Ask HN: How does Google create their Google Developers tutorials on YouTube?

2 pointsjasonbarone10y ago3 comments

I'm launching an education app and my screencast tutorials are kind of baseline. Google is doing an outstanding job on theirs.

Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FRBDXBs30Y

Does anyone know how Google creates these engaging and well-developed tutorials? I'd love to find out the software and tools behind theses. My screencast productions look like amateur-hour compared to these masterpieces. If you don't know, do you have any tips for how to incorporate the on-screen drawing like they do?

Thanks!

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wmat10y ago· 2 in thread

Don't know the details of Google's setup, but they're creating a screencast with a tablet. There are several ways to do that depending on your hardware, but if you search for 'creating screencast with tablet' you'll find several examples.

jasonbaroneOP10y ago

Thanks, but I've been through that without a solid answer. It appears they're doing a standard desktop screencast then running it through a stylus-based app to write on top of the video.

Would have been nice to hear from anyone who's familiar with this.

wmat10y ago

Yeah, I agree, I'd love to know the details as well.

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