Customer Reviews

ScreenCam

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I have used ScreenCam 97 which runs fine on Windows 95. Despite the initial banner saying it runs on Windows 95 or 98, note that the spec sheet mentions only Windows 95. When you try it on 98 the software warns you that it won't work. If you try, you record only sound. Playback on 98 is limited to sound and a black panel where the image should be. Tried dinking with video settings to no avail. I agree with another reviewer who said that the product is dying. It's a mystery too, because Lotus ScreenCam was unique among video/audio recorders for packing smooth video motion and good sound quality into a comparatively small file. I'd pay a lot more...for a version that works on 98, ME, 2000 and XP. It would be a golden training tool. What give, Lotus?! Your market awaiteth!

Excellent product. 2 downpoints: 1. Support is bad and the product is dying.

2. If you, like me, need it to capture AutoCAD activity - Beware - AutoCAD's crosshair cursor is not captureable - due to AutoCAD's own HEIDI driver - This is not ScreenCam's fault . There is a workaround that shows only the horizontal line of the crosshair !

This product is very simple to use. In minutes you can produce a professional looking demo of products. It has proven to be an cost effective training tool.

Lotus ScreenCam was absolutely a revolutionary product when it was produced years ago. I have used the product extensively under Windows 95 and NT, and it was absolutely terrific. The ability to capture large screen areas, the ability to play them back smoothly on another computer, etc. The problems started when I wanted to 'draw' on the movie, do fine-grained edits, or move it to a computer that didn't have the same fonts and icons. It would make a real mess. And forget Windows XP. It will not work reliably under Win98, Me, XP, or any of the newer "NT"-based OSes. All is not lost, however.

It appears that ScreenCam has now found a home with a company called "SmartGuyz, Inc", which makes an XP-compatible version. I've tried the demo version, and it is absolutely an answer to the problem of XP compatibility. The company also appears to have addressed the illustration and interactivity problems as well. The product looks quite solid. It seems to be using a new technology compared to the old Lotus product, since recording PowerPoint presentations and exporting it to another computer doesn't seem to have any font or icon dependencies. Hmm. Perhaps my longing for an XP version of ScreenCam is really at an end?