Posted by Quanta on 10/29/06 22:23

"Quanta" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
news:ei37sr$s2p$1@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu...
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> "Tony Morgan" <Tony@zen54488.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:PY06ZECGNrPFFwH3@axxc27.dsl.pipex.com...
>> In message <ehm0m9$43q$1@daisy.noc.ucla.edu>, Quanta <none@none.NET>
>> writes
>>>>> It's so very easy to rubbish an application when it hasn't been used
>>>>> properly. The very fact that he tried to capture screen-displayed
>>>>> video
>>>>> suggests that he hasn't bothered to read the manual or any of
>>>>> Techsmith's
>>>>> tutorials or forums. It also appears that he hasn't even bothered to
>>>>> read
>>>>> what's written on the box :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tony Morgan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>WRONG. They acknowledge the limitation.
>>
>> Which limitation are you referring to? Care to give us a link? There's
>> nothing in the manual. But then again, Techsmith have never ever claimed
>> that Camtasia is a capture tool for displayed video windows - as I've
>> suggested, just read what's on the box.
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> If that is the case, they cannot capture the computer screen or
> powerpoint, can they? They cannot do what they claim at all. Video and
> animation ARE parts of webs, of screens, of powerpoint.
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Otherwise, one can use Windows Media Encoder. It works as well or better of
simple mouse movements on a screen and goes directly to wmv. Free.

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