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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Installing AutoScreenRecorder 3 Easy Steps to Record AutoScreenRecorder 3 version Comparison
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2. Getting Help
Frequently Asked Questions The From Tab The To Tab The Advanced Tab Video Editor ScreenZoom Technical Support
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
AutoScreenRecorder 3 -- Record, edit and show! Get the power of an easy-to-use and award winning screen recorder!
AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro is a powerful and intelligent screen recorder to save you time and boost productivity. Record anything you see and do on your screen and get it in a video file or Flash movie. AutoScreenRecorder comes with a number of features including a video editor, that you can deliver high quality video files. As well, AutoScreenRecorder 3 offers easy-to-use user interface and flexibility for your recording needs. With AutoScreenRecorder, can record your web cam sessions, favorite games, software operation steps, training demos, videos and movies, The Flash movie file can be published to the Web in no time.
KEY FEATURES
Easy to use, record exactly what you see and do Redesigned user interface for easy operation. With an array of recording options, combined with Zoombox and adjustable area, you can take any part of the screen precisely in flexible ways, including any window, object, non-rectangular area and full screen. Time saving smart feature for recording and video editing Some exciting new features are bundled in AutoScreenRecorder 3. It supports multi-monitor, auto-stop, scheduled recording on any date and time and recurring recording. It offers a new ScreenZoom feature that you can enlarge your screen at any time. A new video editor is available in 3 that you can trim your recorded videos frame by frame, and extract images, sound from them. Also you can re-record your sound to go with your recorded video and re-generate the Flash movie. High quality With a redesigned recording module, AutoScreenRecorder 3 records your screen in an accurate framerate and with minimum interference of what you do on your PC, a small footprint. It offers high quality recording with video and sound synchronization. The image quality factor and framerate can be adjusted to ensure maximum flexibility for high quality long recording. High productivity It can record mouse pointer with click effects, sound from your speaker or microphone. You can pan the recording region during recording. It also offers annotation recording including AutoText, watermarks, date and time stamps. Recorded video files can be saved to Flash movies and with automatically generated file names. So you don't have to stop each time to enter a file name. It hooks up Windows sound recorder and movie maker in one click. Affordable At $49.95 US, AutoScreenRecorder offers high price-performance value compared to other comparable products in the industry.
Installing AutoScreenRecorder
System Requirements
Pentium 665MHz PC or higher Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista and Windows 7 (compatible with 64-bit systems)
Installation
Run SetupAutoScreenRecorder.exe for self-extracting, automated installation.
Note: To add AutoScreenRecorder to the Startup group to start with Windows automatically, you can run the installation again and check the box.
Or, you can add that later from the "Advanced" tab.
Un-installing
Uninstall from your Windows Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. - Or Run Uninstall from the AutoScreenRecorder program menu.
To cancel Before recording: Right-click the mouse button or press the Esc key to cancel. During recording: Press the Cancel hotkey you setup, Ctrl+F10 in this case. For instant recording, you can press the "Record Now" button on the top to start recording.
Free
Pro
Timed Recording
Delayed recording Auto-stop Scheduled recording Recurring recording
Recorded Video
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AVI video file Long recording with multiple 2G files Generating Flash movie file Auto-scale Flash movie
Video Editing
Re-record sound Trim video Extract frame images Extract video or sound Re-generate Flash movie
Other Features
ScreenZoom System tray Zoombox options One click for sound recorder and movie maker Advanced options Developer support
Price
Single license Free US$49.95
For AutoScreenRecorder questions, please click below to go to the online FAQ page: http://www.wisdom-soft.com/kb/faq_asr.htm For AutoScreenRecorder Flash video guides, click below, http://www.wisdom-soft.com/asr/asr_guide.htm For ScreenHunter Step-by-step guides, click below, http://www.wisdom-soft.com/asr/asr_step.htm
Top Buttons
Record Now
Press this button to record immediately using the current settings.
Stand By
Press this button to get ready. The AutoScreenRecorder icon will appear in your Windows System Tray. You can press your hotkeys to start recording.
