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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

While there are a plethora of video file types, which consist of codecs and containers, choosing the right one doesn’t have to be complicated — but it certainly can be. You may have heard the phrase video codec when referring to video files. It gives you much smaller file sizes with minimal quality loss.

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Size of Captivate Files

Tony Karrer

In reference to my article Captivate File Size Tricks for Software Training via Simulations , I was just asked: I was hoping you could answer a real easy question for me? For an enterprise wide LMS system, would a Captivate movie (file) that is 1.5mb or less too big?

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Snagit for Google Chrome Keeps on GIF’ing

TechSmith Camtasia

Having clicked Desktop or + , a new window pops up showing thumbnails of what can be recorded (referred to as sharing): either the whole screen or any open browser window or any open app window. Animated GIFs are silent movies. Look to the top left of the TechSmith Snagit Library window just below the logo: Click the + symbol.

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Top 10 Screen Recording Software for Windows

eLearning Brothers

demonstrate software to other people or record tips and tricks for later reference. The ability to make a screencast video can also be used to showcase your creativity when playing games like Minecraft and recreating scenes from movies and/or filming music videos in simulation games like The Sims. built-in help file.

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Notes from DevLearn and the Adobe Learning Summit

Steve Howard

Light – only a small (less than 100k) addition to the overall Captivate movie size. • AVI etc also easy, but usually much bigger file size. • Nielsen’s work on usability and web design is a useful start-point, but be prepared to disagree and justify your own choice – in reference to Homepage Usability book. •