Apr 05 2009
Toast your Screen
If you have ever tried to make a screenshot, you have probably realized creating them is very difficult and if it’s not difficult then it’s expensive. If you don’t know what a screenshot is here is an excerpt from Wikipedia-
A screenshot, screen capture, or screen dump is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor or another visual output device. Usually this is a digital image taken by the host operating system or software running on the computer device, but it can also be a capture made by a camera or a device intercepting the video output of the computer.
Screenshots, screen dumps, or screen captures can be used to demonstrate a program, a particular problem a user might be having or generally when computer output needs to be shown to others or archived, or to simply show off what you do on your computer to others
Creating a screenshot usually requires buying and installing software. Which not only does it take time but it also takes your computer’s memory space. Well, Thanks to Screentoaster a website, which uses Java to record your computer screen. You can record online without the software. All you need to do is create an account. It records in real time to rapidly create and share tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more.
You can add audio and embed a webcam while you are recording. When finished, just add subtitles, choose your thumbnail, describe and tag your video so other users can easily find your screencasts. A cool feature added in, is easily uploading to YouTube it’s as easy as pressing a button, literally. Although, once you upload it to YouTube a watermark will appear at the bottom so everyone knows you created the video with Screentoaster’s service, which in my opinion is a fair trade. Not many great tools like this one, can be used free of charge specially if they are this innovative.
I personally really enjoy this new tool, except I use Google Chrome as my personal browser and Java is still not compatible with the browser. So I have to use Firefox whenever I record something. Another, small problem I found was that you need to have Java installed. Although, easily fix by following the link given to you by the website or going to Java.com to download it. It’s still great and I was told Java is trying to make it available to Chrome users as soon as possible.
