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May 4, 2007 9:21 PM in response to Deetee

Well, to add sound and subtitles, you can use perfectly use iMovie. It can record audio from an iSight (external or built-in), or from an external microphone.
And the subtitles are simply added by entering the text dragging them from the Gallery to the Movie timeline.
I've done a couple of very little tutorials with iMovie, using still image capture frames (Grab), adding subtitles, and recording the audio through iSight. They were pretty good...

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May 4, 2007 9:27 PM in response to Henry G4

And presumably you can just use the mac's built in mic, or an external mic to record into imovie - but the question is, if you are creating a full software "how-to" video, how do you time the mouse moves/screen moves against the script?

I guess maybe you record the audio to one application at the same time as you record the mouse moves in Snapz. Do you think you can do both the audio and the video capture at the same time - so you haven't got to re-time the audio?

David

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May 4, 2007 9:44 PM in response to Deetee

Also, if you want to be able to grey out some of the video to focus in on one part of the screen, or put a circle around a certain bit - any ideas how you would do this?

David

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Henry G4

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May 4, 2007 10:08 PM in response to Deetee

Snapz Pro supports digital audio capture, and microphone capture.
Check This Page out. There's trial download available.

Regarding the timing of the subtitles or captions in iMovie, what I did was to place the playhead (the moving triangle) where I wanted the subtitle inserted (the subtitle starts from that very point, and lasts as long as you set it in the Speed slider), Edit/Split Video Clip at Playhead and then dragged the subtitle from the gallery to that place in the timeline.
Some subtitles can last up to a few seconds, and ohers, like "Music Video", up to ten minutes.

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Henry G4

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May 4, 2007 10:26 PM in response to Deetee

Also, if you want to be able to grey out some of the
video to focus in on one part of the screen, or put a
circle around a certain bit - any ideas how you would
do this?

David

You need more powerful (and expensive) video tools to accomplish that, or even use Flash.

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Henry G4

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May 5, 2007 11:24 AM in response to Deetee

Also, if you want to be able to grey out some of the
video to focus in on one part of the screen, or put a
circle around a certain bit - any ideas how you would
do this?

David

Maybe This application can do what you need.

MacMini G4 1.25GHz 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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