From the course: Producing Screencast Videos on a Mac

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Free and affordable tools for screencasting on a Mac

Free and affordable tools for screencasting on a Mac

From the course: Producing Screencast Videos on a Mac

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Free and affordable tools for screencasting on a Mac

- As you start to explore screencasting, you may find yourself looking for additional functionality. The good news is there's lots of choices. The bad news is there's too many choices. Let me show you. If you are on your Mac and you launched the Mac app store, just type in screen record. And you will quickly see that there are hundreds of results. This is a bit overwhelming. Couple of things to keep in mind here. First up, a lot of these rely upon the exact same engine that the QuickTime player did. In fact, they use the same basic controls. This is a common Mac infrastructure that developers can easily tap into. And because screencasting is so popular, you are going to find a wealth of tools in here that are labeled free with in-app purchases. These are often deceptive or are going to drive you to freeware that you then almost always need to make a purchase to get what you want. I suggest using the filter category…

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