#Shotcut record screen how to

I’ve used this audio editor for years, and it’s been perfect for me. To post-process the audio a little, I use my long-term friend, Audacity.

Fifine USB microphone with cardioid (directional) pickup Its maximum volume is lower than I’d like (a good sign, that it was designed by an audio engineer), but its signal-to-noise ratio, at 78 dB, is far better than any laptop mic I’ve used. It’s a good tradeoff between cost and quality, at about $36 USD. It was time to buy a decent laptop mic.Īfter a little hunting, I found a highly-rated Fifine USB mic with a cardiod (directional) pickup pattern. So I hauled out a couple of PC microphones I had lying around from literally decades ago.

Meanwhile, for video screen capture, I found my laptop microphone was terrible: noisy, low-volume, and not very directional. I’ll need to revisit that choice someday, but for now it’s working for me. The open source screen recorder, OBS Studioįor my other videos, I’ve been doing audio on the cheap, recording audio directly from my phone’s internal microphone. Technically OBS Studio is for streaming your screen (gaming), but It’s also perfect for screen recordings for tutorials. When it came to video screen capture tools, I chose OBS Studio.

#Shotcut record screen how to

I’ve been happy with ShotCut ver since: it works perfectly, and has all the features I need for my modest How To videos. I’m a big fan of open source software, so when I looked for a video editor a while ago, I chose ShotCut. In the making, I learned several handy tips for improving the quality of my screen capture videos. I recently made two FreeCAD tutorial videos.