For those interested in comparing screen capture software:

The ability to modify the cursor highlights is included in iShowU (for both left and right clicks). I've used that feature.

I know of no video effects in iShowU. iShowU lacks a video editing interface and that cool ability of SF to extract a window/dialog box as if it were on its own layer.

I have moved captured video from Intel to PPC machines and continued working without problems. I think this may be because the files iShowU exported used my choice of QT-compatible codecs.

On my Mac Pro, iShowU is stable and reliable, whereas ScreenFlow is not. SF crashes now & then.

Snapz Pro X 2 crashes often, too, usually at the worst time: it either crashes during export (losing all your work, forcing a reshoot), or it exports a file that won't open in QuickTime. Since the export takes so long, that's a very bad time to discover that Snapz has failed.

Anyone's experience may vary; this has been mine. I used Snapz a lot, till iShowU, then iShowU often. I've only used the demo version of SF. It's too expensive for my needs, because I already have 2 or 3 video editors: QT Pro, iMovie, and Final Cut Studio. For those who lack an editing program, SF may be a better choice.

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