[kepler-dev] recording Ptolemy/Kepler demos

[Laura Downey]

Just reporting back to the group on the screen cam/screen recording
software.  Attached is a comparison spreadsheet of several different screen
cam/screen recording apps, including VNC and Abbot.

Samantha, Marshall and myself met today to discuss this comparison.  Based
on our needs we decided to look at CamTasia and BB Flashback.  We'll be
downloading the demo versions and then making our assessment.

Laura L. Downey
Senior Usability Engineer
LTER Network Office
Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
505.277.3157 phone
505.277-2541 fax
ldowney at lternet.edu
 
-----Original Message-----
From: kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org
[mailto:kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Bertram Ludaescher
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:04 PM
To: Laura L. Downey
Cc: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: RE: [kepler-dev] recording Ptolemy/Kepler demos


Laura:

Thanks -- that's great. Seems Ferdinando is already up and running
with the vnc2swf tool. If someone has some spiffy Kepler animation
demos (5min at most) ... I could use them next Monday at NSF ...

But I'll leave already Sunday AM... 

Bertram


>>>>> "LLD" == Laura L Downey <ldowney at lternet.edu> writes:
LLD> 
LLD> We are looking at the screen cam/screen recorders to do a couple of
things:
LLD> -to record usability sessions
LLD> -to make demos
LLD> -to make online training modules
LLD> 
LLD> We want decent fidelity, ability to embed in web pages, some basic
LLD> annotation features, and a few different formats such as movies and
animated
LLD> powerpoint.
LLD> 
LLD> We are meeting next week to discuss and assess the tools I referenced
in the
LLD> about.com link.  I'll add the two tools Bertram referenced as well.
Then
LLD> I'll report back to the list.
LLD> 
LLD> Laura L. Downey
LLD> Senior Usability Engineer
LLD> LTER Network Office
LLD> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
LLD> 1 University of New Mexico
LLD> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
LLD> 505.277.3157
LLD> ldowney at lternet.edu
LLD>  
LLD> -----Original Message-----
LLD> From: Ferdinando Villa [mailto:ferdinando.villa at uvm.edu] 
LLD> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:37 AM
LLD> To: Laura L. Downey
LLD> Cc: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
LLD> Subject: RE: [kepler-dev] recording Ptolemy/Kepler demos
LLD> 
LLD> I've just tried out vnc2swf and it seems to work great. Took 5 minutes
LLD> to set up and install, and it works on most systems, recording from
most
LLD> systems. Being vnc-based the display may be a bit sluggish. The issue
is
LLD> mostly whether we can live with (or translate) flash animations.
LLD> 
LLD> ferdinando
LLD> 
LLD> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:29, Laura L. Downey wrote:
>> I sent Mark a url that referenced several screen cam/screen recording
>> software apps.  Some are commercial products, some shareware and a few
>> freeware.  See:  http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screenrecorders/
>> 
>> I followed the sourceforge.net link but I didn't see a screen recorder
>> referenced on the site.  Am I missing something?  It looked more like a
LLD> way
>> to test code than to actually record anything.
>> 
>> VNC also looks like it only works on Unix and we are thinking here at UNM
LLD> we
>> need something to record on a Windows platform.  After all, the Windows
>> platform is our biggest -- at around an estimated 75-80% of our target
LLD> user
>> base.
>> 
>> Does whatever screen recorder we choose have to be open source or
freeware
>> or shareware?
>> 
>> Laura L. Downey
>> Senior Usability Engineer
>> LTER Network Office
>> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
>> 1 University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
>> 505.277.3157
>> ldowney at lternet.edu
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org
>> [mailto:kepler-dev-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Bertram
LLD> Ludaescher
>> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:53 AM
>> To: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>> Subject: [kepler-dev] recording Ptolemy/Kepler demos
>> 
>> 
>> Those subscribed to the ptolemy-hackers list might have seen the
>> recent request for a screen recording mechanism. Two options mentioned 
>> were: 
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/abbot
>> http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/
>> 
>> Maybe someone wants to check those out. Since some have vnc already
>> set up, the second one might be particularly easy. 
>> 
>> I think a record workflow composition demo (and others, e.g., workflow 
>> exectuion) would be fantastic to have, e.g., for those very precious
>> minutes during presentations (there are a few high-visibility meeting
>> coming up!). Also for educational purposes this might be very useful. 
>> 
>> Would be great to have some Kepler demo movies on the web...
>> 
>> Bertram
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LLD> Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and Dept of Botany, Univ. of
Vermont
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