Review: ScreenFlow

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The coolest thing about ScreenFlow is it lets you record your screen, and combine it with your Mac’s built-in iSight camera and microphone. Your screen capture is placed on one layer, and your iChat window is placed in another layer.

So you get a picture-in-picture effect, where viewers can see you actually using your product while you narrate. Other video capture tools let you overlay audio tracks, sure. But nothing beats video and sound. You can produce demo videos like Apple, and their iPhone guy (you’ll have to buy a black turtleneck and get yourself a manicure first). Of course, if you’re camera shy you can turn off the video capture.

Thanks to Apple’s native Quartz graphics system, the video capture is done in high enough resolution that you can zoom in, pan, and rotate the screen at a slight angle without any loss in image quality. You can even add drop shadows and reflections to your videos.

Screenflow is available at an academic discount price of $79.