Hello Forum Members,
(I think it is ok to call people in the forum "members", I
was severly chastised for using the word "members" in a USENET
newsgroup posting).
I have some questions about the actual process of recording
(and editing) a Captivate application.
I am recording on-line intranet tutorials using Captivate 3.
I have also used Captivate 2.0.
I have tried a few ways to handle the recording issues. We
are recording demonstrations mostly, with some "real-time" motion
recording.
The tutorials we use are scripted - we have a script reader,
and record screen captures.
1. One method I have tried is opening up a browser window,
like MS Internet Explorer, and begin.
One person reads the script, and the other performs the
actions (click here, drag there, open this, etc).
This gives us an idea of slide timing and organization for
adding audio.
2. Another method I have used - is to review the script -
rewrite if required - and then record the audio separately from the
Captivate application, and adding the audio to slides (using the
Audio- timing - project from the menu). Then dragging the slides in
place, and then timing objects on slides as required (mouse,
highlights, captions, etc).
Depending on the size an complexity of the project this
method can be fast, or really slow.
And the last way -
3. Review the script, re-write, test script, no screen
captures or audio recording. After the script seems sound, we get
one "driver" - to perform the actions for screen recording, etc,
and one "reader" that reads the script while we use the Captivate
application to record both the audio and the screen captures.
To shorten this message - that is about it. I was wondering
what methods other Captivate users and developers are
using to do work similar to the effort outlined above.
Thanks,
eholz1
P.S. Hello Captiv8or