Taskbar Tasks
Video Editor Click to show Video Editor and double-click the video in the editor view window to show the Video Editing dialog. Click the "Show Main Window" button on the toolbar in Editor to show the Main Window again. Open Video Open an existing AVI file to play and edit. You can also drag & drop an AVI file from your desktop or Explorer to open. Movie Maker Launch Microsoft Movie Maker that comes with your Windows XP or Vista. Sound Recorder Launch Windows Sound Recorder that comes with your Windows. ScreenZoom ScreenZoom is for enlarging the screen to see what's going on on the screen and draw lines and notes on the screen. ScreenZoom is always handy for when you need to see the details. Just press the hotkey to enlarge and use your mouse to draw on the screen, and press the hotkey again, right-click or Esc to cancel. You can change the color of your pen and line width. You can also enter the screen draw mode without enlarging the screen. Help File Show the external AutoScreenRecorder help file. About Show the About box. Exit End the program and exit AutoScreenRecorder completely.
Record what
Select what you want to record. Rectangular area Record a rectangular area on the screen. A dynamic Zoombox shows the actual size precisely. Zoombox can be customized on the Advanced tab. It uses Highlight color to highlight the area.
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Adjustable Check to make the selected rectangle area adjustable. So you can further adjust the area using the mouse and keyboard. Object / Window Record an object or selected window. It's highlighted in Highlight color. Active window Record the current active window immediately. Fixed area Record a user defined fixed area on the screen. Click the size button to define the area. Use the mouse and keyboard to adjust the area and press Enter or Space to set. The defined area is shown on the button. Specific Window Check to "lock-in" and record a specific window even it's minimized.
This is useful when you need to record a particular window periodically, and it's sometime minimized that you may work on other things. Enter the exact window title of the window you want to record. Choose the Refresh time before recording. This is needed when the window is minimized. It takes some time to open the window before recording. This is application dependent. Full screen Record the full screen. Non-rectangular area Record a non-rectangular area on the screen.
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Select a shape either Ellipse or Round Rectangle. Background color is used to mask a shape in the recorded video.
Add
Select what you want to add in the recorded video. Mouse pointer Check to include the mouse pointer in the video.
Check to show left and/or right mouse click effect in recorded video. Sound Check to record sound in your recorded video. A sound card and microphone are required to use this feature. Click the Sound Options button to show the "Sound Recording Options" dialog box. Note: If you want to record from your speakers, you need a sound card that supports "Audio mix", "Wave out mix" or "Stereo Mix". Click the Sound "Options" button on the "From" tab, and click "Select an Audio Input Device". Make sure you check the "Audio mix", "Stereo mix", or "Wave out mix", not "Microphone". Check the online step-by-step guide for more sound recording details.
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Select an Audio Input Device Click to select from your Recording Control dialog. You can select Microphone or Stereo Mix (Speaker), etc, not both.
Record Sound / Test Click to run Windows Sound Recorder to record sound or test your microphone, using the currently selected audio input device.
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Use Media Control Interface (MCI) recording Check to use MCI commands to perform Microphone voice recording. This way may give better sound quality in some systems. You can compare by checking and un-checking the option to see if your system makes difference. Sound Quality Options Choose the desired sound quality in your recorded video. Multiple monitors Check to add multiple monitor support. Check it only if you have more than one monitor to record. AutoText Check to add AutoText including date/time, computer name and user name, or any text note you want to add to your recorded video.
Text Options Check to include the text you want to add to your record. You can choose a date and time format. Order You can highlight an item in the list box and use the up and down buttons on the right to change the
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text sequence. Visual Options Choose text font, color, positions, wrap text options or adding a border. Watermark Check to add a watermark to your video.
Image Filename Click the folder icon at right to load your image as the watermark. Visual Options Choose different color, scale and transparency options. Choose a position for the watermark to appear in the record video. The real watermark size is previewed.
Use timer
Check to use a timer to set delay time, auto-stop or scheduled recording. Delay Select to set the delay from the time the start hotkey is pressed to the time the actual recording is taking place. Auto-stop Select to automatically stop recording at a given time. Start at - Scheduled recording Check to record at the given date and time. Available only when 'Active window', 'Fixed area', 'Specific window' or 'Full screen' is selected. When checked, 'Recurring' is not available.
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Click the drop-down to select the date for the calendar. Type or press up and down arrows to set the hour, minute and second. Recurring Check to record periodically. Available only when 'Active window', 'Fixed area', 'Specific window' or 'Full screen' is selected. When checked, 'Start at' is not available.
