Screencasting from STC - SnagIt 8 has features that make you drool
Posted on Wednesday May 10, 2006 by Betsy Weber
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Before the tradeshow floor opened at STC, I got the lead SnagIt developer, Paul Middlin, to do a quick screencast to show how to use a couple of SnagIt 8's innovative new features.
First, he'll show you how to capture a Web page and keep the links intact. What does this mean? The links will be embedded in the image and clickable, just as they were on the original Web page.
Then, he'll show how to add a Flash hotspot to an image. (With this option, you can create images that, when clicked or moused over, cause additional text or images to pop up.) He'll show off a great user example from the Christine Ahlsten at Dakota State College of Science. To read more about her and see the interactive floorplan, click here.
Click the picture below to start the screencast. The video runs just under 4 minutes.
What feature or topic would you like our next screencast to be about? Maybe I can get Paul to make another screencast with me at the show - if he's not too busy listening to compliments about SnagIt's latest release...
Comments (12)
I have to say the Flash pop up feature rocks the house!
Posted by Brooks | May 10, 2006 11:40 PM
Posted on May 10, 2006 23:40
I'd agree, the flash hotspots are really great. A couple other uses for hotspots come to mind (among millions, I'm sure)...
--annotating portions of maps, in which both the big picture (the Snagged section, as a whole) needs to be seen, but the details, hidden by the hotspot until needed, are key. Hey, the hotspot could show a photograph of a building, yes?
--annotating a photograph, for both teaching about photography ("Your horizon isn't level... why?") and fun (fake beard comes up on a pic of your mom?). In professions where images are key (radiology, pathology, architecture, art history, etc), this easy way to create the annotation is fantastic.
--Finally, I wonder if the .swf with the image/annotations would "play" on a PocketPC?
That could be great for walking tours of a neighborhood, museum tours, etc.
Posted by Mike Lougee | May 12, 2006 1:02 PM
Posted on May 12, 2006 13:02
I just downloaded the beta 2 version of Internet Explorer, which may have contributed to this problem... I am unable to access the screencast.
Posted by Linda | May 25, 2006 2:20 PM
Posted on May 25, 2006 14:20
My boss is out of the office today and tomorrow. That should be enough time to show her the benefits of upgrading to Version 8. This pop up feature is so easy and sweet. Nice demo page also.
Posted by Chad Joseph | May 25, 2006 3:03 PM
Posted on May 25, 2006 15:03
Linda,
Don't know what your trouble was, but for me it was jumpy and skippy. I thought it was IE7B2 as well and it may very well be, but I found my ISP's DSL provider was using a "service" that might be causing the problem.
I was also having problems with WMP files on the net as well as MSN audio and video files from the net.
Strange though, the product upgrade and other Techsmith videos seem to work OK, just these screencasts with PIP.
Just food for thought.
Posted by Patrick Mc Dowell | May 25, 2006 3:55 PM
Posted on May 25, 2006 15:55
Dito.. very choppy. Almost unwatchable. I'm using FireFox and only have IE6 installed on this system. I'm on a 4Meg download link.
Posted by Bryan Nystrom | May 25, 2006 6:24 PM
Posted on May 25, 2006 18:24
Video portion works fine but the demo section does not work properly on my computer. WinXP with IE6.
Posted by Paul | May 26, 2006 12:36 PM
Posted on May 26, 2006 12:36
I'd like to learn more so I will try again later.
Posted by James | May 26, 2006 1:47 PM
Posted on May 26, 2006 13:47
I was speaking of the sceencast demo above not working for me. I use IE6
Posted by James | May 26, 2006 1:49 PM
Posted on May 26, 2006 13:49
I too find that the delivery of this presentation is very poor. The video seems okay but the audio stream is so badly broken up that it's torture to listen to. Probably this recording would sound okay if you could download it, but there appear to be severe problems in streaming it from the server. It does not seem to set up a buffer, which typically would overcome the break-up problem. Pease inform us in your next SnagIt newsletter all when this problem is fixed (perhaps after placing it on a server that's better able to stream it out).
It's not a good advertisement for SnagIt in its current form!
Posted by Tony Austin | May 27, 2006 8:41 PM
Posted on May 27, 2006 20:41
Well, it seems to be streaming quite well now, with no audio break-up at all. Did something chnaged for the better at the server end?
Posted by Tony Austin | May 28, 2006 9:15 AM
Posted on May 28, 2006 09:15
The audio portion of the screencast is so poor that it is not understandable. I have a high speed Internet connection...any suggestions. We absolutely love Snagit, want to learn how to use more of the features. I am particularly interested in the Flash hotspot...
Thanks,
Jim Horan
President
The One Page Business Plan Company
Posted by Jim Horan | May 31, 2006 12:31 PM
Posted on May 31, 2006 12:31