For the uninitiated, Recordit Fast Screencasts is a Mac-only piece of software recently launched that lets you create video screencasts FAST. This app works similarly to Jing; you decide what particular area of your screen you want to screen-capture, hit the record button, then wait for a few seconds for the app to upload & generate a unique link for the screencast. If you have a Mac, go check out Recordit.
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What makes Recordit unique is the nifty GIF support, which is kind of envy to all Windows users out there considering that there's not much good screencasting apps available for Windows with decent GIF support.But fret not, I got you here a decent (even better) alternative to Recordit that works well on any Mac and Windows computer.
LICEcap Records Your Screen Activity And Saves It As High Quality GIF (Windows & OSX)
LICEcap is FREE and fully functional GIF creation tool both for Windows and Mac that allows you to capture an area of your computer and store it as a high quality GIF. LICEcap is very lightweight and there's no extra fuss to get started. Just grab and install the app, and you're good to go.
LICEcap Features:
- Record directly to .GIF or
- Move the screen capture frame while recording
- Pause and restart recording, with optional inserted text messages
- Global hotkey (shift+space) to toggle pausing while recording
- Adjustable maximum recording framerate, to allow throttling CPU usage
- Basic title frame, with or without text
- Record mouse button presses
- Display elapsed time in the recording
Why use GIF when there's a video?
The problem with most video screencasting software today is that the size of video or flash file it generates is too large that you can't quickly embed it on a web page nor share it to your co-workers or employer. With GIF as an output format, the size is too minimal, thus saving you time.
Link: LICEcap
