![]() ![]() I can’t pull the whole thing into ScreenFlow, so instead I was able to open the AVCHD file in QuickTime, and choose one video recording at a time to export to my disk. So if Steve took 5 recordings, there’s just that one AVCHD file. The Canon camcorder records all videos into one file called AVCHD. The screen capture footage was already in ScreenFlow, but the iPhone footage and the camcorder recording turned out to be an additional challenge. That allows me to line the video tracks up correctly. When we did the recording, Steve had me do a big clap where both cameras could see it and all three microphones could hear it. One more thing – none of this works if my audio sounds like doodoo, right? I realized that with my fancy new Shure MVi digital audio interface I could bring my big girl mic downstairs to the dining room where all of this was set up but I decided we needed to simplify something in this mess and use my travel mic, the Audio Technica ATR-2100 that supports XLR but also works great over USB. If I had to take a break and needed to use a device, or come back the next day we can’t have a jarring change in the video. Steve decided we’d use the 4K iPhone footage for the wide angle, high quality image of everything from the Mac to the iPad to my hands, the ScreenFlow recording for really high video quality on the Mac, and that left the “real” video camera free to be optically zoomed in just on the iPad screen, giving us a high quality image without resorting to digital zoom.īeing engineers, we used blue painter’s tape on the floor to mark the locations of all six legs of the tripods, and clear tape on the table to mark the locations of the Mac and the iPad. Good thing we have two identical tripods from Manfrotto, right? And remember the Square Jellyfish Tripod adapter for phones? Well we used that too. Then Steve remembered that his snazzy new iPhone 6s does 4K video! Yes, we live in a world where the phone in his pocket produces better than video from his 4-year-old prosumer video camera. That’s when we remembered his camera is 1080p and my produced video is 1080p, so I simply cannot zoom in to make the text more readable. Then we tried to zoom in on one device or the other in ScreenFlow … and it looked horrible. We ran a test and he was able to capture the entire scene with the Mac on the left and the iPad Pro on the right. This is the camera we use for all of our NosillaCast video interviews. We started with Steve’s prosumer Canon video camera on a tripod. I could capture the video of my Mac using ScreenFlow of course but we also needed video of the iPad as well as my hand gestures. I mention Steve because of course this isn’t just a screencast, it requires external video cameras. All Steve and I had to do was figure out how to record an iPhone an iPad Air, an iPad Pro, an Apple Pencil and a Mac, all without jarring changes to the scene for the viewer. That meant live video was required for this screencast. I tested it just for grins and giggles, and as expected it was like looking into a hall of mirrors, with the image getting down to an individual pixel in the end. But think about it, I’m going to be demonstrating an app that reflects the Mac screen onto the iOS device. Normally when demonstrating an iOS application we can use an app like Reflector to allow us to Airplay the iOS display back to the Mac and record with ScreenFlow. Astropad is targeting the market that can’t justify or afford a Cintiq graphics tablet. It works on the iPhone, iPad with Bluetooth styluses and iPad Pro and has full support of the Apple Pencil. This means you can use your favorite application on the Mac as though it’s running on the iPad. The second application is called Astropad and its purpose is to allow you to use your iOS devices as a graphics tablet. I’ve used the iPad Pro as a second monitor to the 12″ MacBook and it’s glorious. This is wicked cool, especially when you’re away on travel and don’t have your dual monitor setup (if you’re that spoiled). ![]() Duet Display allows your iPhone or iPad to work as a secondary display. This week I thought it would be interesting to demonstrate two apps that allow you to use your iOS devices as accessories for your Mac. Like I said, it’s really hard work but it’s fun. It captures your desktop video and audio source(s) and has a fantastic editor. Video screencasting is tough work but it’s made easier by the fantastic application Screenflow from Telestream. ![]() He lets me pick the topic (with veto powers) but this time he probably should have talked me out of it. I’ve mentioned before that I do video screencasts for Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online subscription podcast. ![]()
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