SmartPixel is a screen recorder and video editor for Windows. With D3D recording technology, you record what you see.
Today Giveaway of the Day is a Demo 16 for one year.(Buy licenses and upgrade to Smartpixel Pro to enjoy more privileges -). Program is not worth the hassle anyway, when there are so many other options, free and paid, with 1-3 PC licenses!!!! Smart move GAOTD, and SmartPixel. We pass on this too.
In addition, SmartPixel provides you with powerful and rich video post-editing functionalities, which include video clipping, merging, dubbing and any other useful features as you can imagine. Those functions make it more accessible to create extraordinary videos. It's born for games, but not just for games, now it has been widely used in making tutorial videos, webcam videos as well as home videos all across the globe. It's one of the best easy-to-use YouTube video editing softwares.
Please note: the program includes a 1-year license. One user can get only one registration code for one IP address. #27 For the GOTD forum members who have had problems registering or making this giveaway software work, perhaps they can consider a freeware alternative. NBXsoft Free Screen Recorder I just used this to do a screen video capture (user selectable region) choosing any of the video codecs already installed in my PC. I chose Microsoft Mpeg-4 codec V1. Audio codec is MP3. Result of screen capture (avi file)on playback is good and sharp video with clear synchronised sound.
Hot Keys are F8 (start) and F9 (stop) To cancel press (Esc). You can change the hot keys if you want to. The defaults are just fine for me. Click the wheel icon (General Options) and then select Set Fixed Region to fix the area on the screen you wish to capture video from. For the GOTD forum members who have had problems registering or making this giveaway software work, perhaps they can consider a freeware alternative.
NBXsoft Free Screen Recorder I just used this to do a screen video capture (user selectable region) choosing any of the video codecs already installed in my PC. I chose Microsoft Mpeg-4 codec V1. Audio codec is MP3. Result of screen capture (avi file)on playback is good and sharp video with clear synchronised sound.
Hot Keys are F8 (start) and F9 (stop) To cancel press (Esc). You can change the hot keys if you want to. The defaults are just fine for me.
Click the wheel icon (General Options) and then select Set Fixed Region to fix the area on the screen you wish to capture video from. #23 I have thrown out ALL my screenrecorder software after I discovered the totally free OBS. It let’s me record everything I want to record, even things that NO OTHER screenrecorder wnats to record. It is officially a streaming software and is widely used by the gaming community to stream to twitch. You want to record a desktop.
Noproblem, you want to record a progrram no problem, you want to record one of those “unrecordable” flashvideos. No problem, you want to record your playrix.alawar game (which almost no current gmmaerecorder can handle) no problem. I have thrown out ALL my screenrecorder software after I discovered the totally free OBS. It let’s me record everything I want to record, even things that NO OTHER screenrecorder wnats to record. It is officially a streaming software and is widely used by the gaming community to stream to twitch. You want to record a desktop. Noproblem, you want to record a progrram no problem, you want to record one of those “unrecordable” flashvideos.
No problem, you want to record your playrix.alawar game (which almost no current gmmaerecorder can handle) no problem. #21 Will not run for me. I installed to c: utilities directory instead of the default location. When I tried to run it I received a dialogue box with the following message: Error at hooking API 'LdrFindResourceU' Dumpiing first 32 bytes: 8B FF 55 8B EC F6 05 89 03 FE 7F 01 0F 85 59 49 04 00 56 FF 75 14 6A 00 FF 75 10 FF 75 0C FF 75. I then installed to the default directory and still received the same dialogue box. I have an ACER Aspire 5733Z-4851 w/4GB DDR3 Memory, 500GB HD, Intel Pentium P6100 running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit). I am running in a 'sandbox' using Returnil.
Too much of a bother to try any troubleshooting for a program that would rarely be used anyway. Will not run for me. I installed to c: utilities directory instead of the default location. When I tried to run it I received a dialogue box with the following message: Error at hooking API 'LdrFindResourceU' Dumpiing first 32 bytes: 8B FF 55 8B EC F6 05 89 03 FE 7F 01 0F 85 59 49 04 00 56 FF 75 14 6A 00 FF 75 10 FF 75 0C FF 75. I then installed to the default directory and still received the same dialogue box. I have an ACER Aspire 5733Z-4851 w/4GB DDR3 Memory, 500GB HD, Intel Pentium P6100 running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit).
