Comprehensive Screenflow Course (Screenflow 9 Update)

How to launch Screenflow and the various different ways of opening a project followed by a walk through of all the recording options in the Screenflow welcome menu

Screencast a new clip from within an open project, learn the hotkeys for start and stop record and set one up for pause. Followed by a demonstration of why I like to screencast at 1080p

A full exploration of how all the regions of the Screenflow user interface work.

Different ways to import media and manage the content of your Screenflow media library.

How to stitch your media together in the time line using simple transitions.

How to alter the speed of your media using Screenflow’s Transition Inspector window.

How to copy and past between Screenflow projects and why you would want to do that.

Adjusting the scale and position of your media and adding video actions to it to make it move from one size and position to another.

How to rotate your media around the x, y and z axes and add video motions to them to animate them.

What you can edit via the Audio Properties tab. Adding actions to your audio to make it fade out, editing the audio channels independently of each other and adding sound effects.

How to add text to your project in a variety of fonts, at any size you want, and apply transitions to it as well as any of the Screenflow video properties found in the Video Properties tab.

How to adjust the size and shape of your mouse pointer, apply the radar like signal when you click on your screen and highlight areas of interest on your screen, as well as how to show what keystrokes you used on the screen.

An in depth look at the Callouts Tab which is where you can highlight regions of your screen in different ways

How to draw circles, squares, and arrows on your canvas and apply Video Properties and Transitions to them.

A demonstration of all the different animations you can achieve inside Screenflow’s Video Motions tab including the pulse effect, the spring effect and the gravity effect.

How to show your finger movements on a tablet or smartphone if you want to demonstrate a screencast of an app

Styles are presets that you can create for actions or clips that you use frequently so that you don’t have to key in the settings every time you want to use them.

If you like to add an intro to each lesson or if you want to brand your YouTube videos with the same intro or set of media clips every time, you can create a template that will open with your media preloaded.

How to generate closed captions within Screenflow and how to convert them to a .vtt file for use on Udemy.

How to export video, audio or just a portion of your video,  how the settings effect your file sizes and what settings I use personally.

Some general tips and best practices for making video tutorials in Screenflow so that your screencasts are nice and smooth and your lessons are engaging.

Advice about microphones and why you should buy a good one, a few ways to absorb the sound bouncing back at your mic from the walls and a couple of ways to record your narration from inside Screenflow.

A source of free music to play beneath your tutorials and how to listen to tracks alongside your project to decide which one you like best.

Some advice about talking heads videos including how to do it from within Screenflow, how to light yourself, position yourself and speak directly to camera.

How to use the Chroma Key video filter inside Screenflow to remove the background from your video and replace it with a completely different scene.

What to avoid teaching and some ideas about how to choose the best topic for you to teach. A step by step example of how I decide what to teach.

Where to find Udemy’s hot topics and research other courses in your field on Udemy and Amazon, and how to check up on Google Adwords if there is enough interest in your topic.

How I get people who are interested in my subject to subscribe to my email list and a few ideas for how my students can do this too.

How to come up with a coherent style for your course incorporating slides, text and images and tying them all together in a harmonious way.

Making sure your graphics are the correct size for a screencast, how to resize them if they are not, and how to remove the background from images in free software.

How to choose a color palette to set the right style or tone for your particular course and how to pick colors using the free adobe color app.

Tips for keeping your course interesting, to the point and effective for your student.

The step by step process I use for outlining a course.

How I script my courses so that it is easy to narrate them without stuttering and stumbling.

Some pointers about what to include in your promotional video to help people understand why your course is the right solution for them.