Layerpath - Plus Exclusive Reviews

I've been using other training authoring tools for decades. A favourite tool of mine has just gone to a subscription-based model; yuck! Layerpath could be a good replacement for that tool. What I am concerned about, though, is how Layerpath does not distinguish between a mouse-click and mouse click-and-drag. Am I missing something? Is this in the development pipeline?

Using it for the past few months, and it has really been awesome. In my opinion, the concept is ingenious. Much easier than relying on demo scripts!
Active development during the time I am using it, I really hope it stays like that.

Testing out new apps is always interesting to see if they meet your expectations. I have been searching for an app like this for quite some time and it has most of the features I need. Where I did run into issues was the inability to annotate a video portion/slide. After recording, you will often see something that could do with an arrow or further explanation in a text box. However, this isn't possible in the video slide, but it is in the other static slides.

I found the developer most responsive to my comments to the point we had a video call and shared our screens. He now has a very clear understanding, not only of what I am talking about, but also why it is a necessary feature for busy consultants.

All in all, I find the product is slightly lacking in maturity at present, but with a few more enhancements, it will be a fantastic way of sharing guides with clients and on social media.

This app is an awesome way to create product demonstrations and tutorials. Although, some quirks need to be ironed out the overall output of this app is on par with my expectations.

On the other hand, their Chrome extension is in desperate need of fixing. Overall, the extension works pretty well and is convenient for screen recordings using the Layerpath cloud application. However, there are a large number of scripting errors that show up in the browser inspector and as a web developer who uses this inspector religiously, all these errors are getting in the way of doing my work. It has come to the point where I need to disable this extension just so I can do my daily tasks and only enable it when I need it.

Also, when you invoke the extension it states you need to use Ctrl+E to start/stop the recording, but this hotkey combination is already used by Chrome itself, so using this hotkey combination is not an option. When you want to change this hotkey, selecting the menu Options only takes you to a blank page. To change the hotkey you need to access the Extensions Settings and select the Keyboard shortcuts menu. From there you can change this hotkey. However, after doing this the app still indicates you should use Ctrl+E to start/stop the recording.

The bottom line, my rating centers around their extension. Mainly because this will be the way most of these recordings will be created. When Layerpath has cleaned up all the issues with its extension I may consider updating my rating.

Its a feature packed solution, a bit of minor bugs but not a show stopper. It can do much more than some of the bigger players out there like Scribe, just to withstand time now.