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Screensteps review - 2 copies giveaway

May 20, 2008

It's been more than a year that I write tutorials almost every week. Even though I got used to the process of capturing screenshots and then organize and save them with the right names for the right steps, it was still very time consuming task. Now, I've found a software that really helps the process of writing tutorials.

Screensteps is as the documentation tool for people who don't want to do documentation.

Basically Screensteps allows you to capture the screens directly to a document. Then you can add title, description, and export it in many different ways: PDF, HTML, straight to your blog, or even to Screensteps live blog system.

But it's not just that. You can edit steps, replace and resize images, add sequences of numbers, graphic elements such as rectangles, ellipses, and arrows. Also you can format the text with bold, italic, and different text colors.

However the coolest thing is that you can create templates and export your tutorial the way you want. In my case, I write tutorials for 2 blogs, Abduzeedo and PSDTUTS, so I have 2 templates and just choose the one I will export it. That simple.

Screensteps really helps the process of creating tutorials, although, I think, there are some features missing that would be very important, like add more than one image per a step for example

I highly recommend you to download the demo and check it out. Besides that we have a copy of Screensteps to giveaway, so just leave a comment and next Tuesday we will announce the lucky winner.

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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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65 Comments

Brian Klepper05/20/2008

So how would I land a copy of this. My creative juices are flowing for spreading my knowledge... I never got the last software for my birthday. Maybe this time

Matt Alarie05/20/2008

Looks cool to me!

aloa05/20/2008

Haha.it would be funny if i were the winner ;-)

Haz05/20/2008

Haha, looks really nice!

starlight hafidz05/20/2008

s.o.s:this is what i've lookin for all around!
the perfect tool!really nice if i be the winner..

:)

xxx

abduzeedo05/20/2008

I've forgotten to mention, but I have to thank Rubens from http://koikumi.com, he sent me an email and told me to check screensteps out. Thanks a lot man....

Servet05/20/2008

Cool, is this only for mac?

tunefulDesign05/20/2008

looks like a great piece of software!

Nate05/20/2008

Very awesome software! I hope I get this one, it would come in very handy.

Luke05/20/2008

That looks really handy.

Markus05/20/2008

Wow! :D Thats a nice software, i didnt even know there existed a software like that! :)

Sean Canady05/20/2008

This would be a great timesaver!

BlueBomberC05/20/2008

This would be awesome!

BogDinamita05/20/2008

one time, PICK MEEEEEEEEE

Jake05/20/2008

DO WANT.

Zach05/20/2008

as a student looking to start to share some of my new found knowledge in the form of some tutorials, I would love this app. i may just by it even if i dont win. i'll have to see i f i can squeeze it into the budget. :)

Cheers,

Zach

Davis Farris05/20/2008

I love this site and all the giveaways. Abduzeedo, you are amazing.

Simon05/20/2008

I've done the odd tutorial over the years and have a folder filled with 100s, if not 1000s of images with weird, random names that probably meant something at the time but don't now. Something like ScreenSteps would be amazing. I didn't even know it existed. Here's hoping!

Jomatotu05/20/2008

Sounds great!

Bruce Alrighty05/20/2008

That's cool. I am just about to start writing my first tutorial and this could really help.

Keep up the good work Fabio.

theCarrotNetwork05/20/2008

Sounds great!

Chris05/20/2008

The screenshots look awesome!

Downloading the demo now

Ken05/20/2008

thanks for the chance to win this

Ken in KY

Silla05/20/2008

Thanks for posting about this app! It's just what I need, and I had no idea that an app like Screensteps existed. Even if I don't win, it's going on my wishlist :)

Yoram05/20/2008

Looks very promising — I gonna download and give it a try. Hopefully I can get the giveaway copy ...

Boreale05/20/2008

I hope I'll be lucky. And I thank you for everything. :-)

JOAO05/20/2008

Very awesome software!
I'll try to use it to do some illustrator tutorials to put in my blog .

Akjeter05/20/2008

would love to have this, very helpful in writing tutorials.

Luke05/20/2008

This would help me finally make a tutorial.

