Last fall I developed a chart and wrote a detailed comparison of free screencasting tools. In my ranking of free choices, Screencastify triumphed. That chart and ranking can be seen here.

Overviews of Screencast-o-matic.
In 2015 March I released a total video introduction of Screencast-o-matic. You can see that video.
here.

A Comparison of Other Screencasting Tools.

Generally, people ask that since they desire to understand how Im highlighting my mouse tip in my videos or how Im producing the moving oval cut-out of my cam.

Screencast-o-matic is the tool that I utilize to create nearly all of the videos that appear on my YouTube channel. Screencast-o-matic is offered in a browser-based variation and in a desktop “luxurious” variation. I utilize the desktop version unless Im utilizing my Chromebook..
The deluxe variation of Screencast-o-matic is the paid version that costs $1.65/ month. With that version comes the choice to crop and resize the web cam view that you can overlay on your screencast. Among those cropping alternatives is to utilize an oval. Thats what I do. Screencast-o-matic likewise supplies the alternative to have a highlighted circle follow your mouse tip on your screen. When Im making longer videos Ill likewise use the clip merging tools, transition tools, and text overlay tools that are available in Screencast-o-matic.

One of those cropping choices is to use an oval. When Im making longer videos Ill likewise use the clip combining tools, transition tools, and text overlay tools that are readily available in Screencast-o-matic.

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There is one that I get asked more regularly than any other. Usually, people ask that due to the fact that they want to understand how Im highlighting my mouse pointer in my videos or how Im developing the moving oval cut-out of my web cam.

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