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My Screen Recorder Pro
v2.67
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Cutting and Splicing
Screen Recordings |
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You're creating an
ultra cool demo for your
web site. Your
screen recording is
perfect … or that's what
you thought until your
boss wanted you to
remove the discussion of
one whole feature, and
add in a section on the
new site map. With
My Screen Recorder Pro
you can easily remove
the unwanted section
and replace it with a
new one, without having
to recreate the entire
recording. This
article will show you
how, using the split
and join
features. |
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As you probably figured
out, split lets
you break a recording
into pieces, and join
lets you combine two or
more
recordings (or two of
the pieces you make with
split) into a
single movie. I'll
walk through
removing an unwanted
piece from the demo and
replacing it with new
material,
then combining them to make
the finished demo. |
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I'll start with the
splitting process.
Just right-click on the file
in the list, and select
Split file.
The Split AVI Screen
Recordings window
opens. |
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From the
Output Folder
dropdown list select the
folder where you want to
save the file. Click the
New Folder Shortcut
button to make a new
folder.
Be sure to choose the
Select
portions of a file to
split manually
option. The
right side of the window
is a special preview
system, to select the portions to
cut. If you're
going to use this system
to remove a section (as
I am now), remember to
split out the parts you
want to keep.
You'll reattach them
later. In this
example, we want to
remove a one minute long
section in the middle.
That means we want to
keep everything up to
the beginning of that
section (Split 1) and
also everything from the
end of that section to
the end of the recording
(Split 2). We
never actually mark the
section we're not using
to be split out. |
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To begin, I mark the
start of the section
to cut out. Since
we want to keep the
section starting at the
beginning of the movie,
and since the recording
is currently at the very
beginning, I immediately
click the Mark In
button. The entire
length of the movie is
selected, as you can see
by the blue line that
appears. Now I
click the play button
and the movie plays
back. When it
reaches the end of the
part I want to keep (the
beginning of the part
I'm going to lose), I
click the pause button.
I can fine-tune the
position before
splitting the file, by
using the backward and
forward buttons and to
shift one second at a
time. |
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When I have the right
area marked, I click
Mark Out. The
blue line now indicates
only the part of the
recording I selected
(from the beginning to
the current location, in
this case). Now I
click Add To List.
The selected region is
added to the List of
files ready for
splitting. We
need to cut out the end
of the video as well
(skipping the section we
don't need), so I hit
the Play button again.
I pause after the
unwanted material, and
click Mark In.
To save time, I will
just drag the slider to
the end of the line, and
click Mark Out.
Click Add To List
once more, and I'm asked
if I want to keep
existing splits. I
answer Yes, and
both of the still-needed
parts are in the List. |
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Now it's time to
actually split the
video. I just
click Perform Split
and the splitting
begins. The
process of splitting a
recording takes some
time, because the
program has to
uncompress the AVI file,
copy out the video
frames and audio that
are being split off, and
then recompress them
into new compressed AVI
files. You can
watch the progress in
the List while My
Screen Recorder Pro
works. |
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When it's done, I click
Finish and two new
files exist in My Screen
Recorder Pro's
Folder Shortcut
list. The original
file was
ProductDemo.avi.
The two split-off pieces
are
ProductDemo_Split1.avi
and
ProductDemo_Split2.avi.
Before joining them,
I'll
record a new
segment on the site map,
which I'll call
SiteMap.avi. |
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Now it's time to join
the two split sections
plus the new recording
into a single movie for
my demo.
I'll work directly from
My Screen Recorder Pro's
file listing. I
just hold down the Ctrl
key on my keyboard and
select all three (by
clicking on them
individually), then
right-click on the last
and choose Join Files.
The AVI Join File
Wizard appears. |
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The Wizard will
join the three files I
had selected. The
trouble is, the order is
wrong. The
site_map file
should be between the
two
Splits of the
original file. To
fix that, I click once on
site_map.avi in
the list, and click the
Move Up button. |
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Now that the files are
in the right order, I
just click the Next
button. I'm asked
to give a name and
location for the joined
file. I'll call it
Web_Site_Demo.avi.
I can also select
whether to produce an
AVI or WMV file.
AVI files are desirable
if you're planning to
do additional editing of the movie,
and only AVI files can
be
converted to an
executable.
For web distribution WMV
(Windows Media) files
are generally a better
choice. Of course,
once you make an AVI,
you can use My Screen
Recorder Pro's
convert feature
to
make a WMV, too.
In this case I'll make
an AVI file. When
I click Next, the
AVI file is created.
The joining process,
like the splitting
process, does take some
time, as the files are
uncompressed, combined,
and then recompressed. |
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By default, when I click
Finish, the new
movie is played.
If it is correct, the
task is complete:
I have made a new movie
with the beginning and
end of the original
recording, but with a
segment cut out, and
replaced by new
material. |
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If you need to do any
more complex editing
than this, or if you
would like other
high-end features like
adding a
musical score, using
transition effects,
or adding
titles and credits,
you should consider
using
Video Edit Magic, a
powerful video and audio
editor. |
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Using
My Screen Recorder's
Split and Join features
let you keep only the
good parts of your
recordings. Did a
feature of the program
you're demonstrating
change? Just cut
out that section and
record a new one,
without having to redo
the entire recording.
You can remove unwanted
pauses
or places where you made
a mistake, and even
record twice and use the
best parts of each
"take". These
powerful capabilities
let you easily create
professional, perfect
screen recordings to use
as product
demonstrations, for
training or educational
purposes, or as
marketing tools. |
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