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Camtasia Studio Tutorials: Editing

Do more with your screen and audio recordings. We'll cover editing basics for video and audio to in-depth tips, Flash Interactions, and more. 

  • Camtasia Studio 5
  • Camtasia Studio 4

Camtasia Studio 5 Editing Tutorials

Video

Add a Transition
Learn how to add a transition between two clips on the Timeline
Add a Callout
Learn how to add graphics to appear on top of the video to draw viewers’ attention to important objects or processes on the screen.
Add a Title Clip
Use a title clip before a clip on the Timeline as a title or introduction, between clips on the Timeline as chapter headings, or at the end of the video to display the credits or other important information.
Apply SmartFocus
Learn how to automatically apply Zoom-n-Pan keyframes to clips on the Timeline.
Add Zoom-n-Pan Effects
Learn how to add Zoom-n-Pan effects to allow your audience to see important screen movement by zooming in and out on the recording. .
Record Camera Video
Learn how to set up and record camera video in Camtasia Studio with a Web camera.
Modify a Picture-in-Picture Clip
Learn how to modify the Picture-in-Picture to change how the PIP appears in the video. Includes how to preview the Picture-in-Picture as a side-by-side video or embedded in the main video.

Audio

Record Voice Narration
Learn how to add voice narration to existing recordings.
Improve the Audio Quality with Audio Enhancements
Learn how to use audio enhancements to automatically improve the audio quality on the Timeline. Includes how to remove background noise, even out the volume levels and enhance the audio for a male or female voice.
Audio 3 Track
Learn about utilizing the new Audio 3 track that is available in Camtasia Studio 5.1. Great for adding background music.

Quizzes and Surveys and Closed Captioning

Add a Flash Quiz or Survey
Learn how to add a Flash Quiz or Survey to a video to test viewer’s knowledge or gain viewer feedback. You can include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions. Receive the quiz or survey results by email or a SCORM-compliant LMS.
Add Captioning
Learn how to add 508 compliant captions to your videos by pasting a prepared script and synching the captions with the video playback.

PowerPoint

Edit a PowerPoint Recording
Learn how to import PowerPoint recordings into Camtasia Studio to add transitions, media, and title clips between slides. Includes how to import slide notes as captions.

Tips and Tricks

Project Settings Overview
Learn about the options available in Project Settings. Discover how to set the dimensions during editing to preview how your final video will look. Learn how to apply SmartFocus to automatically create Zoom-n-Pan keyframes to optimize viewing at the dimensions selected.
Back up Project Files Automatically
Learn how to automatically save a backup project file for recovery.
Working With Still Images
Learn how to import still images into your projects; how to adjust the image duration; and how to get rid of any unwanted borders.

Camtasia Studio 4 Editing Tutorials

Video

Apply Transitions
Learn how to add transistions between video clips on the editor timeline.
Add Callouts
Learn how to add Callouts to videos.
Zoom-n-Pan in Videos
Learn how to use Zoom-n-Pan, including how to use the preview rectangle.
Add Web Camera Recordings
Learn how to set-up and record camera video in Camtasia Studio with a web camera. Includes how to use auto-extend and extend current frame.
Add a Picture-in-Picture
Learn how to add and edit Picture-in-Picture video.
Add Captions
Learn how to add 508 compliant captions to videos. Includes pasting a script and synching up the captions with the video playback.
Use Camtasia Studio Editor (Part 1)
Learn how to use the basic editing features found in the editor. Includes information about the Clip bin, resize and position the preview window, zoom in and out on the timeline, splits, cuts, and inserting markers.
Use Camtasia Studio Editor (Part 2)
Learn how to adjust the speed of a video clip, extend the length of a video clip, replace audio with silence, and change the default duration for transitions, images, callouts, and title clips.
Use Hotspots to Create Navigation
Learn how to use Flash hotspots and markers to create navigation with in a video. Includes how to adjust background colors and callout layers.

Audio

Setting Up to Record Audio
This tutorial will walk through how to prepare for recording audio.  Included in this tutorial are ways to record better quality audio, how to adjust the audio settings in Camtasia Studio, and how to change the audio codec used for recording.
Add or Change Voice Narration
Learn how to add or replace Voice Narration to existing recordings. Includes how to record to track 1 or 2, auto-extend last frame, or extend a video during recording.
Improve Audio Sounds
Learn how to even out audio levels when recording different audio sources and remove background noise from all audio.
Even Out Audio Levels
Learn how to even out audio levels in audio recordings. Includes how to adjust audio levelswith loud and soft audio
Improve Audio Recoding in PowerPoint
Learn how to adjust audio settings when recording in PowerPoint. Includes how to set higher audio sampling and produce audio out to .MP3 or .WAV formats.

Flash Hotspots, Quizzes and Surveys, and Closed Captioning

Use Hotspots to Create Interactive Content
Learn how to use multiple Flash hotspots to produce interactive demonstations. Includes how to us the Go to Marker feature when setting up hotspots.
Create Surveys and Quizzes
Learn how to create Flash Surveys and Quizzes. Includes how to create multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions. Also how to receive quiz and survey results from e-mail or a SCORM compliant LMS
Customize Close Captioning
Learn how to create open and closed captioning. Includes details of how to customize the captions from the config.xml file, including the font type, size, and weight, background panel, and how to have captions on or off by default.

PowerPoint

Edit PowerPoint
Learn how to edit PowerPoint recordings. Incudes importing slide titles as markers, spliting at markers to insert media, and how to rerecord audio.

Tips and Tricks

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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