Matthew,

<< I'm not sure whether to say this because I wasn't sure if it is
applicable to just me or others, but for me, the pace of the video could
have been faster. >>

Yeah, I moved a little slower than I wanted to, and 20 mins is a little on
the long side for any video.  It's tough trying to manipulate a tablet with
one hand, and the mouse/keyboard with the other, while speaking.  I'll get
better, though, so the pace should start to pick up a bit.

The audio was better, though, right ?  I've got a professional USB mic now,
so it works a lot better than the headset.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

On 2/18/2015 9:43 AM, Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:
> Yeah, I moved a little slower than I wanted to, and 20 mins is a little
> on the long side for any video.  It's tough trying to manipulate a
> tablet with one hand, and the mouse/keyboard with the other, while
> speaking.  I'll get better, though, so the pace should start to pick up
> a bit.

I thought the overall pace was fine but there were small gaps of silence
when things were being done in serial (i.e. something was typed or
highlighted and only after did the voice start again). I agree those are
tough to do in parallel and very minor aspects (i.e. i'd rather have
more videos than you spending time on the silence gaps).

> The audio was better, though, right ?  I've got a professional USB mic
> now, so it works a lot better than the headset.

IMHO audio was great (as was video) - overall a professional production.

Raul

Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

> Yeah, I moved a little slower than I wanted to, and 20 mins is a
> little on the long side for any video.  It's tough trying to
> manipulate a tablet with one hand, and the mouse/keyboard with the
> other, while speaking.  I'll get better, though, so the pace should
> start to pick up a bit.
>
> The audio was better, though, right ?  I've got a professional USB
> mic now, so it works a lot better than the headset.

Goodness, that's going well if you are on a tablet. The sound was
lovely - a friend of mine said I needed a good mic for my screencasts
because you need to start with good sound because it will only get
worse as it travels to the listener. You have that covered.

FWIW, I do my screencasts in a virtual machine. I run through it first
to work out what I want to do. Then I create a sort of script, and then
record that. I can restart easily if I need to because it is a VM.
Saves having any directory names or anything else that you don't want
to show too. Then I record the voice over separately (having known what
I want to show), and then apply the clips in the right places in
Camtasia. I found that this made it more comfortable for me, only
having to concentrate on one thing at a time - actions, then words.

One thing we realised is that the videos will "date" themselves
quickly, so we have removed the date/time display from the Windows icon
bar.

Anyway, I look forward to the next one.

Raul wrote:

> overall a professional production.

Yep, agree. Like the software!

Raul,

<< IMHO audio was great (as was video) - overall a professional production.
>>

Thanks very much.  Hopefully I'll be up there soon for a demo at TDUG.  I
was supposed to be there this month, but.....

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Matthew,

<< Goodness, that's going well if you are on a tablet. >>

I use the tablet for the script.  It's just a lot to get positioned
correctly without constantly banging into the mic.

<< The sound was lovely - a friend of mine said I needed a good mic for my
screencasts because you need to start with good sound because it will only
get worse as it travels to the listener. You have that covered. >>

I bought an Editors Keys mic.  Not cheap, but not super-expensive, and
solid, solid, solid.  It's a UK company, also.

<< FWIW, I do my screencasts in a virtual machine. I run through it first to
work out what I want to do. Then I create a sort of script, and then record
that. I can restart easily if I need to because it is a VM. Saves having any
directory names or anything else that you don't want to show too. Then I
record the voice over separately (having known what I want to show), and
then apply the clips in the right places in Camtasia. I found that this made
it more comfortable for me, only having to concentrate on one thing at a
time - actions, then words. >>

I'll see how good I get with the two at the same time, but if it continues
to be an issue, I'll give it a try.

<< One thing we realised is that the videos will "date" themselves quickly,
so we have removed the date/time display from the Windows icon bar. >>

I cut out the whole task bar.  The number of things I've got running at one
time would make me seem, ahem, a bit scattershot.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

<< Would be interested to know how others feel on this. It wasn't too
slow, and it would be better to be slower than fast. But it makes sense
to discuss now (if anyone has a view) than after all the videos are
done. >>

I thought it was fine.  Sometimes we can spend too long on trying to get everything perfect when what we should be doing is just getting it out there.  I did some very average video tutorials once and I got compliments on how good it was. Crazy. Anyway, I hate listening to the sound of my own voice so now I get professional voice overs.

Just on two cents.

= Steve

Steve,

<< I thought it was fine.  Sometimes we can spend too long on trying to get
everything perfect when what we should be doing is just getting it out
there.  I did some very average video tutorials once and I got
compliments on how good it was. Crazy. Anyway, I hate listening to the sound
of my own voice so now I get professional voice overs. >>

Thanks.  I'd get a professional to do the voice-over, but I've got to have a
backup skill in case this programming thing doesn't work out.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

<< Thanks.  I'd get a professional to do the voice-over, but I've got to have a
backup skill in case this programming thing doesn't work out. >>

LOL.  Good idea. I better practice my ditch digging, just in case.