Video Quality using Adobe Captivate

Hello All,
I was wondering what the highest quality video that Captivate can capture is?
In researching it, it references Standard, Optimized, JPEG and High Quality.  I was just wondering if someone knew what the dimensions actually are and if it can capture in HD quality?
I am in the process of choosing a screen capture software.  There are a lot out there, and by far Captivate is the most expensive.  However having purchased the Master Collection from Adobe and liking all the software content within I thought this software could be useful for my screen capture needs.
However if the level of video capture is not better than say Camtasia I don't see the point in purchasing it as opposed to Camtasia.
Thank You!

You can create high quality capture content in Captivate at almost any screen resolution you want.  Full HD is around 1900x1080 pixels and if your screen resolution is big enough, Captivate can capture at that size, though your resulting file size will be fairly huge.  For YouTube Widescreen HD you can capture at 1280x720. 
At this precise moment in time, Camtasia does indeed have the edge over Captivate in terms of full motion video capture.  If FMV is all that you want to use for training content or presentation, and interactivity is not required, nor do you need powerful assessment functionality, AND you have to make a decision about buying a tool right now, then Camtasia might be a good choice.  However, if you do need to create interactive content, with SCORM assessable content for LMS delivery, then Captivate is still the best choice.
Even as far as FMV, if you can hang off a little while until Captivate 6...

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