Best way to make a game play video?

richcoy

Hello,

I know how to take game screen shots on the device itself but what is the best way to capture some game play in video format?

What software works best, on a budget?

Thanks.

Rich

DreamLab

You could use the quick time player to do a screen recording for free, but it doesn't record sound. Sound Stage also works. I use Screenflow to do all of my screenrecording, personally I like it the best. But it isn't so cheap.

Garanas

Here is a page to do a screencast and upload it to youtube or download it to your pc - it´s free!
www.screencast-o-matic.com

App Surge

Hey there Rich,
I would be happy to make a gameplay video for you, just send me an email at redsky@programmer.net!

Thanks,
Henry

JohnPapiomitis

redsky said:
Hey there Rich,
I would be happy to make a gameplay video for you, just send me an email at redsky@programmer.net!

Thanks,
Henry

for free right

MetzoPaino

My personal experience screen capturing with Quicktime is that it is quite jittery, and probably not to a level that you want to sell a game on. My laptop is an early 2008 Macbook Pro though, so perhaps newer models do a better job.

App Surge

JohnPapiomitis said:
for free right

of course

richcoy

Thanks for the input guys. I found a trial version of Screenium that will suit my needs. Its only limitation is 30 seconds of recording at a time but you can show a lot of game play in 30 seconds and I can edit together several clips if I need to.

It'll let you define an area of the screen to capture and record the system audio so I'm just playing the game inside the GameSalad creator and recording the results. Works well.

Rich

Garanas

there is also http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ if you want to go pro. the price is ok and the quality is very good

App Surge

I personally prefer Snapz Pro X. Here is a movie I did using Snapz Pro X and iMovie. They work great together!

App Surge

That's what I use. Snapz Pro X is great software