I am running in a 'sandbox' using Returnil. Too much of a bother to try any troubleshooting for a program that would rarely be used anyway. Thumbs Down. #19 I've never had the problems others have had in the many times I've installed software from Giveaway.com, until now.
I have simple criteria for software before I try it: no watermarks or ridiculous limits on trials and professional installation process, IE: functioning and without hoops to jump through. If a company can't even have a functioning registration procees they aren't worth the time to try their product, free or not. Therefore, Smartpixel is outta here. There are too many other products like this out there for this amount of hassel. I've never had the problems others have had in the many times I've installed software from Giveaway.com, until now.
I have simple criteria for software before I try it: no watermarks or ridiculous limits on trials and professional installation process, IE: functioning and without hoops to jump through. If a company can't even have a functioning registration procees they aren't worth the time to try their product, free or not. Therefore, Smartpixel is outta here.
There are too many other products like this out there for this amount of hassel. #15 I have thrown out ALL my screenrecorder software after I discovered the totally free OBS. It let's me record everything I want to record, even things that NO OTHER screenrecorder wnats to record. It is officially a streaming software and is widely used by the gaming community to stream to twitch. You want to record a desktop.
Noproblem, you want to record a progrram. No problem, you want to record one of those 'unrecordable' flashvideos. No problem, you want to record your playrix.alawar game (which almost no current gmmaerecorder can handle).
You can set up how you want to have the output look before you even start recording. You can add text and images WHILE recording (granted, you need to make some preperations first) Downloaded it, tried it.never looked back. I have thrown out ALL my screenrecorder software after I discovered the totally free OBS. It let's me record everything I want to record, even things that NO OTHER screenrecorder wnats to record. It is officially a streaming software and is widely used by the gaming community to stream to twitch. You want to record a desktop.
Noproblem, you want to record a progrram. No problem, you want to record one of those 'unrecordable' flashvideos. No problem, you want to record your playrix.alawar game (which almost no current gmmaerecorder can handle). You can set up how you want to have the output look before you even start recording. You can add text and images WHILE recording (granted, you need to make some preperations first) Downloaded it, tried it.never looked back. #11 I got a 1-year trial of v.3.0 over a year ago because I try every video editor I can find. Concerning the video editing portion I'll say two things.
#1: This is the most difficult to understand software I've ever seen, not that it doesn't work, I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work correctly. #2: It has some of the most interesting features for an inexpensive editor I've seen - like variable slo-mo. So, I will install this (if they'll allow it) and 'do battle' once more, hoping they have made it easier. Because I really want some of the unusual abilities and if I can get it to work, I'll buy it. I got a 1-year trial of v.3.0 over a year ago because I try every video editor I can find. Concerning the video editing portion I'll say two things.
#1: This is the most difficult to understand software I've ever seen, not that it doesn't work, I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work correctly. #2: It has some of the most interesting features for an inexpensive editor I've seen - like variable slo-mo. So, I will install this (if they'll allow it) and 'do battle' once more, hoping they have made it easier.
Because I really want some of the unusual abilities and if I can get it to work, I'll buy it. If you're after an intuitive editor, give one of the Vegas versions a try - from time to time you can find different home versions for cheap or even free after MIR. The editor in Nero or Nero Platinum isn't bad, & when they're running sales the current Plat.
Version goes for around $35, or free after rebate - old versions are sometimes on sale in the $18 range. Corel Video Studio Pro is another one that's sometimes heavily discounted, especially just before a new version is released - I've seen it for $15-$30. Lots of people use Adobe's Premiere Elements, though the only times I've seen it cheaper is bundled with P/Shop Elements. Shotcut & VirtualDub & Wax are free, & there's a free version of Lightworks. You can also get DaVinci Resolve free, though like Lightworks there's a bit of a learning curve. There are more of course, but these are ones I've used & don't hesitate to recommend others give them a try if they want. That said, the correct way to do slow motion is to shoot it at a sometimes much higher fps than normal - then you have the actual frames you need when you play it at normal fps.
