{"id":4474,"date":"2010-03-01T15:14:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T20:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:58:06","slug":"what-style-of-video-should-you-make-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/what-style-of-video-should-you-make-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Slide Shows and Screen Capture Videos:  Two of the Easiest Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in any video project is to decide what<em> kind<\/em> of video you need.\u00a0 In my last post, I covered the <a title=\"PART ONE \" href=\"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/video-production-tips\/what-kind-of-video-should-you-make\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major styles of video you can make<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, today&#8217;s post will give more details on how two of the easiest styles are done.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>SCREEN CAPTURE AND SLIDE SHOW VIDEOS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19421\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19421\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?resize=448%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"camtasia video editing\" width=\"448\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?w=1302&amp;ssl=1 1302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?resize=1024%2C627&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camtasia-Screenshot-2023-09-23-213510.jpg?resize=600%2C367&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Camtasia is a common screen capture program.\u00a0 It runs right at $300.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Screen capture and slide show videos are by far the two easiest forms of video to make.\u00a0 They are also very functional and can be highly creative, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>screen capture video<\/strong> is one where the viewer sees a computer screen.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>slide show <\/strong>is made from still pictures and\/or graphics, not moving video.\u00a0 A PowerPoint presentation on video would be an example of a slide show, as well as a video put together out of still images of your newborn baby.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both forms usually have a voice track or music, but not necessarily.<\/p>\n<p>Screen capture videos are best used to demonstrate software or websites, so if that is your purpose, this is probably the best way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>To make a screen capture video requires that you have some <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comparison_of_screencasting_software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screen capture video software<\/a>.\u00a0 Camtasia is one of the most common, but there are many.\u00a0 Many people call this type of software video editing software, and that is actually a bit confusing.\u00a0 <em><strong>Screen capture software records your computer screen and then allows you to do a bit of editing to it.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Editing is not the main function, recording the screen is.<\/p>\n<p>The editing features are actually a bit clunky when compared to standard video editing software.\u00a0 Standard video editing software however does NOT record the computer screen, but does a much more complete and smooth job editing video.\u00a0 You can import moving video files shot off a regular camera in some of the more sophisticated screen capture programs, but like I said, it will be clunky.<\/p>\n<p>Most screen capture software allow you to import PowerPoint or other types of slides, (or you can build them in the screen cap software), so you can do slide show videos with these programs too, which is another big selling point.\u00a0 You can usually also integrate a webcam in these programs, so you can add a talking head video to the screen capture or the slide show.\u00a0 I do this all the time and really like the style.<\/p>\n<p>Screen capture is a great format with lots of uses.\u00a0 However, I want people to understand how it really works and what it does.\u00a0 If you want to make a cooking demonstration video or a gardening video or a video of yourself showing customers how to use your exercise product, something like that with live moving video, you need to shoot that video with a video camera and edit it in a standard video program, not a screen capture program.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, it&#8217;s most efficient to minimize editing with a screen capture video.\u00a0 I plan mine out well, then record them in one take.\u00a0 If I goof, I just pause for a few seconds, back up to before the goof, then start talking again.\u00a0 Later, I can easily chop out the goof and the silent chunk.\u00a0 <em>(Give it a few seconds of silence, otherwise it is harder to get a clean edit.)<\/em> This also helps because you can see the audio line go flat in your timeline during editing, which makes it easy to see exactly where the goof is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTOMATED SLIDE SHOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slide shows can be done in a standard video editing program or a screen capture one.\u00a0 You can create the graphics within the video editing program or import graphics from PowerPoint or similar program to do a slide show.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way however is to use an automated editing services like <a title=\"animoto affiliate link\" href=\"http:\/\/animoto.com\/?ref=celjwzos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animoto dot com<\/a>.\u00a0 You can produce some awesome slide show videos using that service, and it is very low cost, even free if you make short videos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does it have to be hard?\u00a0 NO!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Easy-to-make video online can be just as effective as ones that are difficult. Credible research has shown that simple videos can be incredibly effective marketing tools.\u00a0 You do NOT NEED to make anything complex.<\/p>\n<p>A plain <a title=\"talking head post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/video-production-tips\/how-to-videotape-a-talking-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talking head video<\/a> can work wonders.\u00a0 A simple slide show or screen capture video can increase your sales and traffic levels and do all kinds of wonderful things.\u00a0 You can make fantastic paid products out of those simplistic styles of video.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of online video is NOT about being <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Lucas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Lucas.<\/a> \u00a0 Even if you want to create a paid video product, you can stick with the simpler formats.\u00a0 You do not have to let technical issues or expensive video production stand in the way.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading VPT<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Grula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re wondering where to start with video making, start by deciding what style of video you want to make.  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