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Softonic Rating:
Excellent:9/10
License:
Evaluation
Added:
February 20, 2008
Updated:
August 11, 2008
Publisher:
Website
File size:
5.1 MB
Downloads:
488
Cyril Roger

“Professional screencasting studio”

by Cyril Roger

Screencasts, which are videos of your computer screen, are highly popular, simply because they're easy to make and end up looking great.

ScreenFlow is a new screencasting application, which not only records every activity on your screen, but also includes really impressive editing features. Using ScreenFlow you can simultaneously record your iSight camera, mic audio, computer audio and image without having to worry about your Mac slowing down. Even better, the application records not only images but also all the actions, like keyboard typing or mouse movements. Using 'callouts' you can highlight and focus on any area or action.

Recording quality is excellent, and thanks to a high frame rate (which you can set), your videos look just like if everything was actually happening on your screen. The only little trouble though is that the application lags every now and then, especially when going from a recording to editing.

The editor is easy to work with yet also offers lots of effects you'd expect to make your screencast really nice. You can zoom and pan, trim clips, add drop shadows & reflections and do much more to enhance your screencast. Once your video is done it can also be exported in multiple formats.

The real drawback to ScreenFlow is its price. $99 is a lot to pay for a piece of software nowadays, yet if you're looking to produce professional looking screencasts it's probably worth it.

Despite being a little pricey, ScreenFlow is an excellent screencasting application with a very intuitive editor and lots of effects.

Languages:

English, German, French

Recent changes in ScreenFlow:

  • Added German Localization (with thanks to Ulf Dunkel).
  • Added French Localization (with thanks to Ronald Leroux).
  • Redesigned the look of keyboard modifier display :
  • o More keyboard modifier events will get shown
  • o Keys are visible for longer
  • Implemented copy & paste of both clips and actions in the same document.
  • The timeline now supports a lasso for selecting groups of clips.
  • Added an option in the export preset popup menu to set the default export settings for all new documents.
  • Gave the mouse click radar separate animations for mouse up and down.
  • Made separate mouse click up & down audio effects.
  • Reduced mouse click audio volume.
  • Improved smoothness of exported movies in high FPS situations.
  • Moved to Sparkle for automatic software updates.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing too many clips to move out of the way when adjusting the time of a clip.
  • Fixed a problem cutting clips at the end of a selection range.
  • Fixed a potential problem when creating OpenGL context on startup.
  • Fixed issue caused by QuickTime 7.5 where frames could appear out of order in the finished movie.
  • Corrected an issue with loading documents with incorrect shadow color values.
  • Improved stability and performance of callout feathering.
  • Worked around an issue with Quartz Composer memory corruption.
  • Fixed an issue where temporary files could get left around after export.
  • Fixed a problem with thumbnails of clips in the timeline fading out unnecessarily.
  • The export defaults will now use the saved document name as the base filename for exporting.
  • When adding a new recording, the media pane will now scroll to the clip.
  • Fixed a couple of memory leaks.

Limitations:

Your exported QuickTime movies will be watermarked but the application will be fully functional.

OS requirements for ScreenFlow:

  • OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

  • Processor: PPC/Intel MHz
  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Pros
  • Lots of effects
  • Simultaneous recording
  • Good and simple editor
  • Callouts
Cons
  • Expensive ($99)
  • Sometimes lags
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From the publisher of ScreenFlow

ScreenFlow is a complete workflow for creating screencasts: powerful enough to capture your desktop, video camera, microphone & computer audio at the same time. Edit your recording inside ScreenFlow, then publish the finished movie to your website or blog.

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