Many, if not all of you, are familiar with or use Articulate software for eLearning development. In my opinion, their tools are currently unequaled in the industry for rapid creation of top-notch eLearning. For reasons unexplained, my boss is annoyed that Articulate seems to be “the answer to every question” at present, but [...]

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If you’re anything like me and are easily distracted while trying to write on your computer (by email, Web, Twitter, etc.), you may find a simplistic full-screen word processor to be just what the doctor ordered. Last year I mentioned such an app called WriteRoom, which looked to the past to minimize the distractions [...]

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The term “Mac-like” is often bandied about when talking about software, including in my own ruminations here on eQuixotic. And while most Mac users will see the term and nod in contented understanding, those new to the platform (or those still peering over the fence curiously) may not yet “get it.” And frankly, [...]

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RJ Jacquez, Senior Product Evangelist at Adobe, posted a sneak peek of Captivate for Mac on his blog last week after demoing it at the Adobe Learning Summit / DevLearn 09 in San Jose (an event I was unable to attend).
The radio silence regarding Captivate for Mac has been deafening, so I was thrilled (yet [...]

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Summer/Fall 2009 is turning out to be a golden season indeed for Mac-based screencasters and eLearning developers, with Telestream releasing ScreenFlow 2.0 today. This Mac-only screencasting app goes head-to-head with the recently-released Camtasia for Mac, which I reviewed last month.
I’ll download the trial, kick the tires and let you know what I think. I’m [...]

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For us Mac-based eLearning developers, Windows virtualization can be, sadly, a necessity. Though some must-have tools are starting to arrive on the Mac platform (Camtasia, Captivate, SnagIt), others remain Windows-only for the foreseeable future (Articulate). And often your projects require capturing screenshots natively in Windows-based applications. The ability to run apps from [...]

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A big eQuixotic thank you to Troy Stein of TechSmith, the Product Manager for Camtasia for Mac, for indirectly (and likely unknowingly) answering my Mac window resizing question from my last post via this screencast.
MercuryMover from Helium Foot Software is a keystroke-enabled utility that allows you to resize Mac application windows – exactly what I [...]

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In eLearning development there is an almost-constant need to size application windows to a specific resolution when doing static or full-motion screen captures. Capturing your windows and resizing upon publication almost always results in undesirable visual compression. Your best bet is to set your application window to your desired output size before capturing [...]

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For years, Mac users lagged far behind their Windows-using counterparts in the screencasting department – a sad but undeniable fact. Sure, we had Snapz Pro, which many users still swear by, but ultimately the long-in-the-tooth tool does little but basic capture. Other apps offered some additional functionality, but nothing served up the entire [...]

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There are pretty much only 3 things left in my computing life that I envy on the Windows side of the fence:
1) Games
2) Articulate
3) Snagit
TechSmith Camtasia used to appear on my list as well, but that was obviated first by ScreenFlow, and later (last week, in fact) by Camtasia for Mac (huzzah!!!). I am [...]

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