PicNTell: a camcorder metaphor for screen recording

ABSTRACT

PicNTell is a new technique for generating compelling screencasts where users can quickly record desktop activities and generate videos that are embeddable on popular video sharing distributions such as YouTube®. While standard video editing and screen capture tools are useful for some editing tasks, they have two main drawbacks: (1) they require users to import and organize media in a separate interface, and (2) they do not support natural (or camcorder-like) screen recording, and instead usually require the user to define a specific region or window to record. In this paper we review current screen recording use, and present the PicNTell system, pilot studies, and a new six degree-of-freedom tracker we are developing in response to our findings.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: Input devices and strategies (e.g., mouse, touchscreen)

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
multimedia recording and playback, natural input, screencasting