Edit Video Demo Slides From Your Captivate Project

In this video, I show you how you can edit your CPVC Slides that you have already inserted right from that larger Adobe Captivate project.

Use Windows Sandbox For Software Simulation

In this video, Jeremy shows you how to install the Windows Sandbox to run software for recording software simulations that you may not otherwise wish to install on your computer.

Fix Capture Disallowed Error Message in Adobe Captivate

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can fix the capture disallowed error message when you attempt to record a video demo on a high-resolution computer using Adobe Captivate. Would you like a voice-over using Ava? You can use Ava or other voices from WellSaid using the link here: https://www.wellsaidlabs.com/?via=paul

Restore or Edit Mouse Movements in Adobe Captivate Video Demo

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can restore or edit the mouse clicks and movements in your Adobe Captivate Video Demo eLearning projects.

Publishing Adobe Captivate Video Demo for HD Resolution

In this video tutorial, I will show you my process for publishing Adobe Captivate Video Demo for high definition resolution.

How Do I Make My Videos

Jayne Herdman, one of my Patreon members asked me what do I use to make my YouTube videos. Although this has changed over time I thought I would share this with all of you.

Surprisingly - Adobe Captivate

The first 200 or so videos I produced on YouTube were created with the previous version of Adobe Captivate taking care of recording video demos while I used the most up to date version to demonstrate what I was trying to teach that day. For example, in the video below I was using Adobe Captivate 7 to record Adobe Captivate 8. This was before I had any subscribers by the way and I was just experimenting with the ability to make video tutorials.

https://youtu.be/OoIBLh1_Mn4

I later learned that I could open two instances of the current software and no longer needed to keep Adobe Captivate 7 on my machine.

PVX

Fast forward a few years and a few thousand subscribers later and I was in attendance at the Devlearn conference in Las Vegas. I was talking to Dr. Allen Partridge, Chief eLearning Evangelist for Adobe, and he asked the very same question. I told him how I did my videos at the time and he asked if I had heard of Adobe Presenter Video Express. I hadn't. At his suggestion, I started using this application to record my videos. The first dozen or so videos I made the same way I had always created them before so you really can't see much of a difference. PVX does give you an advantage that Adobe Captivate didn't have at the time and that was the ability to simultaneously record your webcam while recording your desktop. I continued to make my videos just of my desktop display but once I was comfortable enough I started to integrate my webcam view as well. Here is one of the earliest examples where I used PVX to make my YouTube tutorials and also included my webcam.

https://youtu.be/j5rWtINuTHI

In this example, I was using the built-in webcam from my laptop so the quality isn't as good as what I'm capable of doing today. I starting buying external webcams and since that time I've gone through about three different models ending with my current webcam that I really recommend, the Logitech BRIO: https://amzn.to/31gFlv6

One complaint about Adobe Presenter Video Express is that most computers don't have the processing power to simultaneously record your desktop at the same time as your webcam. Because of this PVX drops the frame rate down to 15 frames per second. This is why these earlier videos with my webcam look very jittery.

Techsmith Camtasia

I had invested funds into the making of my YouTube videos for a while. Things like my Blue Yeti Microphone, various webcams but other than the Adobe software, which I had been getting from free since around version 8, I hadn't really invested in software. It occurred to me that the shortcomings of PVX were really beginning to show when you would compare my videos with the big-time YouTubers. Certainly, my Logitech webcams were capable of full HD at 30 and even 60 frames per second but the software was holding me back. I decided to jump ship from Adobe PVX and try out Techsmith Camtasia. I knew it was good but I think we can all agree that the quality of videos that I get today compared with a few years ago is tremendously improved. I should point out that while I use Camtasia to record my desktop and ultimately edit between my webcam views and my desktop. I actually use good old Microsoft Windows 10 Camera to record my webcam. I run them both at the same time and then import the video file into Camtasia when I'm finished recording. Camtasia would still drop my webcam quality so recording it in a separate app really makes a difference.

Techsmith.com

Also, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that recording your desktop and your webcam is processor intensive. Make sure you have a powerful computer if you want to attempt this. Video editing, in general, requires a lot of compute cycles so I recommend a computer with a six-core processor and a dedicated GPU like I have in my Dell XPS 15: https://amzn.to/2WEAqpw

Add Slides to Your Adobe Captivate Video Demo

In this video tutorial, I show you my workflow for adding slides to your Video Demo projects, including titles and additional content slides.

Replace Audio Narration in your Adobe Captivate Video Demo

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can replace or re-record the audio narration in your Adobe Captivate Video Demo projects.

Logitech BRIO Unboxing

I've decided to upgrade my webcam to a new Logitech BRIO. The BRIO offers up to 4K video and has a detachable USB-C cable, which gives me greater flexibility in how I connect it to my laptop. Please note, for the first portion of this video, I was using my Blue Yeti microphone. When I detached my old webcam and connected the BRIO, I forgot to check which microphone I was using. Turns out, I was just using the internal microphone built into the BRIO, so that might be of interest to those considering this webcam. Generally, though, I use a different microphone than what is built into the camera. The history of my channel with equipment is fascinating (well to me at least). When I started my YouTube channel, I didn't use webcams at all. I simply made screen recordings of my software and narrated them using a headset/microphone. The first improvement I made was purchasing the Blue Yeti to improve the audio of my videos. The first time I used a webcam along with my tutorials was likely just my internal webcam on my previous laptop. I don't know if this is the first time, but this is my earliest Livestream:

🎞 https://youtu.be/bEpLQleFobs You can clearly see the quality difference between this and what I use today.

The first time I used a webcam in one of my video tutorials was in this video:

🎞 https://youtu.be/RDda0gbBM3g

Again I believe this was my internal camera on my old laptop. At the time, I was using Adobe Presenter Video Express, and this workflow remained for hundreds of videos. I've since abandoned PVX as it's sometimes called since one of its major limitations is that it only records 15 fps for webcam recordings.

eLearning Livestream - Video in Captivate | April 1, 2019 10 AM EDT

On this elearning livestream I shared my thoughts on video in elearning and Adobe Captivate.