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I'm evaluating whether I should switch from Captivate to Mimic. My company is in the process of adopting Flare.
I've been a Captivate user for 5+ years. I've been using Mimic for just a couple of weeks.

Do you like Mimic?
It seems fine for the basics.

How do you find producing MP4 output?
It is ...

I'm running Mimic 8.0 and automatically creating callouts as I record screen shots. Many of my automatic callouts have the & symbol included Click "&Ok" click.jpg

I assume that is coming from the software I'm recording so I can't do anything about that. Is there a way I can have Mimic ignore it ...

I'm transitioning from Captivate to Mimic as well. I think. Mimic is lacking some features I've come to rely on in Captivate so I'm not convinced yet that it is going to be my tool of choice.

From what I can tell, you cannot "transition" objects in Mimic, just frames.

Thanks Paul.

By the way I watched your webinar on Capture and it was really helpful. Thanks!

I have a Palette set up for the elements we use most frequently, so that will help. I was hoping the Profile feature would save us from having to re-do screen capture mark ups (callouts, etc.) when (not if ...

I'm starting out with Capture v7 and am either not understanding what Profiles do or don't have it set up quite right.
I have ProfileA setup, it includes a bubble with a red border. I capture a screen shot using that profile and edit the bubble to include some text and move it to the correct ...