Start from Set the starting point of the recurrence. Click the drop-down to select the date. Type or press up and down arrows to set the hour, minute and second. Recurrence pattern Weekly Check days you want it record at the same time in 'Start from'. Monthly Choose a day in the month, and month intervals. End of recurrence Forever Select to set no end date. End by Select to end at a specific date and time.
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The To Tab
The To tab is for assigning how you want it record and how to do with the recorded video file.
Recording Options
Codec It lists all compressors available from your PC. A codec or compressor is a component compresses an AVI file to make it smaller in size and play faster. The default codec is the "Microsoft Video 1" compressor, which comes with Windows. You may have other codec installed on your machine. Image quality The video image quality factor from 1 to 100. Note: High quality (>90) also means slow recording and large video file size. Frame rate Frame rate is the number of still frames displayed per second or FPS. This defines how many pictures (frames) per second a video file contains. The recording frame rate: 1 to 50 frames per second or per minute For long recording, you can choose to record # of frames per minute. It will result in significant small video file sizes. Note: The higher the frame rate, the smoother the playback will appear but the more processing power and larger file size is required.
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15+ fps is considered a high frame rate. A typical value from 8 to 24 fps is used for most purposes. Higher than 40fps is not recommended for normal recording.
AVI File Recording Options Due to Microsoft AVI file format limitations, an AVI file cannot be more than 2GB in size. When a long recording reaches the maximum size, AutoScreenRecorder can create another AVI file and keeps recording. Use this file size limit Check and assign a new file size limit of your choice in megabytes. Range:1- 1500MB.
After Recording Message Options Play a sound Check to play a sound. Show the saved file name Check to show the saved file name and location. Show the conversion progress dialog Check to show the progress dialog when finalizing the AVI file.
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Video Editor Options Load AVI file in Video Editor Check to load the recorded AVI to the AutoScreenRecorder video editor. Play AVI file in the default video player Check to load the recorded AVI to the default AVI video player on your machine, such as Microsoft Media Player. Create Flash (.swf) Check to generate the Flash movie (.SWF) from the recorded AVI file. Flash File Options
Playback Rate: Assigns the playback rate of the Flash movie file. Loop: Check to loop the Flash movie over and over again in the HTML file. Include sound Check to include sound in the Flash movie file. If it's unchecked, sound will not be in the Flash movie and the file size will be smaller. Compression: Choose sound compression in the Flash movie (.SWF) Use this folder to save Flash files Check to pick a different folder to save the generated Flash and HTML files. Create HTML file Check to generate an HTML file that shows the Flash movie file, which can be copy and pasted to your web page.. Auto-scale on Flash Movie File
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Check to automatically scale the Flash movie file the assigned size. Click the Auto-scale button at right to set a size. It can be to certain width, height or percentage. Note: This option is only available when Flash movie file is selected.
Keep aspect ratio Select to keep the original recorded video width and height aspect ratio. To this width Scale the movie to this width in pixels, keeping the aspect ratio. To this height Scale the movie to this height in pixels, keeping the aspect ratio. Percentage Scale the movie by this percentage. For example, 50% means half of the width and height. To this size Resize the movie to this fixed size. File name has 3 choices, 'Automatic', 'Ask me' or 'Fixed name'. Automatic naming Select to automatically save the capture with a generated filename.
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Filename Format Check to include the text you want to add to your filename. Check Number of digits if you want to have a fixed number of digits, such as 2 for 01, 02, and 3 for 001, 002, etc. Check End at if you want to have filename number sequence end there. Order You can highlight an item in the list box and use the up and down buttons on the right to change the text sequence. Note: The Prefix or suffix can be set in any sequence. E.g. the prefix can be in the middle and suffix can be in the front. Overwrite Options When File Exists These options are only for actions when a newly generated filename already exists in the current folder. Never overwrite (generate a new filename) Select to always generate a new filename automatically. Ask Select to ask me. Overwrite Select to overwrite all the time. Ask me Select if you need to name each file in a different way. A file dialog box will be displayed after each capture.
