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By: Sam Johnston

Sam Johnston — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:21:54 +0000

As a Snapz Pro X owner I’d love to see it added to the list…

Sam

By: Josh K

Josh K — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:29:40 +0000

Where’s Snapz Pro?

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By: Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:16:38 +0000

@Christian: I don’t think Grab does video recordings. It is a great tool for just screen-grabs though.

By: FrancescoOnAir

FrancescoOnAir — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:10:32 +0000

For my screencast i use ScreenFlick. It’s easy and affordable!

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:38:27 +0000

We already have a free screen capture utility included with OS X: Grab.

And it does the job just fine. I see no point in paying for a different one.

By: Allison Sheridan

Allison Sheridan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:02:18 +0000

Very nice synopsis Joe – you really hit the high points well. As far as Jing is concerned, the limited output format (I believe it’s still only flash) reduce it’s usefulness. I use it at work on a PC and I hardly ever find someone who can actually view my videos for some reason. SnapZPro does work, but it’s very expensive and hasn’t been updated in literally years. The render times when you’re done are excruciating – you don’t know if you have a good product until you wait till the end of the render. I agree with your analysis, of those I’ve used I like Screenium the best right now!

By: dave

dave — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:15:13 +0000

I have purchased all these except screenflow & so far hands down screenflick has been the best one.. except for the massive raw file it leaves which you need to delete (9 min video had a 15gb raw file).

I see a few people like sceenium…. it is ok until you do a long capture which end up being completely black & after spending an hour or so recording to have a black output is really annoying.

The other thing I like about screenflick is that you can control the visual mouseclick so it isn’t as annoying as the others.

By: pat320

pat320 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:31:46 +0000

I’ve make screen capture using VLC. (command+R, method=ogg, video=theo)
It is not the easiest way, but it works just fine for rare capture.
After, I must convert the .ts file in mp4 and import it into GarageBand to add some sound or voice.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:45:40 +0000

I’ve tried them all, and for me it’s ScreenFlow all the way. Yes, it’s a bit more expensive, but if you do LOTS of screen caps, it’s worth every penny. I use it to make training videos for work. The editing features are terrific, with a bit of an iMovie HD feel to them, and include some great features like zooming in, callouts, mouse highlighting, etc.

By: dance

dance — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:55:38 +0000

Thanks for doing a face-off! It’s really helpful to have these sorts of comparative reviews out there—I wish more reviewers did them.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:35:13 +0000

I like Jing as well. It only allows ten minutes recording at once, but for most purposes, its been long enough for me.

http://www.jingproject.com

For the paid app, I like Screenium.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:48:36 +0000

I did some market analysis on screen capture software for mac some weeks ago and came to the same conclusion: taking into account price and features, Screenium is the best.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:10:17 +0000

Snapz Pro is another one

By: Fyre Vortex

Fyre Vortex — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:25:07 +0000

Maybe you could have included some free ones, like Jing?