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Camtasia Effects

With Effects you can add callouts, text boxes and arrows to your recorded videos. Objects can be added and edited by means of a timeline so your recording is not interrupted.

There are a variety of pre made shapes to choose from, including arrows, callout, text boxes and boxes.

All of these objects can be used to hold text.

Layout of objects can be controlled further by means of the layout toolbar.

Images can also be imported into effects and used on the recordings.

Camtasia Producer

Producer let you edit your screen recordings frame by frame. Multiple recordings and images can also be put together with added transitions. Once created, recordings can be saved as a project so that editing can be continued, or if finished they can be saved in a variety of formats for distribution, including:  

• Macromedia Flash (SWF)
• Windows Media (WMV)
• Quick Time(MOV)
• Real Media (RM)
• AVI (AVI)
• Animated Gif (GIF)
• Self-Running EXE(EXE)

The main parts of producer are the Storyboard, Video Editor, File Navigator, Timeline and Audio Editor.

Storyboard is where you drag the recordings, and images you are trying to join together into a movie. Once on the storyboard objects can be joined together with transitions and exported in different formats.

The Video Editor allows you to edit your video down to the second, as well as remove sections.

Recordings and Images are selected from the File Navigator and can be dragged to the storyboard or video editor.

The Timeline allows you to keep track of what actions are occurring in your video at a specific time frame. It can be edited by clicking on it.

The Audio Editor not shown, can be accessed by clicking on tools. It allows you to edit an exsisting audio clip or record an audio track to narrate a recording.

Creating a Video in Producer (From Camtasia Producer Help)

1. Add desired files to storyboard by dragging from the thumbnail pane or the video editor.
2. Apply all edits to clips on storyboard.
3. Choose File > Produce Movie or File > Production Wizard.
4. Choose the desired video format.
5. Choose the video format options.
6. Choose the size option.
7. If desired, add ancillary information such as byline, title, etc.
8. If desired, add a watermark.
9. Save video project.
10. Produce the video.

Camtasia Menu Maker

Menu Maker allows you to create a CD-ROM interface that indexes your videos, PowerPoint files, Word documents and other supporting files.

If you have multiple videos and documents that you want to provide access to, menu maker is an excellent way to make it easy for your audience to find and access them.

Menu Maker is works best if you intend to burn the contents and videos you have created onto a CD.

Camtasia Resources

Exercises

Exercise 1:

Using Camtasia, create a narrated tour of your favorite web site.

Be sure to include the following:

• Web site URL
• Show at least two pages of the web site
• Brief explanation of the web sites highlights
• Voice narration
• Credits

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 Design Gallery Live
http://dgl.microsoft.com

Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/

Exercise 3:

Using Effects add some text boxes, shapes or callouts to your existing recordings

Exercise 4: