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this because they are so self-explanatory.
You needn’t say “Now go to the upper left area of the screen, right under the little blue
box where it says ‘For More Information’, and then. . . . ” Your screenshot wil indicate
exactly where you mean. If your commentary is too large to fit on the actual screenshot
itself then the program easily al ows you to put a big red number or letter there. Then you
can refer to that number or letter in your accompanying text below the screenshot.
Method Six: Do a Video Capture of a Web Session
This is like a screenshot on steroids. You can set up your computer to record not only
your screen, but an entire session where you move from screen to screen. It wil make a
movie out of your navigating around the screen and can capture not only the web pages
themselves but al your mouse movements and your voice, too.
If you have not seen a web session captured before, you’re in for a treat. It can not only
save you an enormous amount of time in explaining a process to someone, but it wil
also spare that person a great deal of frustration. That’s another way to say that it’s
extremely valuable and people wil pay you for the information in your video capture.
Remember that Joomla story I told you before, where I paid a guy to find out how to set
up the Joomla software? That was just this sort of video capture technology.
Techsmith, the same company that creates the screenshot tool Snagit, also makes a
video capture tool cal ed Camtasia. You can also get it at www.techsmith.com. If you go
to my site at www.sixfiguresecondincome.com and type “video capture” into the search
box, I’l give you my current recommendation for tools that may be comparable to
Camtasia but cost less. The technology is rapidly changing.
You’re going to need an external microphone to plug into your computer in order to
capture your voice as you do the online demonstration. Do not try to use the built-in mic
on your computer because it won’t sound good enough. I can recommend a good
external mic cal ed the Snowbal by Blue Microphones. They’re at www.bluemic.com or
you can buy it on Amazon or at many other places on the web. It’s not expensive and
plugs right into the USB port on your computer. It does an excel ent job of capturing
voices in crystal-clear fashion.
You may wonder what happens not if but when you mess something up on the video.
Yes, it wil happen that you forget part of what you’re trying to cover or you may garble a
few words. You might also say something confusing and wish you had said it differently.
No sweat. You’l have al the tools that a Hol ywood director would have to fix the problem.
For instance, let’s say you said something confusing. Just say that part over again,
right during the session. After you finish the recording, you’l be able to edit out the
blooper and keep the good part. You can even raise the sound level or chop out the
doorbel ringing in the background. The editing capabilities are so feature-rich that you’l
only use a fraction of them.
You need to know something else. Your goal is not to make a video that rivals what
Steven Spielberg might produce. Of course, it’s true that the complexity of television
productions has skyrocketed along with technology. You might think that means people
would therefore only buy slick productions, but you’d be wrong. In this age when you go
to the movies and cannot be sure if the actor you’re looking at is real or computer
generated, there’s actual y a greater appreciation for authenticity.
You should make sure that you record your video in a quiet place because it’s
distracting to have dogs barking and pots and pans banging in the background. But,
assuming your sound quality is clear, forget the need for slick-ness. Instead just go for
the image of one person talking to and helping another person.
STAGE 2: EDIT THE CONTENT
Now that you have six different methods for
You needn’t say “Now go to the upper left area of the screen, right under the little blue
box where it says ‘For More Information’, and then. . . . ” Your screenshot wil indicate
exactly where you mean. If your commentary is too large to fit on the actual screenshot
itself then the program easily al ows you to put a big red number or letter there. Then you
can refer to that number or letter in your accompanying text below the screenshot.
Method Six: Do a Video Capture of a Web Session
This is like a screenshot on steroids. You can set up your computer to record not only
your screen, but an entire session where you move from screen to screen. It wil make a
movie out of your navigating around the screen and can capture not only the web pages
themselves but al your mouse movements and your voice, too.
If you have not seen a web session captured before, you’re in for a treat. It can not only
save you an enormous amount of time in explaining a process to someone, but it wil
also spare that person a great deal of frustration. That’s another way to say that it’s
extremely valuable and people wil pay you for the information in your video capture.
Remember that Joomla story I told you before, where I paid a guy to find out how to set
up the Joomla software? That was just this sort of video capture technology.
Techsmith, the same company that creates the screenshot tool Snagit, also makes a
video capture tool cal ed Camtasia. You can also get it at www.techsmith.com. If you go
to my site at www.sixfiguresecondincome.com and type “video capture” into the search
box, I’l give you my current recommendation for tools that may be comparable to
Camtasia but cost less. The technology is rapidly changing.
You’re going to need an external microphone to plug into your computer in order to
capture your voice as you do the online demonstration. Do not try to use the built-in mic
on your computer because it won’t sound good enough. I can recommend a good
external mic cal ed the Snowbal by Blue Microphones. They’re at www.bluemic.com or
you can buy it on Amazon or at many other places on the web. It’s not expensive and
plugs right into the USB port on your computer. It does an excel ent job of capturing
voices in crystal-clear fashion.
You may wonder what happens not if but when you mess something up on the video.
Yes, it wil happen that you forget part of what you’re trying to cover or you may garble a
few words. You might also say something confusing and wish you had said it differently.
No sweat. You’l have al the tools that a Hol ywood director would have to fix the problem.
For instance, let’s say you said something confusing. Just say that part over again,
right during the session. After you finish the recording, you’l be able to edit out the
blooper and keep the good part. You can even raise the sound level or chop out the
doorbel ringing in the background. The editing capabilities are so feature-rich that you’l
only use a fraction of them.
You need to know something else. Your goal is not to make a video that rivals what
Steven Spielberg might produce. Of course, it’s true that the complexity of television
productions has skyrocketed along with technology. You might think that means people
would therefore only buy slick productions, but you’d be wrong. In this age when you go
to the movies and cannot be sure if the actor you’re looking at is real or computer
generated, there’s actual y a greater appreciation for authenticity.
You should make sure that you record your video in a quiet place because it’s
distracting to have dogs barking and pots and pans banging in the background. But,
assuming your sound quality is clear, forget the need for slick-ness. Instead just go for
the image of one person talking to and helping another person.
STAGE 2: EDIT THE CONTENT
Now that you have six different methods for
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