I am going to be writing a bunch of tutorials (not Vue ones) and am thinking about doing them like Chipp or Geekatplay does. What equipment and program do I need? What is the best program to use for this?

I used Cam Studio for my vid tutorial, not sure if it can output to flash?
CamStudio is free..which is a big plus for me ;)

I'd hope Primier can output as FLash video, unsure on other editors, I haven't reinstalled Ulead video studio or Vegas VIdeo onthis system, yet. sorry :)

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I use Adobe Captivate at work.  I liked the interface better than Cam Studio.  It's a bit more expensive since it is made by Adobe, but has some nice features...

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Camtasia here.

Thanks for the input. I'm going to download demos and try.

I like Camtasia Studio a lot. Very versatile too (in what you can load and combine, how you can mark stuff up with call-outs, etc and different output formats/controls).

As an ex-audio engineer, I'm concerned about audio quality. For voice narration, I found a great noise-cancelling mic at Radio Shack (has built-in preamp for plenty of level and superior signal-to-noise ratio). It's a boom mic cloned from one created for Britney Spears live stage work and fits over your ear. Has good "P-pop" attenuation too. Using that with a SoundBlaster X-Fi card for my Windows XP Pro works great. The X-Fi has a great software mixer and lots of mic features like parametric EQs and such for cancelling out hum and hiss and voice enhancement.

Hi Paula,

I, too, use Camtasia and find it works great for me. Lood forward to seeing your Videos!

-Chipp