demo software

[drew]

Hi folks, is there any demo-building software affiliated with Xara, or any that one might recommend? I have various demos i would like to build and while i have used PowerPoint in the past, i felt something better to show screens and how to use features would be in order, thanks kindly, drew..

[John Rayner]

Hi Drew,

Most demos you see around here are text and screenshots. You can also do a movie of the action on the screen like the demos from xara Ltd. What did you have in mind?

[drew]

Hey John, seems like a long time since we last chatted. I never realized we could do movies with Xara (unless that is outside software..)

I was passed a link to http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ that lead me to some very very cool software, and the best part, it is free! I was about to pay $99 for demo software until i found this. Cheers, drew..

[John Rayner]

hi Drew,

If you want to use xara to create movies, then you are out of luck. The closet output you have in xara x1 is an animated .gif. i was not sure if you wanted to make a demo movie of xara, or use xara to make a movie. See what I mean?

[drew]

hey John, i hear you.. and no, actually i was just looking for a basic demo-producing type of software, not actually connected with Zara. I thought perhaps the ever-helpful Zara crowd might know. So no worries either way. That link to Wink has given me the tool i wanted. Very very easy-to-use, so thanks kindly as always! drew..

[RTK]

I belive Xara Ltd. use Camtasia http://techsmith.com to produce their movies (not 100% sure).

I have used it for a couple of weeks at work to create some demos - and it's rock solid, and super easy to use. It's US $299 though...

If your free software does what you want, hey, go for it! Nothing beats "free!" http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Best of luck!