Category Archives for "Camtasia 9"
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3D Rotating Text in Camtasia
Here’s a fun trick I picked up a few years ago from my buddy Peter Gillberg at Callouts.com The tutorial I did for it way back then (in Camtasia 8) is actually one of my more popular videos on YouTube with 45,000+ views so I thought I would update it for Camtasia 9 & higher: […]
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How To Use PowerPoint Shapes in Camtasia 9
We all know there are “shape” callouts in Camtasia that we can use in our projects but, let’s face it…they are pretty limited. Squares & rectangles, circles & ovals, triangle, arrows, a star shape and a stop sign looking deal and that’s about it! Well, did you know that there are dozens more you can […]
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Using Transitions in Camtasia as Animations
Camtasia has some really excellent features for doing animations in our video work. You can do quick & easy pre-configured motion with Behaviors or even very complex custom animations using animation key frames and make objects move almost any way you want. But both of those options involve some degree of monkeying around with parameters, […]
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How to Turn the Cursor Off & On in Camtasia 9
Have you ever found yourself waving your mouse around like a humming bird on crack during a recording? When working with screen capture recordings in Camtasia 9, sometimes it is very useful to be able to turn the captured cursor OFF. Handy…but at some point, you probably need to turn the cursor back ON to […]
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FREE Camtasia 9 “Torn Paper” Quote Asset
On a recent Screencast Video Coaching Webinar, I created a nifty little re-usable asset for your Camtasia 9 Library from scratch. Here’s the tutorial on how I did it and you can download the “Torn Paper Quote” LIBZIP file for your Camtasia 9 Library HERE: Torn Paper Quote Asset NOTE: Here’s the .PNG Torn Paper image […]
Continue readingThe Simple Strategy for Keeping Your Video Files Organized
It’s super important to set up folders and organize all your video assets when you plan to create a multi video course. I’ve worked with many people who have trouble finding the files they create and differentiating between the types of files and their various extensions. Let me walk you through my super quick organization […]
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Camtasia 9.1 Update
Techsmith has release a new version update: Version 9.1.0 has several new features and effects included in it along with the usual batch of bug fixes. This excerpt from the Screencast Coaching Webinars covers all the new features in some pretty good detail along with some tips & tricks for making the most of them: The […]
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How to Create a “Typing” Text Effect in Camtasia 9
A text effect that looks like someone “typing” (i.e. letters coming in one-by-one) is a handy and interesting effect! In Camtasia 9, you can create this nifty effect…IF you know how to work with Behaviors and make a couple quick & easy little tweaks to the default animation settings. In this tutorial, I’ll show you […]
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