I recommend it, but only in a few scenarios (read below)


Does the job, most of the time... I mean, if you are not expecting some top-notch quality/experience.

I'd like to recommend it more frequently, but all I can say is that you can only solve simple tasks using Action, like recording a video tutorial, work presentation, etc... Now talking about games, definitely not the best option.

There are some really serious UI experience problems, not to mention the 'hook' compatibility that doesn't work properly half of the time, randomly hooking small windows instead of the main applications. The quality is very questionable, speaking about YouTube (where I use it the most obviously) things become very sad. Even in the most higher options, you can still see A LOT of pixels in the final result (before throwing it into any video editing software), and if it's a fast pacing/moving scene makes things even worse. I mean, if you are supposed to upload it on YouTube, you have to find the best quality possible because you also have to worry about the auto-compression after the upload is complete so you don't lose that much quality overall.

Now imagine a poor quality raw video, compressed by software after rendering and then auto-compressed by YouTube when the upload is done... I've been using it for different scenarios and as I said above, it's fine if you are planning to capture the screen and nothing else. Forget the word 'Loseless' when playing with color settings, because you can see the lack of colors in the preview.

Last but not least, get ready for some audio desync issues and here you can expect it VERY frequently.

If you are picking Action for demonstrative purposes it's ok, but if you are planning to make something impressive and 'high-end'-ish sort of thing, use something else.

I recommend it, but [b]only in a few scenarios[/b] (read below) Does the job, most of the time... I mean, if you are not expecting some top-notch quality/experience. I'd like to recommend it more frequently, but all I can say is that [u]you can only solve simple tasks[/u] using Action, like recording a video tutorial, work presentation, etc... Now talking about games, definitely not the best option. There are some really serious UI experience problems, not to mention the 'hook' compatibility that doesn't work properly half of the time, randomly hooking small windows instead of the main applications. The quality is very questionable, speaking about YouTube (where I use it the most obviously) things become very sad. Even in the most higher options, you can still see A LOT of pixels in the final result (before throwing it into any video editing software), and if it's a fast pacing/moving scene makes things even worse. I mean, if you are supposed to upload it on YouTube, you have to find the best quality possible because you also have to worry about the auto-compression after the upload is complete so you don't lose that much quality overall. Now imagine a poor quality raw video, compressed by software after rendering and then auto-compressed by YouTube when the upload is done... I've been using it for different scenarios and as I said above, it's fine if you are planning to capture the screen and nothing else. Forget the word 'Loseless' when playing with color settings, because you can see the lack of colors in the preview. Last but not least, get ready for some audio desync issues and here you can expect it VERY frequently. If you are picking Action for demonstrative purposes it's ok, but if you are planning to make something impressive and 'high-end'-ish sort of thing, use something else.