Meet Vesone Dean , 2012 ScreenChamp Audience Choice Winner

Take a guy who was studying pre-med, who wanted to be more creative, but ended up doing tech support for a software company, and then give him a shot at creating an important video and what do you get? Vesone Dean , the 2012 Audience Choice winner of the ScreenChamp awards. Vesone says before making his ScreenChamp entry, he had played with editing sports clips he found online, but hadn't put together other videos. Evanced Solutions, the company Vesone works for, was about to launch a new version Continue reading

[UPDATED with winners list] Join us live at 2pm – ScreenChamp Awards show

UPDATED 5:20pm ET - View the recording of The Forge below. Can't see the embedded video? Watch it on YouTube. ScreenChamp Award 2012 Winners! Best in Show: Vesone Dean, What is SignUp?  EDU category: Valerie Pennington, Anatomical Terms of Direction and Planes of Section Sales & Marketing category: Nino Paglia, Mantic - RealeFlow Tutorial & Training category: Ron Hogue, Top Five-ish Screencast Tips Wildcard category: Mel Aclaro, Best Screen Capture Software Series Continue reading

Meet the judges for the Screencast Awards

December 13 on the Forge we're going to be diving into the ScreenChamp Awards and revealing the winners! The show goes live at 2PM EST here (add to your calendar ). If you can't make it, don't worry, we'll be posting the recording on our blog and on our YouTube Channel. Click here to view the live stream at 2pm ET   ScreenChamp Judges Helping us out this year are 3 fantastic judges. They are reviewing each of the finalist videos, and helping us pick the winners. Let's meet the judges: Rushton Continue reading

Vote Now for ScreenChamp Award Best in Show

Here in the US, the election frenzy has finally died down. Now it's time to move on to matters of supreme global importance...like choosing the top screencast video to win this year's ScreenChamp Award - Best in Show! A team of TechSmithies screened and scored all 153 entries to find the cream of the crop. Now it's your turn to watch these 16 best videos and vote for your favorite. Vote now! Unlike a political election (ahem), in this contest you can vote early and vote often! That's right, Continue reading

ScreenChamp Awards – Last chance to win a Canon T3i DSLR camera!

The deadline is looming! Do not delay, the time to submit your screencast is now! Put your screencasting chops to work, sift through your best work from the past year, or make your first-ever screencast and trust beginner’s luck. Doesn’t matter when you created it, for what purpose, or what tools you used…we want to see your entry for the 2nd annual ScreenChamp Awards! You could win some SUH-WEEET prizes and a custom-crafted trophy. Submission deadline is Monday, October 15th at 5pm EST. (See Continue reading

Don McAllister, Behind the Scenes, and ScreenChamp Awards

Ready, Set, GO! UPDATE:The recording of today's show is now posted on YouTube: http://youtu.be/0wl7QVzcMYs Another summer has come and gone, which is great because that means it's time for our next episode of the Forge. The show is looking good—we have 3 awesome segments. Join us for the live show at 2 PM (EST) on Thursday, September 13th. Add it to your calendar!  Coming in this episode... First we're talking with Don McAllister. Don has been making screencasts since 2005, when he formed Continue reading

Congratulations ScreenChamps!

Introducing...our 2011 ScreenChamps! Be sure to watch the full episode of The Forge for in-depth comments from the judges on what they thought worked well and could be improved across each category. There was also some good conversation in the chat room. And you can still view all 15 finalist videos if you haven't seen them yet. Entertainment Category Winner Backyard FX FINALE Sword Stab Tutorial Creator Garrett Fallin, Grand Island, NY Audience Film, TV, and Video editors, creators, Continue reading