Well well, work hard to install and compare.

Dear Gaieus,i have downloaded in time Wondershare DemoCreator you've kindly pointed on.
I'm now going to speak about the various possibilities to make video tuts:
Wondershare DemoCreator _ Wink _ Camstudio_ Aviscreen Classic _ AutoScreen Recorder V3.0 Free _ and, Camtasia v3 (i have found on Ebay).

Wondershare DemoCreator Works the same way as Wink. They take screen snapshots mixed with a moving pointer and various possibilities to put text and so on. WD versus Wink: Wink does the job as well, perhaps better because it is more flexible. And Wink is free. They are good to do some kind of job we can insert in a tutorial, but for the first matter which is to capture moving objects on Sketchup screen, they are out.

Other softs take real avi videos on what happens on screen. Camstudio, Aviscreen Classic are free, simple and work intelligently but::: pictures quality detail are not enough good and lack of fluidity. AutoScreen Recorder V3.0 Free gives better quality results, but:: this free version clamp lot of things: no sound, no editor,etc... So, with regret, i take it before the other two.
If i summarize, we can compose a tutorial pack with: Wink + AutoScreen Recorder(thanks Howard L') + VirtualDub or AviSplit (to assembl avi files).

And i have now Camtasia3. It is far far ahead for others. And::: And I do not know how they can do that but the files that result weigh ten times less!! So:: good saving money( for a buying opportunity).

;-)simonlebon

This is a real full version. You may run Activate.exe before make the install with Setup.exe
This is the readme.txt included in the downloaded zip file:

*Installation

Unzip the package you`ve downloaded and run the activation program
Activate.exe which is included in the package, then run Setup.exe to
install the software.

You have to install it before the Giveaway offer for the software is over.

Terms and conditions

Please note that the software you download and install during
the Giveaway period comes with the following important limitations:

1. No free technical support
2. No free upgrades to future versions
3. Strictly non-commercial usage*

o+o=simonlebon

Sorry BooFredlay,
I havn't made the first thing we must do each time we post something: searching for similar purpose. Everything is already in your Animusic - Pipe Dream. ...
Happy we share the same taste for that sort of work. ++simonlebon

Ps: perhaps you will like this (havn't search yet on the forum) Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen
awesome human beatbox "Lasse Gjertsen"
Giovanni Sollima - Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) PART 1
(absolutly nothing to do with SketchUp)

Ok i have downloaded it in time. I'm now going to try the various possibilities to make video tuts:
Wondershare DemoCreator _ Wink _ Camstudio_ Aviscreen Classic, etc.. and i shall tell about. :-)slb

Hope i shall be at home before midnight to download and install this Wondershare DemoCreator. Thanks a lot dear johnsenior1973 for sharing this info..
;-)simonlebon

yes we are little bit far from SkectchUp with this 3D musical video. This is the reason why i come here in the corner bar. This work has simply let me "on my knees". Has far i can understand, this is a real machine which is doing pictures from music.
Animusic - 05 - Pipe Dream
Pipe dream _ Wikipedia
Animusic _ Wikipedia

I leave this to your judgement... simonlebon

Can't try anything for few days, but i'm listening to you. Very interesting to see that there is no common solution, but everyone with his own.

Searching the web seeded by your comments, i've seen Camtasia probably the best tool, and i've missed the free v3.
I have also heard of open source Camstudio,
Captivate from Adobe
and seem's to be a promising free soft: Jing a Thai open source application written in Java..?

to be followed +++to everybody :-)slb.

Hi folks,

SketchUp videos tuts are very common on YouTube, and i've no idea on how i can make one.
Perhaps i'm the only one who don't know! Well, if someone could tell me the better way, it would be very kind...

                        ;-)simonlebon

Additional fun in gothic travel:

Have found this excellent tut from Jean Lemire on 3D Warehouse:
Arche gothique par Jean (Johnny) Lemire
;-)slb.

Dear Whaat,

Coming at the end. Havn't followed the exciting story of Subdivide's development..Regrets.
It is Solo Curtains which decided me to download your ruby script from Smustard because there is here some kind of shape i have recently deeply fight to obtain with SU.

Good stuff indeed!!
But! -- it's a complex set of tools, and even if i have watched carefully the videos tuts
Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Part1
Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Part2
And also:
SCREENCAST.COM SubD2_Chair
SCREENCAST.COM Pilow
(english is not ma native language and is not so easy for me to understand)i feel a bit lost. I really need, perhaps not a complete UserGuide but at least a reference QuickCard would be very welcome.

Regards, simonlebon

Dear Remus,

i have watched carefully those videos you tell me about:

Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Part1
Subdivide and Smooth Tutorial Part2

And:
SCREENCAST.COM SubD2_Chair
SCREENCAST.COM Pilow

Ok, i have understood the overall functioning, but i must tell that i "rest on my hunger" (french expression). We would really need need at least a reference quickcard to exploit Subdivide and Smooth finely.

Dear Solo,

Your curtains have decided me to download whaat's Subdivide and Smooth from Smustard.
Unfortunatly, it has come without any UserGuide >gasp! i am searching for it for a pair of hours and havn't found. I'm looking on some videos, but it's not enough. Do you kown if exists one and where?

