What's New in Camtasia 5?

The streamlined Camtasia Recorder makes selecting an area to record both fast and easy. At 30 frames per second, it’s easier to cut—and keep—precisely what you want, and with greater project stability.  Camtasia SmartFocus keeps track of where the action happens during your recording. It automatically creates editable zoom-n-pan points that keep the important parts visible with razor-sharp clarity...even if you produce the video for iPod-sized screens.

TechSmith ExpressShow creates a single, beautiful Flash SWF file that can be easily embedded into any Web site, blog, or multimedia project. With a glossy thumbnail image, full-screen playback option, and floating table of contents, this is Flash video that makes you look good.
Camtasia Studio 5 lets bloggers record and publish to Screencast.com, and blog about it in minutes. Or using the built-in FTP support, moving videos to your own server can be just as painless.

Now with Project Settings and an accurate preview, you can edit your video and see exactly what it will look like before you produce it. And the new AutoSave protects your edits in the event of a crash.

Camtasia 4

Camtasia Studio 4 will help get you produce simulateous versions of your project in an podcast, MP3 file or CD or any other media player format for your class. Camtasia Studio 4 has improved audio recording because of greater noise reduction capabilities as well as the ability to equalize the volume changes that normally occur during recording. With the production preview Studio 8 also allows you to compare audio settings and file size before producing your final video. There are many other new features to Camtasia 4 , please visit their website.

Purpose

Camtasia Studio records high-quality videos of your Windows computer screen, enabling faculty to share their PC knowledge with everyone in their class or department. You can also record the computer screen while using programs such as Photoshop Elements or PowerPoint to help clarify a concept for your students. Faculty can easily edit, enhance and publish screen recordings in all the popular multimedia formats. This product does not work on the Macintosh platform.

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Strengths

1. Camtasia supports a wide variety of multimedia formats including AVI, Macromedia Flash (SWF), Macromedia Flash Video (FLV), Windows Media (WMV), QuickTime (MOV), RealMedia (RM), Executable (EXE) and Animated GIF.
2. Camtasia offers professional editing and effects without learning complex video skills. Effects include Callouts and text boxes, Zoom-n-Pan effects and Flash Hot Spots.
3. Import, edit, splice and combine recordings into a professional presentation with relative ease.
4. Records both screen activity and narration.
   

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Cost

The Snag-it and Camtasia single-user bundle retails for $319.00. While the single-user Camtasia Studio retails for $299.00. The software is available in the Instructional Design and Development lab, Room LL012. Please email idds@ship.edu for further ordering information.

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Software Help Files

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Workshops and Workshop Handouts (Workshop Schedule)

*Email the IDDS department to schedule your one-to-one or departmental workshop session.

	Impatica / Respondus / Camtasia (IRC) Demo Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours Format: One-to-One / Departmental / Workshop Prerequisite: None Objectives This workshops provides an overview of three great software packages designed to make placing information on the Web or in Blackboard easier. Impatica is a software program used to modify PowerPoint presentations so that students will not need Microsoft PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewer to look at the file. Impatica can only be used in the CIT lab. Repondus is a program available for download to your office and home computer (campus-wide license) which helps in the creation of exams and quizzes. Camtasia is a product that allows faculty to record what is happening on their computer screen. If you want to create mini-softare tutorials for your students or want to demonstrate a specific concept, Camtasia is one option that you can use to create the tutorial. Camtasia is only available in the CIT lab. Workshop Handouts IRC Handout Camtasia Online Help Manual from TechSmith [PDF] Camtasia Tutorials from TechSmith [Video Format] Respondus Zipped User Manual from Repondus Demo Movies from Respondus Impatica Users Manual from Impatica Tutorial Videos from Impatica
	Creating software training modules using Camtasia Duration: 50 minutes / Optional 30 minutes for questions Format: One-to-One ONLY Prerequisite: Basic computer skills including the ability to use a mouse Objectives Upon completion of this hands-on, one-to-one workshop you will have a basic understanding of video file creation using Camtasia and a small software or concept tutorial file. Workshop Handouts TechSmith Camtasia Workshop Handout TechSmith Manual
	Enhancing software training modules using Camtasia Duration: 50 minutes / Optional 30 minutes for questions Format: One-to-One ONLY Prerequisite: Basic computer skills including the ability to use a mouse Objectives Working from your Level 2 mini-tutorial/concept file or another file you have created, you will learn to work with three available options (screen draw, cursor, audio) and three effects (transitions, call-outs, zoom-n-pan) which can be used to enhance your tutorial and provide clarity for your students. Workshop Handouts TechSmith Camtasia Workshop Handout TechSmith Manual

Camtasia Studio - Tutorials and Documentation
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Studio 5

Tips and Tricks for Studio 5

Better Quality, Smaller File Size
Learn the two basic approaches to making sharp, clear video and keeping your file size down. Focuses on the entire process, from recording through production, with emphasis on Flash production for Web delivery.

Learn about the options available in Project Settings. Discover how to set the dimensions during editing to preview how your final video will look and how to apply SmartFocus to automatically create Zoom-n-Pan keyframes to optimize viewing the editing dimensions selected.

Learn how to automatically save a backup project file for recovery.

Learn how create and share Production Presets for quick and easy reproducible production results.

Learn the two basic approaches to making sharp, clear video and keeping your file size down. Focuses on the entire process, from recording through production, with emphasis on Flash production for Web delivery.

Camtasia Studio 4

Tips and Tricks for Studio 4 (Want More? - Indepth Tutorials )

Learn how to prepare PowerPoint slide sizes to match other recording sizes. Includes how to use storyboards, edit the video, and recording tips.

Share Camtasia Studio Projects

Learn how export projects to a .zip format to share with other Camtasia Studio users or for archiving purposes. Includes how to edit project properties.

Reuse Video Clips

Learn how to reuse recordings and video clips.

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Help Files

Getting Started

Audio Editor

An Excellent Tutorial by Paul Newman: Camtasia 2:

Web Resources

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