How Do I Record My Desktop For a Vide

It's easy to record your desktop for a video if you have the right software. You can make tutorial videos by recording your desktop while you complete tasks that you want to show to someone else. Once you record your desktop you can use the same software to edit it to show only what you want to show and to highlight important features of your desktop recording.

"Why would I want to record my computer screen?" you may ask. Well, you can make tutorial videos from the recordings about anything you want such as "How to defrag your computer" or you can record and narrate a PowerPoint slide show for your "about me" area of your blog or website. The ways you can use the power to record your desktop are endless, only your imagination can be a stopping point.

Once you find the right software for recording your desktop then you will need to learn how to create video tutorial using the recording. You'll be able to create training videos from your recordings that you can give away, sell, or use internally for training your staff, employees or contractors. The steps to recording your screen are as follows:

Step 1: Decide what you want to record with your desktop recording software.

Step 2: Find the right recording software to use - You have a few choices, such as AviScreen Capture, CamStudio, Copernicus, Camtasia and others. Research them and decide which one has the most features for your budget that will accomplish the tasks you need it to accomplish.

Step 3: Practice using the software - Once you decide on the right software you will need to learn to use the software and practice using it so that your production will be as good as you can personally make it.

Step 4: Practice the task you want to record - Next, to ensure that you don't miss any steps practice the steps in the tasks that you want to record. It won't hurt to write down the steps and use it as a script when you're making your actual desktop recording.

Step 5: Record - Now that you know what desktop recording software that you want to use, you can go ahead and record your desktop and the actions you want to present to your viewers.

Step 6: Edit - Using the appropriate software edit out the imperfections of your desktop recording and add in embellishments in the form of callouts, highlighting and perfecting your recording.

Step 7: Publish - Now, you can simply publish it in the format you desire. Whether you want viewers to watch via email, via website, download on a membership site or blog, it doesn't matter the software you chose should be able to produce it in the format you need.