[GLLUG] Annotating video

[DL Neil]

Are you able to recommend a means of annotating or highlighting videos, 
with which you enjoy success, please?


I have been making screen-cast training materials (courtesy of earlier 
advice from 'here'). However, even with a low screen size/resolution and 
the largest mouse pointer-size, am noting that some trainees find it all 
too-easy to miss 'cues' and thus fail to maintain a connection between 
the commentary and the video, eg discussing whether to push the "Yes" or 
the "No" button, or perhaps which menu.
(yes it seems strange to us - 'computer people' - but then we've all had 
days spent staring out of the school-room window and 'missing' some 
pertinent advice from teacher only to wonder 'what's it all about?' 
later! This observation seems to relate to similar 'distraction', or 
maybe a lack of visual skills/familiarity with computer screens, and 
ultimately more serious sight disabilities)

What I am thinking about, is using my (old-ish) Wacom tablet and being 
able to provide emphasis by circling points at-interest, underlining 
items, drawing arrows, or similar.
NB I have little skill as an artist, but could manage such in The GIMP. 
Obviously, with video (cf 'stills') such annotations would have a 
'life-time': be drawn, be present, disappear/fade-out - or whatever.

I'm a neophyte at (Non-linear) Video Editing (using only the basics of 
Kazam and OpenShot). Thus, not sufficiently familiar to know the 
appropriate jargon for my long-winded explanation, nor whether such is 
best done 'in camera' or as part of the post-processing stage. 
Currently, I record the video separately from (most of) the audio and 
merge them together later; so as to be able to adjust the timing to mesh 
neatly. (and to remove the 'ums and ahs' which would undoubtedly 
punctuate an effort to record both simultaneously - per any number of 
bumbling, amateur-ish 'tutorials' on YouTube!)

My needs and ambitions are modest - more pedagogic/androgogic than 
technological!

The ageing dual-CPUs run Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64-bit with two 
wide-screen monitors. In addition to those previously listed, I might 
use Audacious for sound, VLC for playback (and HTML template-pages for 
in-browser delivery), Cheese for web-cam capture, as well as scanning, 
editor, and PM tools.
(like I say: quite modest and not keen on investing huge amounts of time 
in 'production' because the authoring task is already significant and 
cost-conscious)

Any and all advice from practical experience, plus an education in the 
keywords/search terms I should be using, will be much appreciated...


-- 
Regards,
=dn