What does it take to make your tutorial videos shine? Jason Valade and Ryan Eash are both Instructional Designers at TechSmith with several years of experience in creating high-value instructional videos. Jason is also an ATD Master Trainer and has a background as a classroom teacher

Every day when we open social media at work, we are bombarded with live video from Facebook, live streaming webinars, and streaming on YouTube. How are we supposed to process it all in real time, especially when it might disappear the second we scroll with no way to find it again? Mo

What does it take to record great audio? A recording studio? A degree in sound engineering? You may be surprised. Justin David Proctor, audio recording master and two-time Grammy Award winner, joined this episode of The Visual Lounge to share his expertise in creating great audio.

More organizations than ever before use video for communicating with customers and colleagues. But if you’re new to video, getting started can feel intimidating. What about cameras? Lighting? Microphones? Where do you even start? What if there was a way to make incredibly engaging and u

Screen recording is a powerful way to share any information that you have on your screen with your viewers. Before you make your first screencast, these nine essential tips will help you create a quality screen recording that you’ll want to share. Watch the video, read the post, o

A quick screen recording tutorial video, also known as a screencast, can be a perfect way to show someone how to do something. But recording your screen in real-time as you walk through a process, including navigating your screen, highlighting areas you want people to notice AND narrat

There’s little worse than returning to a completed task to redo something you just finished. The good news is, when it comes to screenshots, there’s a better way!  In this post, we’ll show you four ways that you can quickly and easily keep your screenshots up to date. This is useful

Capturing images of your screen is a great way to share information. But, what happens when there’s something in the screenshot you don’t want to share? Meet the blur screenshot tool. Once you start using screenshots, they form a helpful routine that makes it easy to be clear and co

Have you ever felt you were about to join a great webinar and wished your whole team was with you? Whether you want to learn how to record a webinar for your own reference later, or to share the content with others, this tutorial will show you how it’s done. Step 1. Download a

Nearly 90 percent of people put “quite a bit” or “a huge amount” of effort into their presentations. But are you getting the most of your presentations? Whether you’re creating a presentation to report data to your team or you want to know how to video record yourself presenting a Po

Learn the step-by-step process you need to start making better and more effective screen recorded videos. Screen recording can be a very useful and powerful tool in your video arsenal, however, few people know how to utilize it well and, if you’ve never used it before, it can be overwhe

Have you ever been asked to train a colleague or even just teach them something new? Whether there’s a new hire at your organization or a coworker who is unfamiliar with a particular task, you’ve likely needed to share your knowledge at some point. If you’re a process owner, c

There are many ways to build video tutorials, but how could an audio-first workflow optimize your process? An audio-first workflow for visual content might sound awkward, but it’s one of our preferred methods for creating tutorial videos. By recording the audio first, you have more flex

Have you ever wanted to record your screen on Mac, only to get frustrated when your app doesn’t give you all the options you need? Sure, you can make a video recording of your computer screen with the QuickTime Player app, but there a few major hangups: There’s no option

Imagine you need to show someone how to log in to an online account or how to use a feature in a product. You could write out an email. Or you could capture your screen and take a few screenshots. But best of all might be recording your screen. Screen recording, also k

Built-in screen capture tools for Windows, like Snipping Tool, can sometimes fill your basic screenshot needs.  But what if you need to capture your computer screen with more detail, or add extra annotations and effects that go beyond the bare minimum? There’s a better way! S

Macs have a built-in screenshot tool, but — let’s face it — it’s pretty basic. It’s hard to precisely select the area you want to capture, and once you take your screenshot, your options for adding annotations and notes are limited. Thankfully, there’s a better way! We’ll

If your videos aren’t meeting your expectations, or you’re struggling with the video production process, you may be making one (or more) of these common mistakes made by video creators. There are seven common mistakes or traps that video creators often fall into. However, once you know

Is there a silver bullet for making engaging video? Think about a video that’s really captivated you before. What was it about the video that made you not want to look away? Did it use compelling visuals or a storyline that sucked you in? Or perhaps it left you with some food for though

With the release of iOS 11, iPhone and iPad users can finally record video of their screens. But, if you’re like me, your first thought might have been, “Why would I want to?” So, I gave it a little thought and came up with six quick, but good reasons to record your iPhone screen or iPad sc