Screenflick is a program for Mac OS X that features high performance screen capturing for smooth, fluid motion up to 60 fps. Screenflick can record any portion of the screen, simultaneously recording audio from internal or external microphones and the system audio.
An excellent utility for software screencasters and software trainers, Screenflick offers the ability to display keyboard commands, and highlights mouse clicks to better communicate which actions are being performed during screen recording.
Unlike other solutions, Screenflick allows you to record a movie once
What's New
Version 2.0.3:
Changes:
Small tweaks for stability, performance
Added a friendly warning which notifies Lion users if they have an old version of 3ivx (third-party QT export component) installed, that it will cause crashes.
Fixes:
Fix for event display when recording secondary displays with certain arrangements
Fix in keystroke display for Option + Character. Now shows ⌥P instead of ⌥π
Fixed small memory leaks
Version 2.0.3:
Changes:
Small tweaks for stability, performance
Added a friendly warning which notifies Lion users if they have an old version of 3ivx (third-party QT export component) installed, that it will cause crashes.
Fixes:
Fix for event display when recording secondary displays with certain arrangements
Fix in keystroke display for Option + Character. Now more...
Too bad you can't preview the screencapture better; first you have to export it to watch it in full.
Screenium and iShowU HD are doin' this more user-friendly.
Finally I could record my screencast at decent speed.
On my 2009 MacBook Pro, I got these speeds:
screeny: 13 fps
ishowu: 5 fps
ishowu HD Pro (low cpu mode broken in Lion): 14 fps
screenflick: 29fps
That's not entirely accurate. Version 1.6.15 works fine on Lion. It will only stop working if and when Apple decides to break it (along with other screen recording applications). This is due to major changes Apple made for DRM reasons. You can thank them. And version 2.0 has a lot more than "just" Lion compatibility.
I noticed recently (Jan 2012) that now Araelium will provide a free upgrade to v2 for users who bought Screenflick 1.6 on or after April 1, 2011. https://store.araelium.com/screenflick/#2
For support, you should really just email Araelium directly. You'll get an answer promptly.
If I understand you correctly, the only "issue" here is Screenflick 2 doesn't use v1 movies. You can still record/export/delete them in v1 though. HTH.
It would be nice if there was some sample screencasts or movies showing it in action and what is possible, on their website. I realize I can download it and try it but I don't always have time to do that. A picture is worth a thousand words but a video is worth a million.
Works great on Power Mac. Then I purchased a new iMac 2009. installed the program. Nothing but problems on iMacs. Beware if you are using a iMac. Nothing but problems using the sound kernel from this program. Disk Utility removes it, and recorded video sound is very echoey. Developer took a few days to respond. After a few questions and emails the developer provided a work around with a 3rd party sound recording software. I am not very satisfied. Now I can not hear any sound when recording, but there is sound when I play back the video after I switch from one sound output to another. Anyone else having these kind of problems on newer iMac 2009 or more????
This is an excellent screen capture/record app with an active, engaged developer. The GUI is intuitive and offers many options. The recorded screen cast is of high quality.
I made a simple tutorial video including system and microphone audio which lasted 4:20 minutes and the .mov file was only 52 MB - and this was with a full-screen capture of 1920x1200 pixels! Screenflick supports multiple monitors (record on one monitor while reading your tutorial "notes" on the other), can hide your desktop, and will use a custom background if you want.
Recordings are automatically saved in full-resolution, but you can specify compression, quality, etc, for the .mov file you output. This is similar to the way Screenflow works and is a wonderful feature.
The developer has indicated more features will be added after the new year. I can't wait! :)
When i try to uncheck the "Show in Dock" preference, Screenflick just beeps at me. If I examine the preferences file, the dock preference is set to false. So it shouldn't be appearing in the Dock, yet does. I tried deleting the preferences file, but the new one that is created has the same issue. Help?
I found out from the developer that this was happening because my Mac OS X user account (non-admin) did not have permission to modify the Screenflick.app/Contents/Info.plist file. The LSUIElement property in this file is what controls whether the application icon shows in the Dock.
It won't let me record an area on any monitor other than the main one, either in fixed camera mode or follow-mouse mode (the viewport just bangs up against the edge of the screen and tries to stay as close to the pointer as it can)
Are there any plans for dual-monitor support in a future version?
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Screenflick is a program for Mac OS X that features high performance screen capturing for smooth, fluid motion up to 60 fps. Screenflick can record any portion of the screen, simultaneously recording audio from internal or external microphones and the system audio.
An excellent utility for software screencasters and software trainers, Screenflick offers the ability to display keyboard commands, and highlights mouse clicks to better communicate which actions are being performed during screen recording.
Unlike other solutions, Screenflick allows you to record a movie once and compress it as many times as you want at different resolutions, qualities, and with or without audio, offering you the maximum amount of flexibility when choosing which presentation options to offer to movie viewers.
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Peter-Emil reviewed on 23 Jan 2012
Screenium and iShowU HD are doin' this more user-friendly.
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Mcoyle reviewed on 15 Jan 2012
I can then import the movie to Pro Tools and start creating sounds for button pushes, dissolves, etc.
I bought my first version in 2008 and it has saved my ass more times than I can remember.
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Bfulop reviewed on 22 Nov 2011
On my 2009 MacBook Pro, I got these speeds:
screeny: 13 fps
ishowu: 5 fps
ishowu HD Pro (low cpu mode broken in Lion): 14 fps
screenflick: 29fps
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Neo979 reviewed on 11 Nov 2011
Bernardo Jaimes reviewed on 24 Sep 2011
errase my old recorder and I can record new videos can som gody
Help me please
If I understand you correctly, the only "issue" here is Screenflick 2 doesn't use v1 movies. You can still record/export/delete them in v1 though. HTH.
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MrChips reviewed on 27 Nov 2008
I made a simple tutorial video including system and microphone audio which lasted 4:20 minutes and the .mov file was only 52 MB - and this was with a full-screen capture of 1920x1200 pixels! Screenflick supports multiple monitors (record on one monitor while reading your tutorial "notes" on the other), can hide your desktop, and will use a custom background if you want.
Recordings are automatically saved in full-resolution, but you can specify compression, quality, etc, for the .mov file you output. This is similar to the way Screenflow works and is a wonderful feature.
The developer has indicated more features will be added after the new year. I can't wait! :)
All-in-all a terrific value!
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Any tips?
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Are there any plans for dual-monitor support in a future version?
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