What do you use to make YouTube videos and the like?

[Garrett Williamson]

Screenflow. Although I'd love to pick up Adobe After Effects to make my music videos look a little nicer. <3 particle effects

Screenflow is a computer visual capture software...

[Argle]

so... um... if I wanted to make simple Youtube videos without an overwhelming GUI, what is the best program? Preferably free or cheap? I have access to Premier Pro 5 but it's, like, way too complicated for me.

[timaeus222]

so... um... if I wanted to make simple Youtube videos without an overwhelming GUI, what is the best program? Preferably free or cheap? I have access to Premier Pro 5 but it's, like, way too complicated for me.

I guess you could try Windows Movie Maker with the HD rendering plugins for "simple YouTube videos". Both items are free.

[Ryan Jobson]

Screenflow is a computer visual capture software...

Yes it is, but you can also edit your video with screenflow, detach audio, add text and other visual enhancements. Not only does it record your screen, but it records the computer's sound too. Great for tutorials.