Producing visual tutorials in order to explain the way that computer programs can be used has become a real challenge against a background of software complexity growth. The ability to define a screen region or separate window to capture, total control over the entire process of recording (speed, quality, the flow i.e. stopping, pausing / resuming, on-the-fly area shifting), annotating frames with shaped text comments, proper capturing of DirectX-output and hotkeys support prove ScreenVirtuoso to be an irreplaceable tool for any kind of computer demo or related work.

Along with the ability to use different video compressors installed on a system, the program also allows uncompressed data recording to avoid quality loss. Professional version of the program has a unique possibility to convert the output .AVI file to MPEG1/2 VCD, SVCD, DVD and SWF (Macromedia Flash) formats. Saving video in. SWF-format reduces the target file size dramatically. This becomes immensely important when publishing a tutorial online.

One of the great features of this utility, is an option to remove 'black screen' effect while capturing from Windows Media Player, DVD, TV Tuner, Internet or any other kind of streaming video. Other features include: sound recording and synchronization; an option to capture the mouse pointer; customizable shapes for text annotations, and more...