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ScreencastsOnline Demos Flock Beta 1
I've been trying out Flock Beta 1(v 0.7) which, as we told you last month, has been released as a free beta download. First, I've got to tell you that I'm really loving Flock. My favorite features are the built-in blog editor, to which you can drag and drop text snippets from any web site or photos, and the easy-on-the-eyes built-in RSS reader. I also like the developers' approach, which is to try to make the social dimensions of the web (like sharing photos, sharing bookmarks, accessing RSS feeds, blogging, and searching) easier for mere mortals to discover and use.
But back to the point of this post, which is to point you to an excellent movie at ScreenCastsOnline in which Don McAllister demos Flock's features. McAllister does a great job, as usual, of explaining how things work and what they do. I like this screencast and others so much that I sprung for the $25 to become a member of ScreenCastsOnline, so that I could view its extra, members-only content. If you don't have $25 to spare, there's still plenty of good stuff to see for free at ScreenCastsOnline.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Justin said 7:17PM on 7-16-2006
I love flock been using it for a couple of weeks now. I was using FF so the switch has been easy..all my extentions works they just need to release some new themes
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Silver said 11:22PM on 7-16-2006
Anyone have any idea what app he uses to highlight areas on his screen during screencapture?
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wackybit said 12:32AM on 7-17-2006
Silver,
Is it mousepose?
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Jan Kabili said 2:27AM on 7-17-2006
You can highlight areas on the screen during a screencast using Boinx Mousepose.
Jan
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Don said 3:18AM on 7-17-2006
Hi this is Don from ScreenCastsOnline. Thanks for the post Jan!
The circular "spotlight" has been generated by Boinx Mousepose in the past but more recently I've been using OmniDazzle which allows for the different cut out shapes and much more.
These apps are used during the actual recording process rather than in post production.
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Peter M said 4:18AM on 7-17-2006
This is a great podcast which I wait in anticipation for every week! I don't even own a mac (yet) and I still watch each show every week. I'm even an Extra! subscriber.
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Paul Stamatiou said 9:28PM on 7-17-2006
Don't forget to check out the Definitive Flock Beta 1 review, featuring some screencasts: http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/06/15/the-definitive-flock-beta-1-review/
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