I am also somewhat curious about potential conflicts between programs that seem to occur when recording audio at the same time as video (ie: playback from Sonar and something like Camtasia running as well).
I will also need something to edit live action video as well but I'm assuming tracking down software for that at low cost should be easier and I do have an old version of Premiere kicking around here that may or may not be up to the task. I don't mind doing a little extra study/work if it helps me redirect funds to other imperative purchases.
I am looking to achieve (and dare I dream exceed) the same professional quality of your work so that is astoundingly helpful. I want to join the fancy video tut club!!! -) Thanks and have an awesome day. Have any of you guys used it? Is it powerful/flexible enough to make looooong video tutorials/examples? Does it record audio simultaneously and if not how difficult is it to splice in audio (or how hard would it be to drag the vid into Sonar X3 and splice in the audio there)? Does it allow for light editing (like splicing clips together)? Does it allow for simple graphic stuff like overlaying text (like credits or subtitles)? Alternatively I'm curious as to what other programs people are using and how they are getting along with them and/or prices.
So as I was mourning my shattered hopes of owning Camtasia I saw that the same company produces a light version called Snagit that SAYS it does video screen capture stuff and has a few extra tools. I looked at variously other freeware/open source screen cap programs but by all accounts they are inevitably buggy, crippled and/or filled with spyware. I was also mistakenly under the impression that it was only $99 but much to my chagrin found out that that is the Mac version price and the Win version is a whopping $300 that I simply cannot justify spending. I have seen over and over again that Camtasia was the program to have for this typo of thing and that many of you (especially the Bakers) use it. I have been extraordinarily jealous of you fancy dudes and dudettes with your magical abilities to make videos of what you are doing in Sonar. Hello and sorry for the OT question but it is related to my continuing adventures with Sonar and digital audio in general. OT (kind of): Has anyone used Snagit (Camtasia's little bro) for video screen capture?