Do you know how many entertaining videos exist on YouTube? They are currently made by ordinary people who have acquired a certain level of experience in handling specific software, which can help you record activity on the Windows desktop and therefore propose some interesting video for community.
Perhaps what you did not know is that many of these users have reached monetize their respective YouTube channels, having a monthly income that can grow over time, if the videos and the work made with them have a high quality and are also well received. Next, we will mention a few tools that you can use to create this type of task, which may require the Internet browser or a Windows or Mac computer.
Screencast-O-Matic
«Screencast-O-Matic»Is an interesting online tool that It will activate both the video camera and the microphone connected to the personal computer. You can define the resolution with which you want to start recording the tutorial, this being a good idea if you have something to tell others on the web.
Free of charge, the tool offers you only 15 minutes of recording, although if you exceed that time you will have to bear the "watermark" that the developer places. The output of the file can be customized to the format we want, although the ideal would be to work with MP4 to export it to YouTube.
screencastle
Unlike the alternative we mentioned earlier, with «screencastle» there is no time limit to record the activity of the screen, nor will there be the presence of a watermark, so this becomes a better option to use.
The tool is online, which uses Java to activate the microphone if you are going to tell what you are going to teach in the tutorial. The video is automatically uploaded to their servers, and may have at the end the link that we will use to share it on social networks.
Jing
If you do not want to use any online tool but rather one that can be installed on Windows or Mac, then the correct choice should be «Jing«.
This tool is considered as a minor version (and similar) to what could have been done with Camtasia, an application that everyone remembers because it was one of the most used worldwide for this type of task.
HyperCam 2
When you hear the name "HyperCam 2" you may be wondering why we have mentioned it if there is currently "HyperCam 3". The latter already belongs to a different firm, which has a cost for the use of its official license.
The one we mentioned first is still free, so the recommendation to be able to make video recordings and a few editing tools would be focused on this alternative. You must be careful when installing it because there is an option that asks the user to install an AdWare, which we must avoid at all costs.
CamStudio
One of the alternatives that we mentioned earlier was considered a minor version (younger brother) of «Camtasia», CamStudio being somewhat similar and which you will realize if you download this tool that right now, it is proposed as free and open source .
Despite not having been updated for a long time, «CamStudio" still has a large number of elements that make it the favorite of many. You can record the activity of both the mouse and the presence of the pointer to explain the use of a tool. The final result can be exported to SWF or AVI format.
All these alternatives that we have mentioned can help you create an interesting video tutorial, which you could later place on a YouTube channel. If the video is interesting, maybe you can monetize it so that your visitors can help you with a good amount of traffic that will later earn you some additional money.