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BB FlashBack Pro

June 13, 2016 by Laurie Parker
Categories: Multimedia
Availability: Labs | Contact CLAS IT
Comparable: Camtasia Studio, Expression Encoder, Screencast-O-Matic, ScreenFlow

BB FlashbackBB FlashBack Pro is a Windows screen recording program that allows the user to record a window,  region, or their full screen. Keystrokes are also recorded and displayed.

The recording can then be annotated with text effects, drawings, highlights, interactive buttons, arrows, and transitions. Editing options include frame-by-frame video editing, multi-track audio editing, and the ability to even out volume in a movie.

Available effects are start and end titles, magnifying a part of the movie, localization, support for multiple languages in movies, and export/import translations or translated text.

Movies can be exported to Flash, AVI, MPEG4, WMV, GIF, QuickTime (H264), PPT or EXE file formats.

BB FlashBack Pro is only for the Windows platform.

Tags: tutorial

SmartDraw

April 04, 2016 by Laurie Parker
Categories: Design & VisualizationProductivity & Utility

Availability: 7 day free trial or purchase a license
Comparable: Visio, Dia, Google Drawing

SmartDraw logoSmartDraw is a diagramming tool that can be used to create flowcharts, org charts, mind maps, and floor plans. Users can create graph-based, chart-based, or schematic diagrams.

SmartDraw integrates with Microsoft Office. With just a click, drawings can be sent to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook. It’s also compatible with Visio, allowing the user to import existing Visio files and continue work in SmartDraw.

SmartDraw Cloud allows users to create and edit diagrams in their web browser, whether they are on Windows or Mac.

There’s a 7 day free trial available for both the browser-based or desktop version.

 

Tags: flowchartvector

GraphPad Prism

April 01, 2016 by Laurie Parker
Categories: Analysis & Modeling

GraphPad Prism logoAvailability: Department of Biological Sciences — Contact biologyhelp@uncc.edu to request your departmental license.

Comparable: R

GraphPad Prism combines scientific graphing, comprehensive curve fitting (nonlinear regression), understandable statistics, and data organization. The software was originally designed for experimental biologists in medical schools and drug companies, but is now used by all kinds of biologists, social, and physical scientists to analyze, graph and present their graphical data.

Prism can create highly-customizable graphs that can be exported as high-resolution image files for publications, PowerPoint presentations, Web sites, Word documents, and more.

GraphPad Prism is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers.

 

Tags: statistics