If you have a need for

creating videos

, especially demonstration or “tutorial-type” videos to teach or to showcase a particular feature of a software application, I heard about an open-source version of Camtasia, called “Camstudio”.It’s at http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/.

I have not attempted to download or try it, but wanted to pass this by anyone who had been planning on obtaining Camtasia but maybe a little strapped for cashola and wanted an alternative.

There’s many times where I’ve wanted to provide a kind of visual explanation that is superior to just having screenshots on a page. Plus it’s funner to do.  But the thing is, you’ve got to check that the hosting plan you purchased has enough bandwidth. Then again, there are video servers that will host your video nowadays, if it’s something had wide appeal.

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