Loom: Why and How to use it
post by brook · 2023-01-26T14:34:50.435Z · LW · GW · 5 comments5 comments
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comment by MondSemmel · 2023-01-26T15:00:51.013Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Have you ever tried ShareX? Based on this post I'm not sure about the full capabilities of Loom, but ShareX can also take and draw on and share screenshots, take and share video and gif recordings, and has a ton of other features, too. Maybe it's a less user-friendly but more powerful (?) version of this tool? In any case, it's free and open-source, but only available for Windows. Also see my comment writeup here [LW(p) · GW(p)].
For an example of how I use this tool, I make a lot of bug reports on LW and elsewhere, and usually accompany them with screenshots or gifs recorded and uploaded via ShareX.
Replies from: brook↑ comment by brook · 2023-01-26T15:04:35.262Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
ShareX does look like a more powerful (for some use-cases) version! I think the key benefits of Loom are it's extreme ease of use & its automatic upload of the video, which makes sharing feel very streamlined.
Unfortunately, I'm on macOS currently, so I can't test ShareX myself.
Replies from: MondSemmel, MondSemmel↑ comment by MondSemmel · 2023-01-26T15:13:38.483Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Re: auto uploads: For anything you capture with ShareX (like a screenshot, video, file, text, or URL), you can configure an automatic upload workflow to any number of services, e.g. my screenshots and gifs are automatically uploaded to imgur (and the URL of the uploaded image is copied into my clipboard); and videos can similarly be set to auto-upload to Youtube or file hosters like Google Drive or Mega.
That said, there's no point in a tool if it's not available on your platform =(.
↑ comment by MondSemmel · 2023-01-26T15:19:48.365Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I've just found a macOS-compatible potential Loom alternative in CleanShot X, though I can't test either myself. Plus it's not free, costing either $30 one time, or $8 monthly.