Johnie, or anyone who may know..........

I know this is a bit off of the subject, but I'm looking to create a interactive training CD with some short avi clips of screen captures within various softwrae programs like Powerpoint, Kool Moves, Swish etc. and wondered if you had any recommendations for a program that would allow for this to happen quickly without a huge learnng curve. Some names I have heard,...include, Illuminatus 4.1, Macromedia Authorware, Creator CD Pro,.....any thoughts? I'm using "snag it" and/or "Camtasia" to capture the screen tutorials although I'm not real thrilled with the quality.

Thanks
TD