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You can change the file name and location. Fixed name Select if you need to use this filename for all recorded videos. It will overwrite the file if it exists. Video File Folder The default location where all video files using Automatic naming or Fixed name will be saved. Click the folder button to assign a folder. Note: You can enter a new folder name in the pop-up dialog box. Temp File Folder The default location where temporary audio and video files are stored. Click the folder button to assign a folder. Note: You can enter a new folder name in the pop-up dialog box. On the Advanced tab, check 'Use the location chosen in the file saving dialog as default' if you want to reuse the file saving location.
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General
Hide the main window on startup. Show icon in the system tray only Check to hide the main AutoScreenRecorder main window when started. This option change will take effect when AutoScreenRecorder is restarted. Show Screentips Check to show screentips if available. This option change will take effect when AutoScreenRecorder is restarted. Use bold text for the selected items For radio buttons and checkboxes on the main tabs, check to use bold text for the selected items.
Recording options
Enable double-click (slow recording) Check to enable the double-click action when recording. This will result in slow recording and it is suggested to uncheck until you have to.
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Minimize the Main window when recording Check to set that the main window will be automatically minimized (in the system tray only) before recording. Show the Stop button on screen when recording Check to show the Stop button on screen that you can click anytime to stop and save the video.
Show the recording icon on the Taskbar and flashing focus on screen when recording Check to show the visual corner focus on screen and an AutoScreenRecorder icon on your Windows Taskbar. If you want to hide AutoScreenRecorder visual effects completely when recording, uncheck this.
Highlight color
Select a color used to draw the crosshair and highlight the rectangle, non-rectangle and object / window. Zoombox uses this color too.
Zoombox
Zoom area size Select the area size around the crosshair on the screen to be zoomed. You can choose 'No zoombox' to hide the zoombox. Zoom factor Select how many times the zoom area is enlarged.
File options
Use the location chosen in the file saving dialog as default Check to use the file location chosen in the 'Save As' dialog as the default next time. Use each file path to save In Video Editor, use the AVI file's original folder location in the "Save As" dialog.
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Video Editor
AutoScreenRecorder Video Editor is an intuitive and versatile video editor. You can edit your video right after capturing -- by trimming, re-recording audio and re-generating the Flash movie. The editor is self-explanatory. Double-click the video to show the video editing dialog. When 'Load AVI file in Video Editor' is checked on the AVI file options dialog, the recorded AVI file will be loaded here when recording is complete.
Toolbar
Menu items
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Use the selection slider to make a selection. You can cut the selection, extract video of the selected part, extract image from any frame, and sound of the selected part. Use the play slider to play. You can play the selection part only. The time and frame information is displayed at the top of the dialog.
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ScreenZoom
AutoScreenRecorder ScreenZoom provides a convenient way to enlarge your screen at anytime, to see what's going on on the screen and draw lines and notes on the screen. Just press your ScreenZoom hotkey to enlarge, and you can then draw or highlight it on screen. Press the hotkey again, right-click or Esc to cancel. This can be integrated into your demo, discussion and training sessions, etc.
Setup
Click the hotkey setup button in the "Hotkeys" group on the "From" tab to set up.
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Press these hotkeys to start/stop This group is for setting up the hotkey you press on your keyboard to start or stop zooming the screen. Change the pen color You can press these keys to change the pen color when it's in the ScreenZoom mode. Change the pen width You can press these arrow keys to change the pen width when it's in the ScreenZoom mode. The width is from 2 to 14 pixels.
Technical Support
Email
Click to email support@wisdom-soft.com Note: Registered users can send email to reg_support@wisdom-soft.com with your name and email address included. Registered users take priority in the support queue.
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How to Order
Price List
License Key Multi-license file CD-ROM
When purchasing without the CD-ROM, a license key will be emailed to you after your order is processed.
SINGLE LICENSE
PRICE
US$49.95
AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro
After receiving your order, a manual checking against our registered user database will take place in the next 48 hours. A new license key will be emailed to you after the process if you're a registered user.
PRICE
US$24.95
MULTI-LICENSE
PRICE
US$40.00 US$35.00 US$30.00 US$25.00
AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro, 2-14 licenses (each) AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro, 15-49 licenses (each) AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro, 50-199 licenses (each) AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro, 200-499 licenses (each)
PRICE
US$15.00
For private label/OEM offers and other volume discount rates, please email sales@wisdom-soft.com or
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