Sunday, January 20, 2008

Capture a video of your PC screen and share it online using "uTipu"

uTipu is a cool website that allows you to record anything on your computer screen and share it with online for free. uTipu’s name stems from the fact that users can create tutorial videos for instructional purposes and share them with whoever wants to learn!

In order to use uTipu, you simply need to download their free TipCam software click the image below to download the free software:

utipu

which records videos of your screen and shares videos immediately (no post processing necessary).

Here are some of the basic features of uTipu and the TipCam software:

  1. Online-click record and one-click sharing of videos
  2. Recorded video is ready for review and sharing instantly
  3. One click for uploading or emailing the video
  4. Store your videos for private use or share them with friends, coworkers, or make them public
  5. Facebook integration - upload a video to Facebook immediately for sharing
  6. Videos are viewable by anyone, no need to download codecs
  7. Screen recording includes the ability to zoom with your cursor or fixed
  8. Free style hand drawing markup during recording.


This software has a lot of cool features including the ability to zoom while recording, upload to Facebook instantly, and draw in free style during the recording.

You can use this for many different purposes, including the following below:

  • Record and show how to change your MySpace layout
  • Record a computer error that you have and post a question on Yahoo Answers
  • Record and share an online game you are playing - Solitaire, Pinball, Sudoku, etc
  • You can even record an online video from other video site or TV feed
  • Record and email your comments to a document from a coworker

Once installed, you need to type in your account info in order to save videos online and if you have a sound card, you can choose to record audio for your recording.

record screen

On the Advanced tab, you can change the recording quality options, such as the frame rate and compression. Another really cool thing is that you can use uTipu to record screens from a remote computer using VNC. You can also choose whether you want to record the cursor while recording.

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Overall, it’s a very cool service and works beautifully! It makes recording your screen very easy and super easy to share it online. By default, uTipu gives you 250 MB of free online storage space.

tipcam

Definitely give it a shot if you want to share something on your screen that requires a series of steps. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

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