Be wary of the format you are using... I am so new to video that I have no clue how I "should" set up screen captures. Camtasia was sort of a "no brainer" route, which was nice. I was messing with "Screen to Video" and made a 4GB file in 48 seconds!! Eesh... I could only think (that ain't working.... no way I will send that to anyone).
 
For the folks who do tutorials, what are the best video settings for 1) the screen capture (does screen resolution play into this as well)? and 2) the export?

I capture at my native screen resolution (1920 x 1080). I use Camtasia Studio and use their Techsmith 2 codec. I also nearly always capture full screen, highest quality setting, at a frame rate of 30fps.
 
Both my main studio DAW and laptop are fairly powerful though, laptop's the least spec'd - i7@ 2.2 Ghz with 12 GB RAM if that makes a difference.
 
Export depends on who I am exporting for. Most of the time it's as an avi at capture resolution, but I sometimes use WMV.
 
I also export separate video and audio files although any Sonar output tends to go into the main video, unless that's requested separately or sometimes not required. Voiceovers are generally kept separate.
 
Most of my work's post production is done elsewhere though so I'm not sure what formats are used after I've done my bit.
 
Camtasia is a great piece of software for screen captures if a little pricey just for the odd capture. There are some pretty good freebies out there as well, but all the ones I have tried fall well short of Camtasia for post capture editing ability.
 
HTH
 
 
 
 

fooman
Good thing I'm just looking to do a quick audio-less video! haha  Seems like a mess I don't want to get tangled in!

Have you checked out Jing, made my techsmith, the same company that makes camtasia. I found it to be very good for basic stuff. Very easy to use. I liked the interface. You even get a free place to post videos.

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

nice!

WDI

fooman
Good thing I'm just looking to do a quick audio-less video! haha  Seems like a mess I don't want to get tangled in!

Have you checked out Jing, made my techsmith, the same company that makes camtasia. I found it to be very good for basic stuff. Very easy to use. I liked the interface. You even get a free place to post videos.

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

I have used Jing on the recommendation of Dan Gonzalez to illustrate a bug .  It's pretty fool proof (even I used it), and, as fooman says, it gives you a place to upload the videos.