Budding Machinima-Makers, Please Stop Wasting Your Time With Watermarks
Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
One of my biggest pet peeves when I'm browsing new Second Life machinima on YouTube (or any gaming footage in general) is just how many potentially interesting videos have been ruined with watermarks from free or trial versions of recording software. I get it, if you're just getting your beak wet with something like machinima you may not want to commit to buying a piece of software to do so. But it doesn't have to be this way, it really doesn't. You don't need to settle for watermarks all over your recordings.
There is a free alternative, one that works on both Mac and Windows, that allows you to combine game sound and mic input, that gives you an easy way to position multiple windows and overlays, and that most importantly doesn't leave your finished videos with any big glaring watermarks. I should know, because I've been using this particular program every week for just about a year now.
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) was originally intended to be a free alternative to the often expensive streaming software that allows people to broadcast live on sites like Twitch, UStream etc. OBS isn't just useful for streamers, though. It allows you to make a local recording without broadcasting anything and, although it was initially Windows-only, there's now a Mac version available as well as a planned Linux release in the works. It's pretty simple to get a handle on, and gives you a lot more control than you might expect from a piece of free software. So that's my little PSA; ditch the watermarking trials and demos and give OBS a shot.
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