I have an large set of programs, mostly adobe I use to produce tutorials. The software I use is.
- Camtasia Studio 5
- Premiere Elements 7
- Flash CS4
- Photoshop CS3
- Firefox Browser
Video Editing: Premiere Elements I did use Ulead Video Studio for a while, and had a very good experience with it, before settling with Premiere Elements 7.0 which is not completely stable, but has a lot of very easy to use resources. I was able to test Premiere (not Elements) and is not that user friendly and demands a lot of hardware.
Screen Capture: Camtasia. I did use CamStudio (It is free) before Camtasia, which is by most counts, the best.
Image Editing: Photoshop Cs3. Photoshop CS4 supports 3d and is fabulous, the thing is I don’t currently need 3d on my image editing and it demands a lot of hardware.
Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox. This is a classic competition. Microsoft Internet Explorer, is stable and opens every page, but is slow. Chrome is fast but does not open every page, and some pages do not open correctly. Is great for searches because is lightning fast. So I settled for Firefox.
Animation: Flash CS4. Say-Web started creating tutorials for Anime Studio, since there are not many around. I love the program, it is very easy to use, light on most machines. There is a lot that can be done with Anime Studio. Yet Flash has so many resources it is unbelievable, and it is incredibly stable, the thing just wont crash.
Chosen Hardware. The list of consideration on buying the hardware is large and translated into a HP Touchsmart, with Core Duo, to support multi tasking while rendering tutorials, and 500 gigs of hard drive. The machine was bought in the US, and had to be released on customs here. There were weeks of research and we did not buy the cheapest, no, far from that. Nevertheless I can say I got the best for the dollars given.
Online Store. The Online store was BH Eletronics which was not only able to understand what I needed, they were also able to provide it here in Jerusalem, for far less than the competition. After extensive research, we saved $500 from the cheapest local retailer. I used customer service several times, and despite of some waiting, they are fairly efficient, and yes, clear plain English.
Generic Use. Generic use which means Internet Browsing, Email and Text editing is possible to go to “have it all stores” like Sam’s Club that sells everything from furniture, jewelry to notebooks , laptops, laptop accessories, They will sell tobacco, soft drink, the list is large. Yet by nature is impossible to specialize in all of these items at once.
Investment. There are no savings when it comes to work instruments. You get what you pay for. Define your needs, and don’t be afraid of big numbers, after all, it is not money spent, is money invested.
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