What tool(s) can I use to produce iPhone App Screencasts? [closed]

Question

I need to produce demonstration video screencasts for my iPhone app... I'm referring to those such as this one for the Reddit iPhone app (the one on the right, not the YouTube video).

I'm assuming the best way to do this is to record the simulator using a screen recording utility, does anyone have any other methods? What tools have you used successfully?

Answer 1

For my screencast here, I ran the application in the iPhone Simulator and recorded it all using ScreenFlow. I can't recommend ScreenFlow highly enough, as it really simplifies the whole process. ScreenFlow records your entire screen, but it provides excellent editing capabilities for cropping the video to the relevant 320 x 480 (or 480 x 320) section, as well as fading in and out title graphics or lettering. I also used SimFinger just to provide a good cursor, but I see that the latest release of ScreenFlow now has that capability built-in.

For a microphone, I actually used the USB one from Rock Band. It's a surprisingly good Logitech microphone that's recognized as soon as you plug it into your Mac.

I needed to do a little post-processing of the MP4 output to make sure that the video could be played natively on the iPhone. I've used both VisualHub and iMovie to produce MP4 videos with all the right settings to play on the device. Both have simple iPhone export profiles.

Answer 2

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned QuickTime's built-in screencasting feature. Here's a little guide on how to make a "decent" screencast on Mac OS without any additional tool.

You will have better results if you use it with SIMBL, which was mentioned by a lot of people. it is not a screencasting application, but a tool to make your iOS screencast look better.