Screen Studio (and so OpenScreen as well) are "opinionated" and are designed to create aesthetic videos with minimal configuration. They can't do a lot of the things that OBS can do, but if all you want is to record your desktop with a webcam overlay, it's a lot easier.
OpenScreen is more about screen recording, once recorded it turns into a simple-ish NLE that is focused on editing screen-casts.
Just tried the AppImage version on Linux, simple to use, and works Ok on my end.
Suggest you add preferences dropdown to floating bar, and ability to highlight parts of an area for record, ability to set the default save location or change it at will. Also noted that though I closed the app via the customary way, and removed the AppImage, the apps ICON remained present in GNOME's notification area.
Will keep an eye on its progress since OBS (what I used) seems to have stopped receiving updates :)
No it hasn't: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/commits/master/
Having said that, and reading your reply, I stand corrected and I take it back as I did an update and the error is nowhere to be found. Not sure how the runtime was updated to the latest, 25.08, but assume it was the obs project.
:)
2. It says "for everyone" but looks like it might be Linux-specific, and it doesn't say anything about which OSes are supported.
Since it's much easier to port source code to other languages now, I'd love to see more projects like written in Swift, or C#.
The recent video I did for Cling for example (https://lowtechguys.com/cling) I’ve had many people ask about how I did it because it has just the right amount of motion and highlighting. I did it in a few minutes of editing in the ScreenStudio UI.
I’m not saying it’s a great video, but people say it conveys the info well enough and that’s what matters. It would have taken me days to do the same with DaVinci Resolve because of my inexperience with complex editors.
A $30/month subscription is indeed too much, but I see it as a one time payment for that month when I release something, then I pause the subscription. I need it rarely, very few videos need zooming and motion.
Anyway I love to see alternatives like OpenScreen! What I would miss the most would be presets, not sure if it’s already there, but it’s a nice quality of life feature to have a consistent look to the motion effects between videos.
I would be happy to pay $100 for unlimited access and be locked into the current version of the app, maybe only have minor version updates free so you don’t get locked into a buggy version.
But that’s a more complicated licensing model to implement I guess.
I know why the capital class loves MRR I'm just mad that OTC is ignored.
OpenStudio apparently is and I'm hyped.
If I think something is worth the money, I typically don't need to actively decide to pause the subscription each time I use it.
colesantiago•5h ago
Screen Studio at $29/mo is unusually and extremely expensive for a video recorder app, and not counting the fact that it is proprietary, which means they can change pricing at any time.
Thanks for building this.
danpasca•4h ago