![]() If you are not using Camtasia, LineCAP is a good option - it is a free and light-weight utility available for both Mac and Windows. The Dithered Color Reduction should be selected only when you are producing GIFs from videos but not for regular screen recordings. Set Colors as “Automatic” or choose a lower value for lower file size. GIF files can become large and it is therefore important that you choose the most optimized encoding options. Produce animated GIF screencasts with Camtasia Studio When you are done recording your screen with Camtasia, press Ctrl+P to open the Production Wizard, choose Custom Production Settings from the drop-down and then select GIF for the file format. The GIF screencasts that you have seen on Digital Inspiration are mostly produced with Camtasia Studio. I have previously written a guide on creating GIF screencasts using a free tool called Screencast-o-Matic but there are a few downsides with that approach - one, you need Java on your machine to record the screencast video and second, the GIFs carry a watermark (or you upgrade to the paid version). Bret has used HTML5 (MP4) videos but such short video demos are also a perfect candidate for GIF animations. Remember to use proper Alt and Title tags with the images.īret Victor’s excellent writeup on Learnable Programming includes several micro-videos that explain the concepts of programming. Now that Google Image Search supports GIFs, your image-only screencasts have a better chance of getting discovered. ![]()
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