Too late for the "happy birthday", but with my friendship, simon.

Making of

The Grid
GP_TheGrid.skpDivShare__GP_TheGrid.skp

The Flower
DivShare__GP_TheFlower.skp

Flowers in the Grid
GP_FlowerIntheGrid.skpDivShare__GP_FlowerIntheGrid.skp

The DoubleEye
GP_TheDoubleEye.skpDivShare__GP_TheDoubleEye.skp

The Waread and the boxe
DivShare__GP_TheWaread.skp

The Panel
DivShare__GP_ThePanel.skp

The wooden panel
DivShare__GP_woodpanel.skp

Tips and ruby scripts i've used

• You want a shape "on the floor" ?: Select it, Cut it (Ctrl+X), or Copy it (Ctrl+C), pickup the Move tool And Glue it (Ctrl+V) where you want: it's on the default floor..

-in cleaning job it's usefull to show hidden geometry

-you want a single shape in its 4 directions: put a construction point on it axis, select the shape, use rotate tool inferenced to this point, holding down Ctrl key to copy it,rotate it a quarter, and tape x3 in the VCB(value control box).

-it's difficult to work on multilevel lines, project them on a face with Didier Bur's Projection tools.

-use eraser tool to select easily a bunch of lines:
Quick select edges using the eraser tool!

-Cleaning is a really hard work, don't forget this technic:
Searching the better way to split a shape in two.

And with a very special thanks to our strong rubymakers who made so necessary additionnal tools to SketchUp: Here are the tools i have used in this work:

Weld v.3.0 by Rick Wilson
to fixe broken curves and make faces

Mirror_31.rb by TIG
Mirrors geometry at plane, line or point.

Arc Centerpoint by Jim
Right-click an arc or circle to insert its centerpoint into the model.

Construction Line Tool by Jim (so handy)

CurveStitcher v.2.2 by Rick Wilson
Create edges & faces between two selected curves

skin Version 2.2 D. Belvin
A tool that takes selected edges and connects them, weither they are a closed loop or not.

Dome 1.0 (for the pistil) by Frank Wiesner
constructs a dome based on a circle (and interior)

At last but not least: you can't pass over

Projection tools v6 by Didier Bur

Joint Push Pull - Visual Edition by Fredo6

Without forget (!)
Bezierspline Update 2.0 by Fedo6 (and additional Bezier Segmentor)
How much it is as an integral tools pack of SketchUp

What can i say more, just this: Dear SketchUp Community, you are so friendly, i like you.
Zigmünd the good.

Dear Jean,

Here is if you want SU6_UserGuide_Fr.pdf. I'm using the same for my part the english version when i have to explain or understand something.

;-)simonlebon/zigmündisgood

Dear all,

I am particularly touched by your comments that I have learned a lot from almost each of you along those last months

;-)slb

The idea of this work comes from one of the (splendid) tuts of our DaveR on Fine WoodWorking.com named "More Complex Geometry in SketchUp by Dave Richards"

(see Dave's Posts+SketchUp Tutorials)- Thanks a lot Dave.
%(#BF0000)[2011/03/06: It seems that "More Complex Geometry in SketchUp" isn't available anymore
But you can take a great advantage of his new Tut:
SCF_Hayrake Dining Table

FineWoodWorking.com_ Stopped Curved Chamfers]

I possess by family a gothic buffet from Brittany (farwest country of France). It is not so old (about 1900/1910), but it was still made in the very old way to draw and shape. I'm afraid this way is forever lost right now..
So with my young knowledge of SU and the pretty help from DaveR, i have decided to try drawing one of its panels in my evenings spare time. (and a lot evenings were necessary, Hi!!).
This is the Buffet
:


This is the Panel
:


This is the result:



Additional pictures:
A

B

C

D

E

I must say that i have lead with SU for the first time my (standard) personnal computer to it extrem limit. I have cleaned every unecessary hidden line (50% of the work), register every basic shape as a model,, and my pc don't move anymore: about 5 seconds to orbit the panel another way;; I'm afraid i have to buy a new one...

Clear, Simple (one eye shot), not too much far from what we were used to, at least beautifull.

We can recognize "SketchUp Community" in it. Welldone mister the Winner.

;-)slb

Thanks, Régis for these important precisions.

I think I have understood the mechanism.

-Remark: video + .skp = really good pack
-subsidiary question: what means IMO (important thing to keep in mind for sure. Google find for me:International Meteor Organization waouu!!
-A word about my english speaking comes to me: "talking english like a spanish cow" Hi!

;-)slb

@regis said:

.../..
I've just an old English school knowledge.../..

Like i said: so am i!
(Well this debate should take place in a standalone topic)
But!-.-, Even if i can understand that people with not a word in english they should take great advantage dealing with SCF in there own country section, i am to make the effort (understand and write) to stay in the English section. Because if something important is given in the country section, it is lost for the overall community. Except in doing as you did: doubling each topic in English. "un peu lourd non?"

I was asking myself how you made those guide lines. And how you choose the first shape and its start point.
Perhaps something like that?

:-)simonlebon