What are the Best Screenshot Recording Programs for Project Submission?

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What are easy-to use screenshot recording programs? I would like to upload my project to internet for my instructor check it. I am not familiar with this. What would you advise me? Have you ever tried these:

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Icecream screen recorder
Ezvid video maker
Atomi Active Presenter
Screen Presso
Bandicam Screen Recorder

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berkeman said:
How about just Alt-PrintScreen and paste it into Paint, save as JPG?

This might be but I was asking about video recording so does not word "recording" itself imply that this would be video recording?

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Are they classified as "screen recorder"?

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How is CamStudio?

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jtbell said:
You asked about "screenshots." To me, "screenshots" implies [still or stationary] images, not video.

Might I confuse screenshot with screensnap?

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mech-eng said:
Might I confuse screenshot with screensnap?

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Camstudio is a more robust program that is very popular, not sure if they have a decent free version. Screenshot is a static image. Are you looking to record video of your screen?
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Camstudio is a more robust program that is very popular, not sure if they have a decent free version. Screenshot is a static image. Are you looking to record video of your screen?

Yes, and looking for correct terms.

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mech-eng said:
Are they classified as "screen recorder"?

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Some video streams that come to your computer are not meant for free download. You need to pay for some of them if you want to download a copy. Are you looking to record videos of those types of video feeds?
 
Do you mean downloading videos to watch? If so, the answer is no. I just want to make a video record of my screen and upload it to internet.

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Fraps seems to be the standard for recording video game sessions, as seen on Youtube's "let's play ..." videos. One reason is the ability to record video which uses DirectX. A demo version is available.

"Screenshot" implies a snapshot. It can be of a static screen or a still from a video.

Fraps refers to itself as "real-time video capture."

CamStudio says "Free Desktop Recorder Streaming Video Software."

I've used CamStudio to record some instructional videos. In these videos I showed some slides made using Beamer while I narrated. Both audio and video were recorded. It was adequate for this purpose.
 
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You may also need some audio processing software. Audacity is good.

I used MS Movie Maker to put some audio and video clips together. It was simple and easy to use. But that was on my Vista machine. Now I have my new Windows 10 machine and it's not installed. Apparently you may be able to download it from MS. Maybe someone on PF has used a free and good alternative to Movie Maker?
 
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Aufbauwerk 2045 said:
Now I have my new Windows 10 machine and it's not installed. Apparently you may be able to download it from MS.
Here's some stuff I found, Aufbauwerk 2045...

If you are talking about Windows Movie Maker ...?
Development status: Discontinued.
And...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18614/windows-essentials
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13785/essentials-2012-release-notes

https://www.google.com/search?q=MS+Movie+Maker&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8Oh, I almost forgot, I found a nice helper, too.... lol

Virtual agent.JPG
 
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Thanks @OCR. To quote Dr. McCoy: "I know engineers. They love to change things."
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Camstudio is a more robust program that is very popular, not sure if they have a decent free version.

I have installed camstudio. It's free but I don't understand interface. After choosing record, there is a small square. What will I do with it?
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