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November 19th, 2009 | Posted in Screencasts 6 Comments »
One of Flare’s shortcomings is the inability to easily embed video files. However, if you use the Camtasia Studio’s Express Show format as your video format (and you choose the SWF option), you can insert the video into Flare by inserting the video as if it were a picture. Here’s a two-minute screencast showing the processing for inserting a video into Flare. You can also put the video in a drop-down hotspot.
Tags: embedding video, Flare, multmedia, Screencasts, swf, video tutorials
Very useful advice, Tom! Thanks.
That’s great.
As a Flare and Camtasia user, that’s really useful to know about.
Thanks Tom.
Thanks for commenting, Alistair. Nice to hear from you.
Tom, great idea. Thanks for sharing. I need to find something similar for Author-IT now…
This has got to be first MadCap Flare video on YouTube!
Tom, thanks for sharing. But I suppose you can also drag and drop the video, preferably .swf (generated through any tool Camtasia, Mimic, or Captivate)from the videos listed in the left navigation pane in Flare.
Also, I suppose as and when a video is included in the flare project, the video is listed in the left navigation pane, which makes it easier to drag and drop. This is applicable in both normal display and drop-down hot spot.