![]() ![]() The benefit of recording the entire screen is that when the Mac throws a dialog box up outside your recording area it will be captured without having to manually drag it to the correct location at the time of recording and potentially edit the transition later. ScreenFlow's two-pass workflow means that you can edit the capture after you capture it and that includes adjusting what is contained in the output in terms of cropping to a specific window or outputting a file of specific dimensions other than that recorded. It's surprising that it's taken until version 6 for this seemingly critical feature to be added to ScreenFlow but I can understand why that's so: For the simple reason you really don't need it! Crazy? No, let me explain. What's New? Partial Screen Captureīy far the most lauded new feature is Partial Screen Capture. ![]() In testing this version I processed over 3.5TB of recordings. ScreenFlow doesn't have any issue with previewing edited video, everything plays instantly. When I have used other editors, for example Final Cut Pro X, the time it takes to render the edited video before it can preview it slowed me down considerably. Longer duration recordings don't kill the system either, I have recorded over 12 hours of screencast content in a single file without issue.Įditing files is a smooth process. I'm thankful the days of the mouse pointer staggering across the screen in episodes when you attempt to record the screen are gone. There is very little impact on the speed of my system while I record. This one stop shop approach is a great time saver both during the initial capture and during the subsequent edit. ScreenFlow can capture your screen, video from attached cameras, device audio and system audio. Using the same source file for each export means no duplicate processing and inherent loss of quality. I now create a minimum of three different versions of each video I produce and I do all that from a single recording. It was a revelation when version 1 arrived and it remains the most flexible and convenient way to screencast today. ![]() The first killer feature is the "record first, configure later" workflow. It meant a complete rethink as to the most productive workflow but the benefits were well worth it. That flexibility was lacking in all capture apps until then. In fact that two pass workflow (capture/post processing) meant you had the flexibility to output the same recording to multiple file formats after the event. The major innovation ScreenFlow 1 brought was the ability to capture the video and decide later what format the final output should be. The simple interface belies the rich range of options ScreenFlow boasts and it's now painful to recall life before ScreenFlow! There are numerous screen capture apps available for Mac now but back then Snapz Pro X from Ambrosia ruled the roost. ScreenFlow has been that go-to app for screen capture since Vara Software released version 1 in February 2008. My Go-To Screencasting Toolīefore looking at what's new it's worthwhile outlining why ScreenFlow has been my go-to screencasting tool for over 8 years. Sure there have been tweaks to the interface but fundamentally if you came to version 6 from that original version, or indeed any previous version, you wouldn't feel lost. Owned by Telestream since August 2008, ScreenFlow 6 was released on the 1st of June 2016 and on the surface very little has changed with the minimalist interface since the first version. ![]() It is a screencasting studio allowing users to record, edit and share professional screencasts. ScreenFlow is one of those rare easy-to-use yet professional level must-have apps for the Mac Platform. ![]()
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