Creating Custom Call-outs for your Camtasia Studio Screencasts

Camtasia Callouts are images or effects you can add to your videos to create engagement, add information, or bring the viewers attention to certain parts of the screen. I use them in pretty much all my software demos, tutorials and courses. The Camtasia Software does provide a nice assortment of call-outs both in the Callout tab and in the Library. But there are times when you may want something totally unique. And you will need it to have a transparent background because, in most cases, you want your video to show behind the callout.

You can purchase png  images (pngs have transparent backgrounds) on line that can be used as custom call-outs or you can learn to create them yourself. In the video below I show you how to  create an image with a transparent background that can be animated, in PowerPoint,  then imported into Camtasia. This technique can also be used to create custom Lower Thirds.

Can you see ways that you could use this technique in your videos? Do you have any custom callouts that you have created that you can share with us?