actually it was Dwayne524's idea, but thank you anyway.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f116/cool-s...d-have-239345/

i downloaded and used the jing project. it was really cool and easy to use, created high quality videos too. however the hosting at screencast was only free until april, i didnt want to have to pay for it after that.

so i found http://camstudio.org/. this is a free screen recording program. very easy to use with some more advanced options. the default worked okay for me but, as always, i had to change some settings. also its compatible with a variety of video and audio codecs.

i find the quality after uploading to youtube, to be less than desirable, especially a full screen video. i did a few trials converting with Super Converter, to adjust the video bitrate and frame resolution. it looked great on my computer but still looked blurry when uploaded.

still open for more topic suggestions.

troy