Screenshot
It is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor, television, or another visual output device. You can record the whole screen on par of it.
That image is converted and saved to an image file such as JPG and PNG format.
Screencast
It is a digital recording of computer sreen output, also known as a video scren capture, often containing audio narration.
The term screencast compared with the related term screenshot, whereas shcreenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a use sees on a computer screen, enhanced with the audio narration.
Software
- Camstudio: Open Source Softewate
- For windors
- Output formats: AVI y SWF
- Jing
- Capture an dimage of what you see on your computer screen.
- Select any window or region that you want to capture, mark up your screenshot with a text box, arro, highlight or picture caption, and decide how you want to share it.
- Jing videos are limited to five minutes for instant, focused communication.
- Videos can be shared through social media.
- Wink
- Open source software.
- Several output formats
- For windows
- You can capture screenshots, add explanations, boxes, buttons, titles etc
- BB Flashback express
- The free vversion just allows just swf and avi files
- For windows
- Web-based
- You do not need any external software
- Just go to the web page and record
- The recording can be shared in social networks.
- Screencast-o-matic
- Direct recording
- Different resolutions can be selected
- Sound is also available.
- Direct upload to the internet.