by: David Sparks, associate editor from macsparky.com and hopeless slacker

Back when Victor was crazy enough to have me share the microphone on his live show, we spoke at some length concerning the state of screencasting software.  At the time I explained my interest in ScreenFlow and my thoughts that they would eventually “get it right.”  Well the folks at Vara Software have now made me look very smart with the release of version 1.1.  The new version addresses many of my complaints with the 1.0.   Most importantly the export process is better and faster. (Yay lossless and Apple TV formats.)  There are also some very nice new bells and whistles including markers, audio waveforms and a bucketload (yes, bucketload) of small tweaks that make the production end of things easier and faster.  I’ve been using the various beta builds of version 1.1 for about a month and even published a few screencasts using it.  Don’t take my word for it though.  Head over to Varasoftware and check it out.