Balron05/20/2008

Thanks for useful tip, I hope I'll be lucky to have one :)

glnster05/20/2008

Screen capping, editing and filing all in one slick app? Thanks! No more screencap renaming craziness! Awesome find man!

alberto05/21/2008

that is very cool

Noe Ruiz05/21/2008

Awesome! Not only is this great for getting tutorials out there quick and easy, but its a great way to create a library of tutorials, which is beneficial to yourself! Imagine your own personal library of tutorials. With the ability to tag and search, you'll never need to go hunting for that reference again, its all right there in one place! SOLD!

Thank you, Abduzeedo

Grant Friedman05/21/2008

I'd love a copy! Thanks for the heads up. Creating the files manually is soooo time consuming!

Adrian05/21/2008

Never heard of it before. Looks great! Please enter my name into the hat. Thanks;

Aikyrie05/21/2008

That would be so helpful haha I didn't know such a thing existed.

I would like a copy :P

Zach05/21/2008

That's snazzy. I don't write tutorials often, but still snazzy.

E.T.Cook05/21/2008

Very interesting product. I am excited to see how it progresses.

magrolino05/21/2008

looks really interesting. will have a look into it! thx for the tip..

Nico05/21/2008

OHHH ME LIKEY! I would love a copy of this! Thanks for all the great posts! (by the way your tutorials are amazing so this software must work nicely! lol)

EQ05/21/2008

Very useful!

Jared05/21/2008

That sounds like an awesome program. Would solve so many problems I have when making tutorials and such.

Anonymous05/21/2008

Doing lots of docs/tutes at the moment and this looks perfect.

RUDEWORKS05/21/2008

Nice!

Thomas05/21/2008

nice nice
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Wooster05/21/2008

=D This looks like a sweet application.

Donn05/21/2008

That's a new one on me, looks good.

Andrew05/21/2008

Wow, this could save me a lot of time, I can't wait to try this out!

Donna Vitan05/21/2008

I've used SnagIt to take screenshots and annotate accordingly but a program like this that will easily make the process easier and faster would be very welcome. Otherwise, I would have to take the time to take those screenshots and make my own document.

kmita05/21/2008

Wow, I think that it is the best app for tuts :)

Brendon Kozlowski05/21/2008

Oh wow, very nice. Thank you for sharing this!

Heldrik05/21/2008

A nice tool to teach!

Anonymous05/21/2008

wow, that speeds it all up a bit! hahah I am a secondary school ICT teacher and have to make tutorials all the time, started out just screenshotting and pasting, Mac does have some great built in tool for this, the cmd+shift+4 is great but this would just knock that on its feet. a great bit of kit, thanks for sharing!

Revan05/21/2008

i hope...

Melanie05/21/2008

It sounds awesome! I'm gonna try the demo. Thanks!

Matt05/21/2008

This software looks great and would really streamline my workflow when doing helpfiles and manuals!

K3v05/22/2008

Looks like a huuuge timesaver! I'm going to download the demo right now!
Thanks for the tip and a chance for a copy ;)

LB05/22/2008

Good article. I was always looking for something like that.
BTW, your new site design looks a lot better. Thanks

Lam Truong Huy05/22/2008

It's would be funny If I were the winner. Thanks for this post.

Michael05/22/2008

This is a realy cool tool. I hope that I've a chance to win it.

Loverman05/22/2008

I've been enjoying, inspired and appreciating Abduzeedo over a year now. i really admire all of you working on it to give us the resources, the beauty of applying ideas, dreams, and ambitions through simple yet interesting, mind blowing representation which leads me to thank you all for your latest website theme. really puts me in the mood of creativity everytime i log on here.

Finally from egypt i declare my appreciation and love and respect for all Abduzeedo members.

Loverman. :)

Sherwin Techico05/22/2008

Cool, thanks for the writeup. Here's my entry as well.

Jonathan Connolly05/22/2008

This is cool. I am trying to find a quicker way to make my work into tutorials for others.

degentd07/15/2008

Great app. Downloading to try out. Thanx!

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