Record Video

[shift1313]

When using the Screen Capture/Record Video which records an .avi file of your workspace, is there a way to show your tool bars or tabs in the videos?

thanks

[shift1313]

no body uses this cool feature:)

[uddfl]

I make the window smaller (restore down, not maximized)

[shift1313]

does it show your toolbars then? mine are there when recording but do not show up in the avi file. do yours?

[uddfl]

I'm so sorry, I don't think I use the same recording device as you. I use a 3rd party recorder to which you can specify the size of the screen.

[shift1313]

thats alright. There is one built into SW that I have been using but i just recently found it. Ive looked through the options for the system and couldnt find anything for screen capture settings.

[StykFacE]

what are you using to record your screen?

[shift1313]

in SW 09s built in screen capture. because of file size i cant seem to get any zip files below 250k but here is one i uploaded.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/maperez/telephone2.zip

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/maperez/telephone.zip

View>ScreenCapture>RecordVideo

[StykFacE]

Windows Media Encoder v9 lets you do it and for free. If you wanna spend money then Camtasia is the best out.

[JD Mather]

... i cant seem to get any zip files below 250k

You have a lot of empty space left and right of your image. I would Restore Down the graphics window fairly small and make sure your image fills up the available space.

I haven't checked in SWx, but in Inventor there is also an option to save out as individual slides. I then combine some of those slides in a free GIF Animator software. Surprisingly few slides can be used to create a nice GIF Animation. I would probably use 4 slides for the avi animation you linked.

[shift1313]

i tried resizing the window with no change. I can specify the screen size if i use the photoworks render engine but every time i move the model it "renders" so its not real efficient. I can specify the compression software i want to use, quality and frames per second. the one i posted above i think were 7.5 frames/sec. I dont really have any need for this type of thing but i figure its a nice tool(if the video showed the tool bars) to use as a teaching aid for when users ask questions or have questions.

[JD Mather]

(if the video showed the tool bars) to use as a teaching aid for when users ask questions or have questions.

Camtasia Studio is great for that.