Ask HN: demo video do's and don't's

Posted by lunaru on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @04:57AM
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Just about every app homepage these days has a teaser/demo video showing off the goods. I'm about ready to make videos for a couple of my apps, and I'm wondering what are some "best-practices"?

- What software should I use to record the video? - Which video host is best? blip.tv? vimeo? - How long is the ideal video? - Voice narration or graphic pop-ups? - Anything else you can think of?

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Re:Ask HN: demo video do's and don't's by fp on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:21AM (#391401)

A very important point is comprehensibility of any voice and readability of all the text in your video. Some demo videos I've seen are not too great at these.

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Re:Ask HN: demo video do's and don't's by neovive on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:43AM (#391425)

I would suggest also offering an alternative screen tour as well. Since not everyone will have sound enabled or speakers on -- especially in offices.

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