ScreenFlow: The killer screencasting app is here

Record only part of the screen: You don't do that with Screenflow, you record the whole thing. Then you can either add a video action, or, if you really only want part of the screen, use the "square in a square" button right above the timeline (on the left) and resize the canvas.

Crashing: I'm using Version 1.0 (9821) and am not crashing, although I'm only using the demo and doing 1-3 minute tests.

Waiting for Camtasia: A document on their web site said they wouldn't match Windows Camtasia until sometime in 2009 -- I've done dozens and dozens of screencasts with Camtasia but Screenflow appears at this point to give me 95% of what I need. And at a price point of $99 it would be foolish of me to wait for Techsmith.

I may not switch completely away from Camtasia for the simple fact that I think my Windows customers will be confused if I'm showing them a Mac program (I could be underestimating them, though).

no feature to export to a flash video with player controls?
I thought this looked perfect until I realized I can't export to a flash video with controls to put on a web page.

Oh i have just bought the app and it works quite well - though I have experienced some crashes already! so i think this is a app that currently needs to be used as "better save than sorry" kind-of-idea :-D

What this program does it does amazingly.

Sorry Camtasia Studio does not hold a candle to being able to grab your full screen at full speed with two videos going.

With no Frame Drops

This Screenflow is a game changer! I am totally blown away that it can do what it does. And its sooo easy to use.

They have to work on the Keystroke and Modifier key press animations... they are useless now.

Other than that the program did start to degrade after about an hour of testing. But people who are crashing... check your system and stop whining cause I never crashed once.

I haven't seen Camtasia Studio (since I haven't needed to do anything like this on Windows) so I just checked out the product page. ScreenFlow has a price advantage ($99 to $299), though we don't know what TechSmith'll charge for the Mac version.

I'm sure that it'll be great for people in cross platform environments (especially if they make files cross-compatible for collaboration).

Correction: It just crashed immediately after recording. I'll wait for 1.1

I'd love the ability to add text to the callouts. The last thing I want to do is record narration for my screencasts!

Just getting started looking this over. I like the concept, need to play a little more. It's nice looking...

Hasn't crashed yet, but I haven't tried much...

Congrats to the Vara team on the release! Cool stuff. Competition is a great thing and will only lead to better and better products for Mac users. Let the games begin! :0)

Troy Stein
Camtasia Studio Product Manager

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Also is there anyway to record just part of the screen or is that just not necessary anymore?

This is definitely a huge step forward. I just blogged it somewhat breathless.

However, buggy is an understatement. System audio is recording at the wrong speed as I write this, it crashes at least 50% of the time, and internal mic isn't recording at all.

Looking forward to some fixes, as this has a lot of potential to really streamline my screencasting workflow and save on some of the FCP/AE/Motion process at least.