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| Introduction to Camtasia Studio |
Introduction to Camtasia StudioWhat is Camtasia? With Camtasia you can:
Using CamtasiaMake sure that the resolution of your movie will work with the majority of your audience. If you record your movie in a 1024x768 resolution and your audience is viewing it at a smaller resolution, they may loose some of the quality in trying to view it. The majority of computer users are using 800x600 resolution. Setting your screen resolution to 640x480 is recommended. Record only the amount of screen you need. If you are recording an application, just record that window, a larger area will result in a larger video and download time for your audience. The format you should use to save your videos depends largely on what your audience has access to. It is a good idea to turn off hardware acceleration on your computer so you can increase frame capture rates on Windows 2000 and Windows XP and / or reduce CPU utilization. Hardware acceleration can be turned off during recording under "Options > Preferences > Program in Camtasia recorder. It can also be turned off on your system settings, but this may affect other programs. A good frame rate or (fps) for your movie is 5-10 frames per second. Anything higher will result in a larger video and slower download for your audience. Make sure that when you produce your final movie in producer, that your fps matches the one you recorded under. Go to "Produce Movie > Production Options > AVI tab" and choose "Automatic" as frame rate setting Introduction to Camtasia StudioCamtasia Studio is actually made up of several applications that allow you to create and produce animated screen captures.
Recording a PowerPoint PresentationWith Camtasia you can easily record any PowerPoint presentation including animations, transitions and narration. 1. In Microsoft's PowerPoint, open the PowerPoint presentation you would like to record. 2. In Recorder, go to Capture > Input > Screen. 3. In PowerPoint, go to the "Slide Show view " by selecting menu options View > Slide Show or by pressing the Slide Show View hotkey, <F5>. 4.
Begin recording by pressing Camtasia Recorder's
record hotkey (default is <F9>). 5. In PowerPoint, move through your slide show. 6. Stop recording by pressing Recorder's stop hotkey (default is <F10>). 7. Save your capture. Note that it is saved as an AVI file. 8. You can now use Camtasia Producer to edit, or narrate your PowerPoint video. You can also use Camtasia Effects to add annotations such as arrows or callouts to the video. (Directions
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Screen Recording and Production Worksheet An
Introduction to Screen Recording and Video Production Camtasia
Recorder and PowerPoint Camtasia
Tutorials Camtasia
Studio Tutorials Videos Creating Tutorials Trial Copy of Camtasia
ExercisesExercise 1: Using Camtasia, create a narrated tour of your favorite web site. Be sure to include the following:
Exercise 2: Create a small PowerPoint presentation about any topic (example My Summer Vacation, When I Win the Lottery, My Ideal Saturday etc). Now using Camtasia record and narrate that presentation. Images for your presentation can be found at: Microsoft
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