AI Pilot Demonstrators, We will be using Camtasia Studio 4 (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp) to record the AI Pilot screen captures. Camtasia Studio 4 requires Microsoft Windows (I've had good luck using 2000, XP, or Vista) with Microsoft DirectX 9 or later. Techsmith offers a free, fully-functional 30-trial of their software. Let me know if you have any issues installing the software. If you haven't seen them already, the OWS-3 & OWS-4 Interactive Demonstrations can be found here... http://www.opengeospatial.org/pub/www/ows3/index.html http://www.opengeospatial.org/pub/www/ows4/index.html (click on the "Start Interactive Demonstration" link). Ideally these movie segments will only be a few minutes in length to keep the loading time for each segment to a minimum. You'll notice in the OWS3 Demonstration the gray area in the lower portion of the screen is reserved for annotations that were derived directly from the OWS3 demo script. The annotations are scripted to appear at certain points in time during the playback. We will use similar annotations but they will appear in dialog boxes in context with the actions on the screen, rather than the bottom frame. These are also known as "callout balloons". The annotations will be derived from your final script outline for the demonstration. These annotation outlines and the "raw" screen captures in .avi format are the deliverables that I will need from you. I will be helping you conduct the screen captures at the September workshop in DC. Resolution of Screen Captures ------------------------------- The goal is to produce 800x600 resolution movie segments, captured in .avi format (Camtasia's native format is .camrec which is a proprietary wrapper for .avi), that I will then export to flash (.swf format) so they can be compiled into an HTML navigation frame. If your client can fit into the 800x600 window, Great! This is the best possible scenario. If your client absolutely cannot fit into 800x600 we will capture at 1024x768 and then export to 800x600. Audio Capture ---------------- Although the final product may not preserve the original voiceovers, we will be capturing the demonstrator's voice during the screen capture process, this means you will also a need a microphone that has been tested on your system. I recommend a headset with a boom microphone. The goal here is to include concise, informative statements in conjunction with the activity on the screen. You don't need to explain every detail, just the points that are integral to the demonstration. The voiceovers, in addition to your demo scripts, will help me create more informative callout balloons. The Nitty Gritty (step-by-step screen capture) ------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: You might want to grab a cup of coffee. The following walkthru is fairly basic and focuses on using Camtasia a certain way for the purposes of the GEOSS Demonstration. It is a great application and you will certainly discover it has many more features than what I've outlined below. Make your first recording... 1) Install and start Camtasia. 2) The startup wizard defaults to the option "Start new project by recording Screen", click OK. 3) Your next option will be to Select the portion of the screen you want to record, select "Region of the Screen", then click Next. 4) In the step make sure the "Width" is set to 800 pixels and the "Height" is set to 600, click Next. Note: In most cases, it's easiest to leave the window at top-left origin (0,0) which should be the default. 5) In the next step check the "Record Audio" checkbox, then click Next. 6) The next step informs which application buttons to use to Start/Pause/Restart/Stop recording or if you prefer hotkeys you can use the F9 button to Start/Pause/Restart and the F10 button to Stop. Depending on your client and system setup, disabling display acceleration may give you a smoother capture. I would suggest eventually shooting a few test captures with this setting on and off and determining which you think looks best for your particular setup, click Next. 7) You are now ready to capture, click the Record button or use the F9 Key and you are now recording. You will see flashing corners depicting the edges of the capture zone. Move your client window into the capture area. While your recording is paused you may also click and drag the capture window to a desired position on the screen. Hit the stop button or the F10 key to stop recording. Your captured demonstration will play back for you in a new preview window. 8) Go ahead and Delete your first capture (this will close the preview window). 9) Go back to the Camtasia Recorder window and you will see your default settings (800x600 Region at (0,0)) with Record Audio checked. You can adjust these settings here or you can use "Capture" in the menu bar to change settings or run the wizard again. When you are ready to complete a recording... 1) Record a screen capture as outlined above. 2) This time click "Save" on the preview window. Name the file. You will notice at this point it will have a .camrec extension. This is really an .avi file with a Camtasia wrapper. 3) Next you will have the option to Edit, Export, or Create another video. Select "Edit" and click "OK". 4) You should now see the Studio editor with your recorded clip in the timeline. 5) In this environment you can combine segmented clips, trim clip length, add/edit voice over tracks, etc... 6) From this environment you can also export to various formats (.avi, .swf, .mov, etc...) I will need your finalized screen capture in .camrec or .avi format. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at any point. Thanks, Mark Buehler mbuehler@opengeospatial.org