There are several ways to record/make a video using different software. Some of the most popular methods are shown below.
Free Screen Video Recorder
A compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions.
You can choose to save captures to file, clipboard or print them out directly from the program window.
Built-in editing tools include basic functions like resizing, cropping and rotating.
Free Screen Video Recorder saves video files as AVI and image files in BMP, JPEG, GIF, TGA or PNG formats.
Free Screen Video Recorder contains no spyware or adware. It’s clearly free and absolutely safe to install and run.
HyperCam
The program captures the action from your Windows screen and saves it to an AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file. Sounds from your system microphone are also recorded.
HyperCam supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes (It is really great for creating automated software demos and software training!). You can also select Frame rate and compression quality prior to recording your movie.
UVScreenCamera
Using UVScreenCamera you can easily create animated demos or tutorials by recording your computer’s desktop activity, including all mouse movements, window graphics, mouse clicks and everything else you see on screen.
Recorded clips are stored into UVF, EXE, SWF or AVI movie files, streaming just 30 to 400 KB per minute.
How to use UVScreenCamera:
1. Run UVScreenCamera
2. Show everything that you want user to see
3. Stop UVScreenCamera
4. Save your film as UVF, EXE, AVI, SWF, FLV, GIF-animation
Debut Video Capture
Debut video capture software is designed to be very easy and intuitive to use, giving you the ability to record essentially any video by capturing video from a webcam, your screen, or a video input device, such as a VHS recorder, within minutes of downloading.
Screencast-O-Matic
One-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for free!
Just click on the button to start recording.
Or you can download an application that you can launch from your Start menu.
