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Such a sweet face!

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[kjohnson]

PrintScreen will save to 6 different image file formats, bitmap, jpg & etc. But video doesn't appear to be an option.

[Ausimax]

Ziaphra,

The only free Video screen recorder I have found so far is "AutoScreenRecorder", the free version does not give you a lot of options as to recording frame rate and such, I recorded 1min17sec and it had a file size of 27.8 Mb, I compressed it with MS Movie maker to 6.3 Mb wmv file. The quality at that compression is not too bad, and would make an 8 min video about 50 Mb, the free version has no sound recording capability - then I suppose you get what you pay for.

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm

Max

[Ausimax]

Found another one that may be better, allows audio recording and the file-size is small 1:27 min - 2.8 Mb - free version only allows 5 min recording, other snag is that for others to view they would have to download the De-coder, worth checking out.

http://www.zdsoft.com/

Max

[Ziaphra]

Thanx Max. The one I downloaded was 140mb and just over 8 minutes. I then compressed this to just over 4mb with the same runtime. I'll keep looking, hopefully one will pop up. I saw that one too but I don't think people will  be happy about downloading stuff on their computers though! 

[Kenny]

I'm a big supporter of the open source community. For those of you who don't know what that its, open source means it's not owned by any one person or corporation. The source code for the program is freely available for anyone to use as they wish, so long as it remains free.

I've found an open source screen cap program that looks promising:

http://www.camstudio.org/


For compressing video files to make them smaller, I personally use Media Coder. It's open source as well:

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

If you find an open source program you like, help spread the word about it. Donate if you wish, but it's not required or expected.

Support the open source community! 


Kenny

[zapphnath]

Open Source is great.
For those interested in a simple audio editing tool, Audacity is one of the best:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Don't forget to get the LAME MP3 encoder if you want to save your project as MP3
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

Another good choice is EXPstudio:
http://www.expstudio.com/

[Ziaphra]

Thanx for the input guys...I will be looking at some of those shortly!

[klassylady25]

http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html


Check out this link.  I have it and I love the tools in this program.  Might come in handy.  Presently the price is right... $0

[RosyBijou]

Ziaphra--Your work is just stunning!  I'm inspired just by looking through this thread--

The screen capture program that I use is UltraSnap http://www.mediachance.com/ultrasnap/ .  I use the free version, but they do have a very reasonable paid version also.  Mediachance also has a few other programs--I've never tried them--don't even know if they do the video part, but if they're anything like UltraSnap, they might be worth looking into.

Have to admit, though, I'm gonna look at the other links in this thread too!  it's wonderful to have so many different people's experiences here...

[Ziaphra]

Thanx for all the links! They will come in handy I'm sure...

Here's my latest one...I really have a hard time getting the hair to look right but I think I will send this one home now...

[pcraft]

Ziaphra, that's a wonderful restoration that I believe the owners will be thrilled with... 
If you haven't sent this on home yet, there's just a few things I think can improve it...
The whites of her eyes and teeth would benefit with some lightening...
Other than that, you've managed another stunning work..   

Robert

[kstruve]

Ziaphra,

I don't know if you've sent this one back yet, but I had a couple comments too, if you don't mind.

1:  Her hair is a little more poofy in the original.  I traced over it then aligned it to your restored version to show the difference:



2:  Her eyes have changed a bit in character from the original.  Although very beautiful, the have gotten more glamorous, and the eyebrows have gotten higher, thinner and more curved.  In the original, her eyebrows are lower down and straighter across.  Very subtle differences, but with eyes, every tiny difference really stands out.

Looking really great!

Kurt

[Ziaphra]

Yup...I've reworked it...thanx!

[Ziaphra]

This was a bit of a nightmare to keep 'real'! 

[Ziaphra]

This is one of two that I've had for a while. Real life is getting in the way of doing one of things I love to do most! I'm still not quite happy with it but I think I'm going to send her home.