Camtasia-Jing-Production

Producing your Videos - 50 minutes
Once you have done all the important work of capturing and editing your Camtasia videos you'll want to be able to share them with your selected audience. In this lab you'll learn about video formats that Camtasia and Jing support as well as the benefits and limitations of each.

While there are many video formats (QuickTime, Windows Media, etc.) there are generally two main types of video files on the web:
 * 1) Downloadable: visitors can download and share the video file
 * 2) Streaming: visitors can view the video online, but not download the file

Video Options for Camtasia
During this part of the workshop please use **[|these tutorials to learn more about Camtasia video formats.]**

One of the major strengths of Camtasia is the huge variety of file types you can produce (export) your video as. In addition to various web formats, you can produce your videos specifically for popular video devices (ipod, DVD, etc.). This screenshot illustrates the types of output you can generate from Camtasia:



When you get ready to export your video, ask yourself the following questions:
 * Who is going to view my screencast?
 * How fast of a connection are my viewers likely to have?
 * What device will they use to view it?
 * Where am I planning to host it?

[|Video Formats: SWF & MPEG-4]
Jing Pro allows you to create SWF or MPEG-4 videos. Jing can only capture video in SWF format. What's the difference?

[|Understanding the Jing Pro Video Formats]
Jing Pro allows you to record video in SWF and MPEG-4 video formats. Which one's better? It depends. (I bet you saw that one coming.) This post is for everyday Jing Pro users and my goal here is to show you a bit about why and when you'd want to use one format over the other.

Where to Share?
Where to share your videos is a decision that you make when you export your videos as it might make a difference for what type you'll pick. We'll examine 4 places to share your videos:


 * [|Screencast.com]
 * [|Youtube.com]
 * [|Teachertube.com]
 * Personal/School web space