[thelist] alternative to Adobe Captivate 3?

[John Dowdell]

Roger Harness wrote:
> At work I've been tasked to create some simple tutorials that we'll hopefully
> be putting on our intranet site. After doing a bit of research and testing
> a few simple(?) apps (Cam Studio, Camtasia Studio, etc.), I downloaded the
> 30-day trial of Adobe Captivate 3, and absolutey ADORE it! Does anyone
> happen to know of any open-source software that even comes close to all
> the bells and whistles/etc. that Captivate has?

Captivate does have many fans -- it's sort of an open secret, particularly in education and enterprise. But if you're looking for third-party and opensource SWF captures, then OSFlash.org has many projects in development, and SWFTools.com lists a variety of different offerings.

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