Camtasia is the absolute best screen capture tool for Windows. Period.

We've been using Camtasia for more than 3 years now and blogged about this great tool several times.

The latest version, Camtasia 5 (released March 2008) is soooooo much better than version 4 it's not even funny -

* Less settings to mess with
* Better quality
* Faster processing time
* Sexy animations

Screen captures with Camtasia are super easy to produce. We have a client who sends us video captures explaining the new features & changes he'd like to see implemented, every single day!

For best results:

* When selecting capture area, use a 610 width, 517 height
* Produce as SWF
* Don't include browser scroll bars and toolbars as part of the capture area

If you're looking for an easy way to do screen captures, test drive Camtasia 5. You'll fall in love with it.

Important things I found:

* Resize video to: 610 width and 400 height

* Use headsets with a microphone. Click on your system tray volume icon, then click on advanced under microphone and turn on Microphone boost

* When producing the video, choose 'Custom Production settings'

* Use ExpressShow template

* Encode Audio as MP3, 22.050Khz Mono, 32Kbits/sec

* Encode Video as SWF, No JPEG compression, Compressed SWF