ScreenFlow 1.1 hit today, and there are over 80 fixes and improvements in the release notes for the current top-dog Mac screencasting application. If you weren't excited the first time we covered this, it might be time to look again. As for me, I had already forged a committed relationship with ScreenFlow. It's always a pleasure to see your partner get smarter and better looking after you tie the knot.
The new version exports faster, thankfully. The press release says export speeds are up 20 to 40% (across most presets), but a little TUAW testing showed that the web-preset exports were 40% faster and then some. And that's with video and audio actions, embedded QuickTime video and an additional MP3 audio track. Export time was a drawback of version 1.0 that I was willing to live with, but I'm quite grateful that I don't have to anymore.
I haven't experienced the oft-mentioned crashing that was plaguing some users, but improvements to overall stability may be of interest to those who have. There are interface improvements such as audio waveforms visible in the tracks, as well as the addition of markers which can be converted to QuickTime chapters. I won't drone on about the dozens of other fixes/changes right now but -- if release notes are your thing -- you can read them here. Or just grab the demo and see it in action. ScreenFlow has a price tag of $99 for a registered version, and 1.1 is a free upgrade for current owners.
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4-22-2008 @ 3:40PM
FoundInTheFlood said...
such a good software but just too expensive to buy
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4-22-2008 @ 3:55PM
Kryptinite said...
I've been using Snapz Pro X for capturing game footage from my mac, how does this stand up against ScreenFlow?
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4-22-2008 @ 5:07PM
Murphy Mac said...
text annotations? Talk bubbles? Something like that?
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4-22-2008 @ 6:54PM
Keith Lang said...
As a person who makes screencasts as part of his job - I have to say that ScreenFlow is really, really impressive. It's a very fast way to create zoom-ins and nice edits and multilayered video and images and the like. I think it could actually make a great tool for video blogging.
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4-22-2008 @ 8:01PM
KeynoteKen said...
Combine Mouseposé with ScreenFlow for even flexibility. I've not used Snapz Pro, so I can't tell you what ScreenFlow does better than Snapz, but considering that it's always capturing the ENTIRE screen and then you can crop that, it offers at least that (you don't have to change the resolution of your monitor for decent frame rates).
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4-22-2008 @ 10:02PM
Doug said...
I am a user of ScreenFlow and it is superior software. I can understand price resistance for someone that would use it infrequently, though. I also use snapz pro, but I think they are really different products. Another one I have used is IShowU, which is another good app. If $100 is too rich for your budget, I would say IShowU makes for a good alternative at $20. Even if you don't plan to purchase it, download the ScreenFlow demo. It will blow you away.
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4-23-2008 @ 1:02AM
Max Goedjen said...
Yeah, iShowU does the trick for me now. If I have a sudden need to screencast, I might pick it up, but 100$ is a bit steep. 50$, maybe, but not 100$.
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4-23-2008 @ 1:03AM
Max Goedjen said...
Though fitting an app like this into a 10mb package is, quite frankly, incredible.
4-23-2008 @ 12:48PM
Chris Hill said...
And I just bought Snapz Pro today! I hadn't really looked at this product, but I have been more than happy with Snapz Pro.
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4-23-2008 @ 4:35PM
Kryptinite said...
I played with ScreenFlow and iShowU. I think I'm just going to stick with SnapzPro. I mean I already have a license for it and 100 bucks is way too much to be playing for ScreenFlow...even if it is awesome.
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4-30-2008 @ 12:32AM
Roger said...
I've been suing Screenflow for about 6 weeks. Basically for what I'm doing it works very well. After creating 40 minutes of Photoshop tutrials for my web site and YouTube.com Channel (www.campphotoshop.com and www.YouTube.com/campphotoshop) I happy with the results. I'm still experimenting with the capabilities of the program and the resulting exports. I have a few feature requests and will pass those on to the developer. Look at the videos I've created and please comment on the results.
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4-30-2008 @ 12:35AM
Roger said...
So sorry, I should have said using in my first sentence not suing!
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