If you start with video at a normal fps, to maintain a normal fps in your finished video when using for example 1/2 the original frame rate, you have to generate in between frames - there is no great way to do that. Photo/video morphing apps let you mark areas of the picture to move, & that can help, but generally the results are not going to match the original sharpness & clarity by any means. At any rate, just a quick word of warning so you don't spend too much time & effort on something when you may not be happy with the results. For just playing around with slow motion you can always try shooting the video with your cell or tablet - Google & you'll see apps just for that. If you're after an intuitive editor, give one of the Vegas versions a try - from time to time you can find different home versions for cheap or even free after MIR.
The editor in Nero or Nero Platinum isn't bad, & when they're running sales the current Plat. Version goes for around $35, or free after rebate - old versions are sometimes on sale in the $18 range.
Corel Video Studio Pro is another one that's sometimes heavily discounted, especially just before a new version is released - I've seen it for $15-$30. Lots of people use Adobe's Premiere Elements, though the only times I've seen it cheaper is bundled with P/Shop Elements. Shotcut & VirtualDub & Wax are free, & there's a free version of Lightworks.
You can also get DaVinci Resolve free, though like Lightworks there's a bit of a learning curve. There are more of course, but these are ones I've used & don't hesitate to recommend others give them a try if they want. That said, the correct way to do slow motion is to shoot it at a sometimes much higher fps than normal - then you have the actual frames you need when you play it at normal fps. If you start with video at a normal fps, to maintain a normal fps in your finished video when using for example 1/2 the original frame rate, you have to generate in between frames - there is no great way to do that. Photo/video morphing apps let you mark areas of the picture to move, & that can help, but generally the results are not going to match the original sharpness & clarity by any means. At any rate, just a quick word of warning so you don't spend too much time & effort on something when you may not be happy with the results. For just playing around with slow motion you can always try shooting the video with your cell or tablet - Google & you'll see apps just for that.
#1 I shouldn't have said 'automatically' on the update. I had to click OK on the popup, of course. One annoying thing this software 'automatically' did (at lleast in v.3.0) is entrench itself in all kinds of file associations. I'm STILL trying to weed out a couple of them and I'm pretty good at that kind of thing.
#2 Too late, Mike. I've already spent hundreds of hours playing around with cheap A/V software. #3 There is no HELP file for this program, only a link to a forum which is laden with propaganda.
#1 I shouldn't have said 'automatically' on the update. I had to click OK on the popup, of course. One annoying thing this software 'automatically' did (at lleast in v.3.0) is entrench itself in all kinds of file associations. I'm STILL trying to weed out a couple of them and I'm pretty good at that kind of thing.
#2 Too late, Mike. I've already spent hundreds of hours playing around with cheap A/V software. #3 There is no HELP file for this program, only a link to a forum which is laden with propaganda. Changing the ip is correct, though I'm not sure how many will bother, or if that's a workable situation. The easiest way AFAIK is to use the TOR browser, but that'll work for the 1st person the 1st time, then you'll start to run into the same problem - the ip for each exit node can only be used once, same as your real ip. If you have cable broadband, you can use Google/Bing to find out how to force a new ip from your ISP, but that's often not something that happens instantly, & may for many people be more hassle than it's worth. Or you can find & use a proxy, though again you wind up with the same problem as with Tor - each exit node can only be used once.
Changing the ip is correct, though I'm not sure how many will bother, or if that's a workable situation. The easiest way AFAIK is to use the TOR browser, but that'll work for the 1st person the 1st time, then you'll start to run into the same problem - the ip for each exit node can only be used once, same as your real ip. If you have cable broadband, you can use Google/Bing to find out how to force a new ip from your ISP, but that's often not something that happens instantly, & may for many people be more hassle than it's worth.
