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DemoWorks

DemoWorks gives you the power to produce professional quality demonstration videos without programming, multi-media, or graphic design expertise. With DemoWorks, you can record any screen activity -- add narration, captions, and highlights if you wish -- and produce videos in formats such as Flash, WMV, animated GIF, and AVI. And frame-by-frame editing makes "one take" demo creation a reality. DemoWorks is great for producing videos for Help and tutorial materials, Web content for sales and marketing, FAQs and knowledgebase articles, and enhanced bug reporting.

Screen to Demo in Minutes

Watch this movie to see how you can create and publish a demo video in minutes. This video, approximately five minutes long, shows how easy DemoWorks really is.

Community and Professional Editions

ComponentOne DemoWorks™ Professional delivers a complete production experience while DemoWorks Community Edition is suited for basic needs. The table below compares the two and provides links to download the free Community edition or purchase the Professional edition for a low price. Remember, DemoWorks Professional is also available as a bundle with Doc-To-Help.

DemoWorks Community Edition DemoWorks Professional Edition
List Price FREE $200
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Why People Are Choosing DemoWorks

  • FREE Community Edition Available

    FREE Community Edition Available

    DemoWorks Community Edition is available as a free download. Use the Community Edition for light demo needs or to evaluate whether or not you would like to purchase DemoWorks Professional. Download DemoWorks Community Edition today.

  • Produce Videos for Multiple Purposes

    Produce Videos for Multiple Purposes

    DemoWorks is specially designed to allow you to create software demonstrations. Use it to create full Flash or quick animated GIF demonstrations for your Web site, supporting materials for Help and training manuals, online support content, and even enhanced bug reports.

  • Produce the Format You Need

    Produce the Format You Need

    DemoWorks publishes movies in virtually every popular format including Microsoft WMV, Adobe Flash, Microsoft AVI, animated GIF, self-running EXE, and Java.

  • Available in a Convenient Bundle

    You can purchase Doc-To-Help and DemoWorks together as a special bundle for a special price. Learn more about Doc-To-Help. Purchase the Doc-To-Help Enterprise & DemoWorks Bundle.

DemoWorks Features and Highlights

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  • Complete Motion Recording
    Record all visible screen activity, including mouse clicks, cursor movement, keystrokes, animation, and menus. Anything you don’t need can be edited out later.
  • Capture Cursor Movement
    All cursor movement is captured and editable. DemoWorks even adjusts the cursor’s path if you delete or hide frames when editing.
  • Record on Command
    DemoWorks provides three ways to record exactly what you need: record everything (auto-capture), record only selected activity (manual), or record only when something happens (action-based). You also have the option of running DemoWorks in the background so it’s always available when you need it via keyboard shortcuts or mouse click.
  • Multiple Recording Options
    Choose to record a customizable region, application, window, or the entire screen.
  • User-Friendly GUI
    Intuitive interface requires no special multi-media, programming, or IT skills. DemoWorks can be used by anyone.
  • View and Work with Thumbnails
    Review frames at-a-glance in the Thumbnails Panel and perform simple editing tasks, such as delete and hide.
  • Editable Timeline with Layers
    The Timeline Panel provides an overview of how all your movie elements work together. With it, you can review and adjust the timing of frames in your project. You can even drag multiple effects across frames.
  • Add Audio in Real Time, or Whenever You are Ready
    Add audio files containing narration or music. You can add narration that was recorded separately, or recorded in DemoWorks during or after video creation.
  • Narrate During Preview
    DemoWorks is the only application that lets you record a movie and then record narration while you are playing back the preview. This allows you perfect the movie, then add narration. If you make a mistake, simply rewind past the mistake and start recording again. There is no need to re-record the entire script.
  • Hide or Delete Frames with Cursor Motion Auto-Correction
    Hide or delete any frame and DemoWorks will automatically adjust the cursor's path so it looks natural.
  • Customizable Mouse Cursors and Paths
    You can customize the mouse pointer style with any image as well as adjust the cursor's motion on the screen.
  • Stamp a Video with Your Logo or Copyright
    Configure a single Masterframe to display information across the entire movie, such as a logo or message.
  • Adjustable Movie Properties
    Specify the frame rate, audio frequency, sizing and other general movie properties.
  • Built-in Preview Player
    Instantly view your movie in the DemoWorks player before you publish the output. You can even add narration while you watch.
  • Insert Text with or without Captions
    Insert any text in your video, with a caption or without. Choose from a variety of editable caption themes.
  • Insert Images Anywhere
    Insert any image in any frame, such as a product logo.
  • Customizable Highlights
    Use shapes to highlight items on the screen. You can choose the border color, fill color, and size.
  • Fade Effects
    Fade any effect (for example: balloons, captions, or highlights) in and out.
  • Quick Publishing Wizard
    Easy-to-use publishing wizard for setting output preferences.
  • Automatic Email Movie Distribution
    Generate a movie that automatically attaches itself to an email message.
  • File Size Optimization
    DemoWorks can produce very small file sizes for an optimal downloading experience.
  • Customizable Video Size
    Specify the dimensions of the final movie.
  • Create Flash Output
    Generate a Flash (.swf) file with themed navigation bar. DemoWorks integrates with Doc-To-Help to easily integrate these files in your Help projects.
  • Output an EXE with Built-In Player
    Generate a self-running EXE file that can be run on any PC. DemoWorks' own player is used, so no third-party player needs to be installed. This option is great for CD publishing.
  • DemoWorks Exclusive Animated GIFs
    Produce animated GIFs for small movies. These are great when movies need to be short and small in size, for use in Help files or as email attachments. Animated GIFs play automatically; they do not include play, pause, stop controls, but you can set the number of times the movie repeats before stopping.
  • Create Windows-Standard WMV and AVI files
    Produce movies in Windows' standard movie formats.
  • Unique Java Output
    Produce movies in Java format for a Web-browser alternative to Flash. DemoWorks is one of the few tools to offer this output format.

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