One of the free author tools I’ve discovered lately is RecordCast. RecordCast is an all-in-one tool for screen recording and video editing that helps everyone turn screenshots into professional-looking videos in just a matter of a few minutes. This can be great for creating a book trailer within minutes just by adding images and effects.
Highlighted Features
One of the things I particularly like about RecordCast is the fact that you get a high-quality recorded video without a watermark—for free. Also, you don’t need to download anything; the whole process is handled online.
The recording itself is pretty flexible: you can screen capture your whole screen, an application window, your webcam, or a browser tab as you need. You can also choose whether you wish to record audio simultaneously or drag-and-drop your favorite background music to the video.
As for video editing, RecordCast has a built-in video editor, so you can add titles, annotations, and effects as you wish. You can also place your logo, book cover, etc. in your video.
RecordCast offers several text animations, which are easy to add to the video. Once you do, you can edit the text color, font, size, alignment, etc. You can also split your video, control your video clips and photos easily on a clean storyboard, and combine or merge multiple videos and photos into one single video.
Once you’re finished, you can save your video under your account for further editing.
The video output resolution options include 480P, 720P, and 1080P, so you can choose either a high-quality video for upload to, say, YouTube, or a low-quality one for your emails.
At the moment, RecordCast is free, so get recording those book trailers!
Charles Yallowitz said:
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Deborah Jay said:
What a great tool! Thanks for sharing 😀
I’m toying with the idea of a Kickstarter, to see if I can raise the funds for audiobook recording, and this looks like it will be invaluable in producing the slick sort of video that catches people’s attention.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Please share the link here!
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V.M.Sang said:
Thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely be looking at this one.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
So glad you enjoyed it, Viv! Thank you 🙂
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bridgittelesley said:
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Thanks for sharing!
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wilfredbooks said:
This looks very useful: thanks Nicholas! 😀 Cheers, Jon.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
So glad you enjoyed it, Jon! Thank you 🙂
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beetleypete said:
Might be a bit ‘techy’ for me, but if I ever need to use it, I will come back to this post. Thanks, Nicholas. (Shared on Twitter)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
I’m amazed at the high quality of free tools that now exist online. Many thanks for sharing, Pete 🙂
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Miriam Hurdle said:
Thank you, Nicholas. I signed up for an account. 🙂
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
So glad you found it useful, Miriam 🙂
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Miriam Hurdle said:
I must try it for my upcoming book, Nicholas.😊
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Pamela Stephen said:
Thank you for the info. I might give it a go for my latest novella.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
So glad you enjoyed it, Pamela! Thank you 🙂
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OIKOS™-Editorial said:
Thank you, Nicholas! You are a fantastic investigator on all book and literacy relevant tools and information. Best wishes, Michael
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Aw, you! Thank you *blush*
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OIKOS™-Editorial said:
My full truth, Nicholas! Thank you so much, and have a beautiful rest of the week. Michael
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janetsm said:
Thanks for the info!
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Hope you found it useful, Janet 🙂
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Mark Schultz said:
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