WEBVTT 00:00.110 --> 00:05.720 Now I want to introduce you to the screencast video genre and we're going to use a couple of examples 00:05.720 --> 00:06.440 here. 00:06.470 --> 00:11.990 Arguably, this is the simplest and most forgiving video format to record because you don't have to 00:11.990 --> 00:16.250 be on the video, so it's much easier to edit, there's less to edit. 00:16.250 --> 00:21.380 You can make mistakes and the only thing you have to edit out is the audio, and that's not perceivable 00:21.410 --> 00:23.330 to the listener. 00:23.330 --> 00:25.640 So it's a very forgiving genre. 00:25.640 --> 00:30.380 Whereas if you were on camera and you made some mistakes, if you had to edit that mistake out, it 00:30.380 --> 00:32.090 would create an unnatural cut. 00:32.090 --> 00:37.430 So unless you had two cameras, you're jumping between or you're doing a lot of cut editing, that takes 00:37.430 --> 00:38.360 a lot of time. 00:38.360 --> 00:42.230 Then you'd have to totally refilm if you were on video. 00:42.230 --> 00:48.170 But if you're not on video using only screencast format, it's really easy to take out the mistakes. 00:48.170 --> 00:49.610 So it's easy forgiving. 00:49.610 --> 00:55.820 It's fantastic for beginners and it's actually really good genre for education because what you can 00:55.820 --> 00:58.730 do is reinforce what you're saying with visuals. 00:58.730 --> 01:04.380 Visuals can be icons and pictures or things you show on the screen or text just like this. 01:04.380 --> 01:06.390 So it's a good learning genre. 01:06.390 --> 01:10.770 And there are two types of genres you can do PowerPoint, which I'm showing now. 01:10.770 --> 01:14.910 This is the example, and I'll show you quickly a screen action so you can see what that looks like. 01:14.910 --> 01:18.330 Here is a random screen that I'm showing. 01:18.330 --> 01:22.680 So let's say, for example, if I'm showing you how to do something on YouTube, there's a couple of 01:22.680 --> 01:25.560 mistakes that I want to point out to you so that you don't do them. 01:25.560 --> 01:28.470 First of all, look, you can see my tabs that are open. 01:28.470 --> 01:29.820 You don't need to see my tabs. 01:29.820 --> 01:31.740 This is a little bit unprofessional. 01:31.740 --> 01:33.120 For example, I opened Yahoo! 01:33.150 --> 01:34.470 You know, it's unprofessional. 01:34.470 --> 01:36.390 It's like I just opened it for an example. 01:36.390 --> 01:37.620 You know, you don't need to see that. 01:37.620 --> 01:38.940 The viewer doesn't need to see that. 01:38.940 --> 01:43.230 And also, the software I use, you see at the bottom here, you don't need to see that. 01:43.230 --> 01:48.900 So make sure when you show screen, when you do screencast, it's always full screen and it's easy to 01:48.900 --> 01:49.140 fix. 01:49.140 --> 01:51.990 You see, you do that and boom, you're only showing the screen. 01:51.990 --> 01:56.550 It's not distracting to the viewer and they can be more focused on what you're showing them. 01:56.550 --> 02:00.320 And lastly, a lot of people ask, Well, what's the software that you use? 02:00.330 --> 02:02.940 I'm going to explain to you free and paid options. 02:02.940 --> 02:12.060 First of all, for free, Macs and PCs come with free options for doing Screencast videos on the Mac. 02:12.060 --> 02:13.500 It's QuickTime and on PC. 02:13.530 --> 02:14.460 It's something else. 02:14.460 --> 02:15.600 I don't use PC so I don't know. 02:15.600 --> 02:17.550 But they come with free software for this. 02:17.550 --> 02:26.550 If you want to upgrade for about $100, I use Screenflow for Mac and there's Camtasia for PC and those 02:26.550 --> 02:31.980 software tools allow you to do a little bit more with the editing, with the recording, so they have 02:31.980 --> 02:33.270 just more tools for you. 02:33.270 --> 02:37.080 But if you're just starting out, there are free tools on your computer that are available that you 02:37.080 --> 02:39.030 can begin doing screencast right away. 02:39.030 --> 02:45.270 So now you understand the pros and cons and some common tips and how to begin doing screencast videos.