Well...I have lodged a few feature requests in the past, and as I use Camtasia I would not look to replace that, however, simple things like placement options for Lower Third would be good, because often, (unfortunately...) I need to use the LT to talk about something that it underneath it at the time
Yes Nick - but as a "Super Hero" I try and evangelise about/use Articulate products when I can.
There was an initial flurry of activity on Replay, which seems to have now gone, and whilst I would like to try and use it, I feel that I need some more in there, hence the question.
Unfortunately - adding more features may take away from the product simplicity, which needs to be maintained.
It's not a solution I am trying to find, more a statement of intent.
I sure hope that new release or updates are still being considered.
Even when keeping simplicity, There are many minor tweaks that I am really missing:
- my favourite : a split function to turn one recording into 2 clips that can be manipulated separately. The existing controls (trim ends, align on timeline) are all sufficient, so no need to touch those.
- webcam controls. (eg. frame rate, codec, brightness, contrast).... This is anyway in the control panel of the hardware driver. Not to be developed by Articulate themselves. Just needs to be exposed.
Edit: discovered that I can have controls from the webcam applet after all, after installing the Logitech package. Still, in a competitive rapid screencast tool (starts with c and ends on tasia) , you get these controls accessible from the built-in Windows UVC panel, without driver installs from the manufacturer). Stuff like framerate is still missing
and overall, the mere stability of the software certainly is due for a review. It crashes at the oddest moments, and there's no such thing as a fallback, or Autosave in the background when things go wrong.
I often record multiple short videos for process that have a large number of steps. So it would be great to have some simple transition effects between clips. Rather than just 1 second fade and a direct cut.
Ability to move the Lower Third around, and alter the font/display size are first on my wishlist.
The auto-animating of the Lower Third is the "WOW" factor IMHO for this product, yet they cannot cope when (for example) you translate the text to Turkish and the box is not big enough.
Seconded - some basic video editing features would make it actually useful - rather than just being the irritating waste of hard drive space that it currently is!
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I guess not...
Well...I have lodged a few feature requests in the past, and as I use Camtasia I would not look to replace that, however, simple things like placement options for Lower Third would be good, because often, (unfortunately...) I need to use the LT to talk about something that it underneath it at the time
Independent audio track insert too.
Yes Nick - but as a "Super Hero" I try and evangelise about/use Articulate products when I can.
There was an initial flurry of activity on Replay, which seems to have now gone, and whilst I would like to try and use it, I feel that I need some more in there, hence the question.
Unfortunately - adding more features may take away from the product simplicity, which needs to be maintained.
It's not a solution I am trying to find, more a statement of intent.
I wont believe that development of Replay has stopped ! It's a great simple product but i do expect it will expand. Give it time !
I sure hope that new release or updates are still being considered.
Even when keeping simplicity, There are many minor tweaks that I am really missing:
- my favourite : a split function to turn one recording into 2 clips that can be manipulated separately. The existing controls (trim ends, align on timeline) are all sufficient, so no need to touch those.
- webcam controls. (eg. frame rate, codec, brightness, contrast).... This is anyway in the control panel of the hardware driver. Not to be developed by Articulate themselves. Just needs to be exposed.
Edit: discovered that I can have controls from the webcam applet after all, after installing the Logitech package. Still, in a competitive rapid screencast tool (starts with c and ends on tasia) , you get these controls accessible from the built-in Windows UVC panel, without driver installs from the manufacturer). Stuff like framerate is still missing
and overall, the mere stability of the software certainly is due for a review.
It crashes at the oddest moments, and there's no such thing as a fallback, or Autosave in the background when things go wrong.
I often record multiple short videos for process that have a large number of steps. So it would be great to have some simple transition effects between clips. Rather than just 1 second fade and a direct cut.
What I really need is star wipe !
Ability to move the Lower Third around, and alter the font/display size are first on my wishlist.
The auto-animating of the Lower Third is the "WOW" factor IMHO for this product, yet they cannot cope when (for example) you translate the text to Turkish and the box is not big enough.
We are all still waiting.
Maybe once the other product updates are complete Replay will be next on the list ?
I'm looking forward to an update as well, I use it so much but tend to start doing more additional things in other programs to finalize my video.
Seconded - some basic video editing features would make it actually useful - rather than just being the irritating waste of hard drive space that it currently is!
Inability to lock the "Mix" positions means that every update of Tracks can clear them.
VERY irritating - please look at this as an enhancement?
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