Category Archives for "Resources"
Quick 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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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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Modifying PowerPoint Templates
So, you’ve probably see LOTS of PowerPoint templates being offered out there from the Warrior Forum, JVZoo, and others. All of the sales pages for these products promise you can “Easily create professional videos with NO skills or work!” Well…yes, you can create videos with them. But how good those end up being is a […]
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3 Tips For Making Videos More Quickly
Here’s an interesting piece from our Screencast Monthly Coaching Webinars: “3 Top Tips for Making Videos More Quickly” Tip #2 is about PLANNING. Here’s some bonus detail on Using Mind Maps as a Planning Tool where Lon grills mind map expert Bob “The Teacher” Jenkins in a mini-webinar: SPECIAL ALERT: To REALLY learn how to […]
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How To Use PowerPoint Transitions as Animations
A LOT of folks work WAY too hard trying to get elements in their PowerPoint slide content to EXIT. Instead of adding a whole bunch of Exit Animations on a slide…try this little technique: Here is a link to get the Parentheses Open Template and Tutorial: ==> Parentheses Open Template Of course, this won’t always […]
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Why You May Need Your Own Video Player
When I first started creating video I never worried much about a player. It didn’t seem important. If I uploaded my video to YouTube and linked to it or embedded it on my blog I would use the YouTube player. If I created a video with Camtasia Studio and uploaded it to Screencast.com I would […]
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3D “Pop-out” PowerPoint Trick
Here’s a nifty little trick you can use to create a 3D “Pop-out” effect for pictures using PowerPoint. Super simple! In this tutorial, Lon Naylor will walk you through the steps and you’ll find a link to a sample template to play with below the video. NOTE: Sorry about the audio narration quality… it’s from […]
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PresenterMedia PowerPoint Integration Tool
There are some tools and resources I use when making Camtasia and PowerPoint videos that would simply CRUSH me productivity-wise if I didn’t have them. At the top of that list is PresenterMedia. I know…I talk about it all the time but in this 8 minute mini-webinar (taken from our new Career In Screencasting Course) […]
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