Recommended tool for recording screen, adding audio later

Question

I need to create a training video on my MAC (new MAC user). I used to use (gasp!) Flash to produce training videos, and that allowed me to add audio files separately. Like the rest of the world, our company is getting more and more MAC users, so I need to find a new tool to generate a video that is Windows, MAC, and iPad 2 compatible. Since it appears that it's easier to produce something for Windows from a MAC rather than the reverse, I've opted to use my MAC at home to do this project. However, I'm a MAC novice, so I don't have many tools at my disposal, and I'm in unfamiliar territory.
I would LIKE to create a video screen capture, add audio separately, perhaps in segments, do some video editing to correct my mistakes, and perhaps add some text to the video. I need to capture the mouse cursor as well. And of course, I'd like to keep the cost at a minimum. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm currently considering iMovie for editing, but it isn't clear to me if I can capture the screen video and cursor with this tool.
Easy Video Recorder for Mac is another option. Has anyone used this tool? Is there a better option?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance you can provide to this new MAC convert.

Answer 1

Hi eholz1,
The method I favor is not included in
any of your three (3) options. I agree that the "script is
everything", but I generally add audio from that script as a
separate step - after the recording process - as a part of the
routine editing procedure. That works better for me than to narrate
while recording.
I reject out of hand the idea of using a third-party audio
program to separately record audio to be separately
inserted/imported later ... the work involved in synchronizing
audio on the time-line is considerable, and often results in its
own horror stories about editing slide audio timing to correspond
to slide timing of objects and other actions. But maybe that's just
me. But maybe it's not ...
see
this thread
for an example of how screwed up and frustrated you can
become, trying to fit a round peg into a square hole (with all
respect to the author of that thread.
In other news, I see nothing wrong with calling members uh,
members. I respond pretty well to any name that doesn't reference a
body part or function thereof. As a matter of fact, I've even been
called that (right here) from time to time. Sigh. So hard to
generate a little hero worship nowadays - but even so, I think I'll
keep on being me.
Have a nice day!
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