First of all, briefly introduce the main contents of this Screenflow tutorial:
Advantages and disadvantages of 00.screenflow software
Suitable target: people with zero foundation and requirements for screen recording and video editing.
Software advantages: As an excellent screen recording and editing software in Apple's MAC system, it has many advantages, such as: full screen or specific part of the screen can be selected for recording, and video editing functions are very rich (video, text, annotation, sports, audio, etc. ), you can choose the transition effect template, and the video export is very convenient (batch or single video or direct upload)
Disadvantages of the software: However, Screenflow software also has a very bad place, that is, the export time is very slow. It takes more than 1 hour to export a 1 hour screen recording file, while the Quicktime Player video of Apple system does not exceed half an hour at most.
0 1.Screenflow software installation and uninstallation
First of all, there are three main ways to obtain the source of the software installer:
A) Baidu search, there are various versions: Chinese version of Screenflow 5.0, English version of Screenflow 6.0, etc. Security and reliability cannot be guaranteed, and it is free;
B) Universal store, genuine software, safe and secure, free update, only a few dollars;
C)App Store, genuine software, safe and secure, free to update, but expensive;
Secondly, briefly introduce the installation and uninstallation of software:
D) Software installation: double-click the software directly and wait for the program installation. This process will take several minutes. After the dialog box pops up, just drag the icon directly to the application, and you may need to enter the password of the Apple computer in the middle.
E) Software uninstallation: Find the Screenflow icon in the Finder application of Apple Mac computer and drag it directly to the trash can. You may need to enter your own password in the middle.
Finally, taking the English version of Screenflow 6.0 as an example, the basic requirements for software installation are listed:
02. The three-step working principle of screenflow software.
The basic working principle of the software is very simple, mainly through the following three steps:
Step 1: Recording: After starting the software, before recording the screen, set the relevant parameters of the recording file, select full-screen recording or partial screen recording, and then click "Record" under "Camera Graphics" in the upper right corner of the desktop, or directly press the shortcut key Shift+Command+2 to start screen recording; Press the same shortcut key again to end the screen recording.
After that, you will enter the countdown interface (as shown below). After the countdown is completed, the recording screen will begin.
* The above pictures are marked in the preview of the preview version of Apple's own software.
Step 2: Edit. After the recording is completed, press the shortcut key Shift+Command+2 to end the screen recording and automatically enter the editing interface (as shown below), where you can save the file and then edit it. However, the file is saved in the form of a project, and its suffix is ". Screenflow ",which can only be opened by screenflow software at present; You can also start editing files, and the details will be introduced in detail in subsequent articles, which will not be explained here for the time being.
* The above graphic marks are completed in the design software Affinity Designer.
Step 3: Export. After all the editing work of the project file is completed, the file can be directly exported. There are three main export methods: export, batch export and publishing to YouTube/Google Drive/ ...
To sum up, the three-step working principle of Screenflow software is shown in the following figure:
* The above picture design is completed in the design software Affinity Designer.
03. Three basic operations of screenflow software files
The three basic operations of Screenflow software files mainly include: file creation, file naming and saving, and file renaming.
# These three basic operations are almost the same as other basic operations of conventional software, and familiar ones can be skipped directly. #
F) File creation: Click the menu bar command or shortcut key.
* The above pictures are marked in the software Evernote.
G) file naming and saving: enter the editing work panel, and click the inverted triangle after Untitle at the top to open a drop-down dialog box. Enter the file name you want to name in the box, and then select; , select the file storage location, and then click anywhere on the screen to finish the file naming and saving.
* The above pictures are marked in the software Evernote.
H) File Rename: Click the drop-down menu to pop up the modification dialog box, and click to finish renaming the file;
Or click the inverted triangle at the top of the editing interface, rename the file name and modify the storage location, and then rename it.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
04.Screenflow software open mode
# Screenflow software is opened in almost the same way as other software, and you can skip the familiar software directly #
Open method 1: You can open any project file with suffix "". screenflow”。 After starting the software, click the command, or press the shortcut key directly.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
The second opening method: you can quickly open the unfinished project files in the recent period. After starting the software, click the command, select the file to be opened, and it can be opened;
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
The third way to open: you can quickly open the project files that have not been completed in the recent period. After the software is started, click the camera icon drop-down menu at the upper right of the screen to pop up a dialog box and select; , then select the file to open on the right, and click the file open button at the bottom of the dialog box (similar to the overlapping shape of the file) to open the file.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
05.Screenflow recording parameters panel details.
Before you start recording the screen, you need to set the recording parameters. There are four tabs in the settings panel: Welcome, New Record, New Document and Recent Document History File.
Welcome: Its property panels mainly include:,< What's the latest news > and < Height height >. By default, there are many modes to choose from: screen size, screen size, 1080p HD, 720p HD, Web, etc. See the figure below for details.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
Recent document history file: mainly used to store recently opened project files. If no file is opened, this property panel is empty and the bottom is gray, so it cannot work; If there is a saved history file, the bottom is activated. Click to open the selected file, as shown in the figure below.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
06.Screenflow screen recording parameter settings
Screenflow software can record in full screen, or select some specific areas for screen recording. Details of its parameter setting are as follows:
Full-screen recording: the software defaults to full-screen recording mode; After starting the software, press the shortcut key < Shift+Command+2 > , start full-screen recording. If there are other icons on the desktop, but you don't want them to be displayed on the desktop when recording the screen, you can click the command, as shown in the figure below.
Partial screen recording: click; After the command, a dialog box pops up. Select to enter the interface, click on the bottom left of the interface, which is shaped like a dotted rectangular box, and then enter the parameter setting interface of some interfaces, as shown in the figure below, and make settings as needed.
* All the above graphic annotations are completed under Evernote software.
07.Screenflow screen recording example description
As mentioned above, Screenflow screen recording mainly goes through three steps: recording, editing and exporting. However, before recording, you need to set file parameters. Please refer to the relevant parameter settings above.
After setting the parameters, press the recording shortcut key directly.
After recording, press and hold the shortcut key.
After completion, click the menu to pop up the parameter dialog box, and set the related parameters of the exported video;
After completion, click the button to pop up the file saving dialog box, select a suitable location, click the button to enter the display state of the export progress bar, wait for the progress to be completed, and complete the video export.
All of the above are Screenflow tutorials (1): recording basics.
Below, briefly introduce the main contents of the next Screenflow software: