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Free PowerPoint Effects Template

Over the last year, I’ve had really great results and responses from my live presentations at seminars around the country. One of my favorite’s has been one called: “How To Create Your Very Own Killer Video In 45 Minutes!” In that presentation, I use a PowerPoint 2010 template with nice design and some “pre-built” animation […]

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The Easiest Way to Create a Storyboard for your Video

Many people who are new to eLearning want to know how to create a storyboard. Should they use a professional tool? Should they create a template from scratch? What should they put into the template? Generally, a storyboard for eLearning is a document that specifies the visual elements, text elements, audio elements, interactions and branching […]

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Camtasia Audio Tip – Record in 3’s

Record Camtasia Audio in 3's

There are LOTS of times when I record the audio track for my Camtasia videos first. Why? Several reasons: Trying to record a vocal narration and record video footage at the same time leads to mistakes and extra editing. I can take a recorded audio source file and drop it into Audacity to remove noise, […]

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Creating Lower Thirds for Camtasia

In this Screencast QuickTip, I address a member request for improving the look of a graphic he uses in his video called a "Lower Third". Check out Todd’s "Crappy Sample" here: Crappy Sample! Pretty serious lookin’ dude, eh? Ya… serious about making better videos! Lookup swift codes United Kingdom banks 😉 Here’s my tip and […]

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Cool Graphics for Camtasia Videos

Ya know, images and visual "elements" are a big part of what makes a Camtasia video captivating and not…well…boring! Here’s a cool little resource I found and have used in several videos to add a bit of "Huh?" Don’t be fooled by the somewhat "cheesy" nature of some of these or the fact that it […]

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