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Michelle Schoen
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 […]
Continue readingOur Favorite Fonts for Video
When I look back at my early work, I’m surprised I’ve lasted this long. A lot of the video courses and marketing videos I built years ago just weren’t very good. But that’s okay. I’ve learned a lot about design over the last 5 years and I’m still constantly learning. Last week I learned more about […]
Continue readingCan this PowerPoint be Saved?
In previous posts we’ve looked at using PowerPoint Templates for video and Leveraging PowerPoint Templates in Camtasia Studio. But what if you need to create the PowerPoint Design for your video from scratch? In this post I’m going to show you what I consider a typical, beginner PowerPoint slide and my opinion of what is wrong with […]
Continue readingTop 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Work as a Video Screencaster (Part 2 of 2)
We talk about “Screencasting” a lot here at Learn Camtasia but just in case you are still a little unsure of what a screencast is, Wikipedia defines a Screencast as A digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. Therefore, a professional screencaster is someone who makes their living offering these […]
Continue readingTop 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about a Getting Work as a Video Screencaster (Part 1 of 2)
Through this blog and on our weekly Screencast Video Coaching Webinars, I (Michelle) receive a lot of questions from our subscribers and students who are interested in getting into the business of Screencasting. Since I’ve seen some of same questions come up many times, I’ve decided to compile a list of answers to those questions […]
Continue readingConverting Existing Training Courses to Video? Ask Yourself These Three Questions
Many video training courses start as classroom content that needs to be converted and put online. You have a bunch of PowerPoint slides that you want to turn into a Video based course. Typically, when you start to create a online course you will start from content that already exists in PowerPoint and often that content dictates how the course is […]
Continue readingNew Video Layouts Using PowerPoint SmartArt
One of the best things about creating video is how much fun you can have with design. If you are an artist wannabe, like me, you get the chance to be really creative without making a mess or spending any money on supplies. And I’m always looking for shortcuts make slides faster without losing creativity. […]
Continue readingThe Best Reasons to Record your Training Course Using GotoWebinar Rather than Camtasia Studio
Many of the courses on the Learn Camtasia site (and the tutorials we put on YouTube) were created via GotoWebinar recordings which were then edited and produced with Camtasia Studio. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been getting more inquiries about when it makes sense to deliver and record a training course live online with GoToWebinar […]
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