From: Sascha Ebach <se@...>
Date: 2004-05-22T23:57:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Rails

> Camtasia can use Flash as well. The example I linked to was Flash. But 
> that's also kind of expensive. $300. Add that to the $70 that Snap Pro X 
> costs and it's starting to add up. I doubt there's much of a discount 
> for open source projects ;)

Yeah, I used that before. Last time I checked Camtasia only rendered the 
movie into flash. RoboDemo has the ability to only capture screens if 
something changes and it has optimizations for keyboard and mouse 
movements. Your test movie could be done in RoboDemo at about 1/3 to 1/2 
of the size of Camtasia (if it hasn't learned this stuff in a more 
current version than I have used). Also, I found it to be way easier to 
use. It seems more integrated if your target is Flash. There is even a 
Flash module so you can script your recordings in AS after your done.

RoboDemo = 425,24 EUR
Flash Plugin = 99$

That is not something you would easily shell out if you can't something 
regain that through a commercial project.

Sascha