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Old Time Movie Effect in Camtasia
I gotta say…Techsmith has been kicking up the content on their blog as of late! Here’s a nifty example of how you can add an “old time” movie effect at Production time in Camtasia: ==> Techsmith Blog: Old Time Movie Effect I actually knew about this technique before but totally spaced it out until I […]
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How do I get started as a Screencast service provider? How do I turn a PowerPoint into a video? Where do I find music to use in my videos? How do I animate text? These were just a few of the questions Lon Naylor and Michelle Schoen answered in our semi annual “Ask the Video […]
Continue readingQuick Tip for Camtasia/PowerPoint Newbies
Sometimes in our quest to have cool content and the latest techniques we forget that probably 75% of our blog visitors are brand new to screencasting and may have never made their first video. So, in last week’s Screencast Video Coaching Webinar we had a very simple question from one of our members: Got any […]
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How To Organize Your Camtasia Projects
Camtasia Studio video projects can contain a LOT of assets like graphics, TREC or CAMREC recordings, PowerPoint slide video content, audio narration tracks… Not to mention all the other kinds of useful resources for completing a project successfully like planning documents, mind maps, scripts, and references that a more complex project will require. Oh…then there’s […]
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Combining Articulate Storyline with Camtasia Studio to Create Custom Training Courses
I’m often asked whether it makes sense to purchase the video course development tool, Articulate Storyline, vs. creating your training courses using the much less expensive tool, Camtasia Studio. I have used both tools for video training courses over the years but have decided to specialize in Camtasia because that is the tool that works […]
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How To Change the Background Color in Camtasia
During our weekly Screencast Coaching Webinar this week, a question was asked to explore some of the more “obscure” features of Camtasia Studio. Hmmm…excellent idea! This short installment reviews the Change Background Color function: We’ll continue to dig deep under the covers and root out some more quick & simple bite-sized nuggets to increase your […]
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Go Beyond your Limitations
In today’s post we’ll take a look at a really well done Product Review Video and learn a bit about the student who created it. There was so much I liked about this video that I asked video entrepreneur Doug Green, from www.DougGreeneMedia.com, to shares his goals and techniques for the product. I remember seeing […]
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Camtasia 8.4 Player Speed Control Demo
One of the new features in Camtasia Studio 8.4 is the ability to “speed up” the playback of a video in the Camtasia Player. Don’t get confused here…this feature is in the PLAYER – and NOT something you do during editing. It simply gives the viewer the option of increasing the speed of the playback. […]
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