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How to create a Video Tutorial?



Developing a good Video Tutorial requires a little more than plugging in your microphone and recording everything that is happening on your computer screen. It's no overly complicated process though and requires you to follow just a few basic steps:

  1. Write a script for the video tutorial: you have to know ahead of time what your tutorial will cover and the features and steps that you are likely to explain. Make an effort to put this in writing, read your script a few times, print it out, and keep it on your desktop while recording the
    video tutorial.
  2. Unless your video tutorial is very basic and short, you are likely to need an audio as well: you are able to record a voiceover for the video tutorial while recording the video itself or you are able to record the audio separately and down the road merge it with the video. In either case, you will need a high quality microphone and quiet environment. When recording your own personal voice, make sure to speak in clear and intelligible manner and do not worry if you create a few mistakes - with the aid of audio editing software, it is simple to cut off some parts and edit your audio file.
  3. Recording the specific video tutorial: you are able to record anything that takes place on your computer screen with the aid of a camcorder or camera, DVD recorder or VCR, or screen recording software. The last option is the one that probably will provide you with the best result as the screen recording programs not only produce clear video, but often have basic edition functions and would allow you to polish your video tutorial, create a few minor changes, and even add annotations. Commonly used screen-recording software such as for example AviScreen, Copernicus, CamStudio, and Camtasia could be used for creating a high quality video tutorial and every one of these applications are either free or offer free trials.
  4. Finalizing the video tutorial - this is the stage, where you add everything together. Merge the audio and the video, edit the parts that didn't turn out needlessly to say, add a quick intro when you yourself have to, and save the result in a video file format that is ideal for online use. Even though the FLV is the format that many users choose, MP4 and F4V are two other good quality, compressed file formats that are perfect for the web.
  5. Publish your tutorial - you are able to either host the video tutorial all on your own server or upload it to among the large video sharing websites and then embed the video is likely to sites, forums, and blogs. Each option has its pros and cons and as the former provides you with greater flexibility, the latter will inevitably save you the bandwidth costs.

Video lessons are slowly, but surely replacing the printed tutorials as more and more users are a whole lot more inclined to watch and listen to a few minutes long tutorial as opposed to read a ten-page e-book.

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