Screencasting is such an amazing tool, you can use it to explain just about anything and everything that is on your computer. Screencasting can be used to show you how to use different tools in Microsoft programs; Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Publisher. I absolutely love the screencasts for Picnik and have watched several in order to create my own little mini masterpieces of photo fun. Movie and music makers would benefit from screencasting as well. If it could be used to show how to make library cards that would be fantastic!
I looked up more Picnik screencasting videos. My favorite and still most useful of them all is the one that takes a black and white picture and adds splashes of color here and there. I thought that it was very easy to follow and even when you were not sure 100% what was going on, you could see where the person found the tool and experiment with it yourself until you got it just the way you liked it. However, that would also be something that I would change. The viewer should not have to guess where you are and what is going on, they should be able to follow with little difficulty. The picture did turn out great though, and it helped lead you in the right direction. I wouldn't click around so much in between each step, and if I messed up I would start over not just keep going, that's where it became a little difficult to follow.
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