Question

I'm a newbie in desktop recording and screencasting. I didn't find a suitable free application to do all the things I want it to do, but I did enjoy using jing.

I would expect such an application to have these features:

• choose the whole desktop, a region, a window to record
• zoom in an area, and camera move
• save the recorded movie to a compressed format
• have basic editing tools
• have the mouse highlighting feature (either a sonar blip or something similar)
• highlight window/field on the screen, any trick will do
• display pressed keys/key combinations (like iphone does)

So the question is:

Which free desktop recording/screencasting software would you recommend on windows?

It doesn't have to have all those features, just tell me your favorable experiences. Please suggest tools that would do mouse/keys/areas highlight tricks. I'm open to commercial software too, but I would prefer a free one.

Thank you!

Answer 1

uTIPu seems like a decent candidate : http://www.utipu.com/app/

Answer 2

I have used Wink in the past to record tutorials for our company website.

Answer 3

I've tried some freeware screen recording programs like

• Camstudio and
• Wink

They are not bad and you can do some nice screen casts. If you want somthing more professional, my advice is to spend USD 299 and buy Camtasia Studio. IMO it is worth every penny.

Answer 4

Techsmith offers a Free Version of Jing for both Mac and Windows.

Answer 5

You could try the Open Source CamStudio.

Answer 6

I've tried both

• Wink
• Jing

I switched to Jing because it also supports MacOSX (I'm no longer a Windows User). The free edition has lot of features.

Answer 7

Check out Screenjelly. It integrates with Twitter, email, FriendFeed, StumbleUpon, and other online networks.

Answer 8

I recently found out BB FlashBack Express. It looks good and complete.