Camtasia Studio Learning Center

Learn how to view a 30 second preview of the Production settings or how to produce a selection of the Timeline.

Preview the Production Settings

The Preview Current Settings option produces a thirty second clip of the video. Use this option to see how the video looks with the current production settings without producing the entire video. The production preview also allows you to preview the appearance of the about box and controls for Flash videos. The Preview option is available once you begin selecting production options within the Production Wizard.

To preview the current production settings

1. Choose the Produce video as option in the Task List.
2. The Production Wizard appears. Select the production settings in the wizard.
3. Click the Preview dropdown and select the Preview Current Settings option.

The Preview manger adds the preview to the list of previews for the project. To learn more about the Preview Manager, see the Camtasia Studio version 5.0 help file.

Produce a Selection of the Timeline

You can produce a section of the Timeline to quickly produce a portion of a longer video to share or to preview.

To produce a selection of the Timeline

1. Click and drag the seek bar to select an area on the Timeline.
2. Right-click on the selection and choose File > Produce Selection As.
3. The Production Wizard opens.