Creating instructional videos now becomes easier with the all-in-one screen recording, video editing and video exporting ActivePresenter. Choose FileScreen Capture, which bring up the screen recording utility, VEGAS Capture. The utility displays the active output for each of your video displays and audio sources.The screens update live, and the audio sources show real-time meters. Click Settings and choose the theme you prefer.While recording, you’ll most likely want to minimize VEGAS Capture, so choose the location where you.

Ever wondered how people show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, like in the Photoshop Video Tutorials we shared with you? Thanks to screencasting software, anyone can do it. So what's stopping you now from making your own how-to videos? Try out one of these 12 tools and get to making your first video!

Free

AviScreen - As the name would imply, this capture program records the video into AVI files, but can also do BMP photos. It's Windows only and does not record audio.

CamStudio.org - An open source program for capturing your on-screen video and audio as AVI files. Windows only, and absolutely free.

Copernicus - A free program for Macs that focuses heavily on making quick and speedy films by recording the video to your RAM for quicker access. Does not include any support for audio.

JingProject.com - Beyond recording video, Jing allows you to take a picture of any portion fo your desktop, draw on it, add a message, and immediately upload your media to a free hosting account. You are then given a small URL that you can give to whomever needs to see the image or video. Works with Macs and Windows machines.

Screencast-O-Matic.com - A Java-based screencasting tool that requires no downloads and will allow you to automatically upload to hosting. According to their site it works well with Macs and Windows machines, but does have some issues with Linux.

Wink - Screencasting software that focuses on making tutorials with audio and text annotation abilities. Outputs to Flash, PDF, HTML, EXE files and more.

Commercial

Adobe Captivate - While Adobe is almost always synonymous with quality, it also always means it's going to be expensive. Pricing starts at nearly $700.

AllCapture - Capture in real time, add audio during recording or after completion. Can output to Flash, EXE, ASF, DVD, SVCD and VCD. Free trial available, Windows only.

HyperCam - Windows only system for recording screen activity to AVI files along with system audio. Free trial with $39.95 for full version.

iShowU - Offers a wide-range of presets that allows you to record directly into Quicktime and up to 1080P in both NTSC and PAL formats. Also does audio and the file is ready to be published as soon as hit stop. Mac only.

ScreenMimic - Software for the Mac that offers transitions, audio dubbing, can output to HTML, Quicktime and Flash. Free download and $64.95 for the paid version.

ScreenRecord - Outputs to Quicktime directly and can record your clicks and all on-screen activities. Offers a free trial and then $19.95 to purchase.

In the last few years,representing and promoting your work,especially teaching something like photoshop tutorials using screencasts became very essential and popular for us.By this way,we can reach to thousands of people by uploading the videos to Youtube like websites.The below screencasting tools are all free for screen recording but of course their features are not as much as paid ones.Some of them are web-based and some of them are softwares to use lifetime.Anyway,you can easily record your screen and add audio or edit your recorded screen videos with these tools.If you know more free tools then please tell me commenting so we can add into the list.

CamStudio
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

* You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
* Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
* You can create video tutorials for school or college class
* You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
* You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
* You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

Jing
Jing has 2 versions;Free and Pro.Works with both Windows and Mac.I tried Jing and i think it is one of the best free tool for screen recording.You just select the recording area and Jing records it for 5 minutes with your voice if you have a microphone.You can share your record immediately by a link or an embed code.(Great feature).

Screencast-O-Matic
It’s like an online tool which you don’t have to download anything.You just click the Create Button and a box apperars which works with Java and you adjust the screen area to start recording as you see in the below screenshot.you can send the recorded file directly to thr hosting.

Webinaria
I also tried Webinaria and it is one of my favourites.You can easily create screen records as .avi file and turn them in to .FLV file.You can also add you voice and edit the recorded file later.It requires Windows and totally FREE.

UltraVnc Screen Recording
The screen recorder is build with the old Rendersoft camstudio source.UltraVNC boasts a chat window, a dialog for file transfer and an embedded Java viewer which allows you to open a UltraVNC session in a browser. Supports audio also.

BB FlashBack Express
It has 3 versions.FREE,Stanndart and PRO versions.You can record a custom region or full window.You can upload your recoded screen to Youtube,Blip.tv,Viddler and Revver.You can save them both in flash or .avi formats.An also you can record from your webcam whi,cle recording yopur screen.

KRUT
Krut is a screencast tool that is written in Java and well suited for making video tutorials (instructional videos) on most platforms. Krut records movie files, including sound, of selected parts of your screen. The files use the quicktime mov format. The program has an intuitive and compact user interface.
In addition to a movie file, the program also records separate files for audio (wav) and video (mov), which easily allows encoding to any movie format using an external encoding program.

Screen Castle
Screen Castle is an online recording tool.Of course it is not professional as the others but you can easily record your screen with one click and get the sharing codes immediately.

GoView
GoView is a free tool for recording your screen presentations.First you sign-up for free and begin to use.It has also has great features like adding titles and share the captured video online.

Microsoft Expression Encoder 3
This free version of Expression Encoder 3 does not include support for IIS Smooth Streaming and H.264 encoding.For more information visit

ScreenJelly
It’s a webbased application which you can easily record your screen.For quick sharing,you can use ScreenJelly.You may send and share your recordings via Twitter,E-mail and Facebook.

Screenr
Another web-based screen recorder which you can record up to 5 minutes and share easily

Training Recording Software

ISU
I like ISU.Totally free to use.Just download it and install.You can

Screen Recording Software For Tutorials