Or you can find & use a proxy, though again you wind up with the same problem as with Tor - each exit node can only be used once. #6 Following Readme.txt instructions, I go to the page & fill in my name & the coupon code - It keeps telling me either there's an error on the page or to select a package (1 year is selected.) I tried deselecting/reselecting, reloading the page, using an alternate e-mail (maybe it doesn't like gmail), including the space before and the period after the coupon code (variously) and yes, the box at the bottom is checked.
To be honest though, I've used (paid for) SnagIt for a long time and this SmartPixel doesn't sound interesting enough to fret over any further. I generally figure that a publisher with a registration portal that I can't easily get through, probably isn't who I want to deal with anyway. The publisher might want to look at what's happening because although I might be the only one to have this problem so far, it might discourage someone who's interested in buying. Following Readme.txt instructions, I go to the page & fill in my name & the coupon code - It keeps telling me either there's an error on the page or to select a package (1 year is selected.) I tried deselecting/reselecting, reloading the page, using an alternate e-mail (maybe it doesn't like gmail), including the space before and the period after the coupon code (variously) and yes, the box at the bottom is checked. To be honest though, I've used (paid for) SnagIt for a long time and this SmartPixel doesn't sound interesting enough to fret over any further. I generally figure that a publisher with a registration portal that I can't easily get through, probably isn't who I want to deal with anyway.
The publisher might want to look at what's happening because although I might be the only one to have this problem so far, it might discourage someone who's interested in buying. #4 Got the one-year code and activated the program successfully.;-) The wizard is very neat incl editor, recorder and webcam.
The default video file is FLV so I can upload the recorded video to my YouTube at one go. I just finished a round of my game and burnt the recorded video to the homemade DVD disc with this giveaway and freeware dvd authoring tool, WinX DVD Author. These two easy-to-use programs make wonders and strongly recommended for me. The only catch is that if you want to use the watermark feature, you have to upgrade to the full version. Got the one-year code and activated the program successfully.;-) The wizard is very neat incl editor, recorder and webcam. The default video file is FLV so I can upload the recorded video to my YouTube at one go. I just finished a round of my game and burnt the recorded video to the homemade DVD disc with this giveaway and freeware dvd authoring tool, WinX DVD Author (These two easy-to-use programs make wonders and strongly recommended for me.
The only catch is that if you want to use the watermark feature, you have to upgrade to the full version. #3 Comment by vanierstein - And what happens at the end of the one-year period?? I guess we have to fork out $16 (£11). Still free for one year though. Downloaded, installed to Windows 7 and activated without problems, other than it has a non resizable screen, small, white on black. Cost of more powerful specs likely to be more than cost of software. Coincidentally, I've been trying out screen recorders recently for one that suits my purpose, so I'll be giving this a good work out in the hope that it suits me - info on that later with luck.
Thanks to GAOTD, and SmartPixel. Comment by vanierstein - And what happens at the end of the one-year period?? I guess we have to fork out $16 (£11). Still free for one year though. Downloaded, installed to Windows 7 and activated without problems, other than it has a non resizable screen, small, white on black. Cost of more powerful specs likely to be more than cost of software. Coincidentally, I've been trying out screen recorders recently for one that suits my purpose, so I'll be giving this a good work out in the hope that it suits me - info on that later with luck.
Thanks to GAOTD, and SmartPixel. Not had a chance to install this yet but seeing that this is timeware, one has to wonder if you block it from phoning home after it's registered if it will continue to work past 1 year as a full version. When I get home tonight, I think I'll install it, block it, advanced pc's date by 2 years and see if it still works.
Alot of trouble but past experience with this kind of software is just block it from egressing from your PC and it continues to work. If it HAS to phone home each time you use it, then there's another issue and a death sentance for this software as being useful for everyone. Just a thought. Not had a chance to install this yet but seeing that this is timeware, one has to wonder if you block it from phoning home after it's registered if it will continue to work past 1 year as a full version. When I get home tonight, I think I'll install it, block it, advanced pc's date by 2 years and see if it still works.
Alot of trouble but past experience with this kind of software is just block it from egressing from your PC and it continues to work. If it HAS to phone home each time you use it, then there's another issue and a death sentance for this software as being useful for everyone. Just a thought.