Author Archives: Andrea Perry

How to Capture and Display Keystroke Data with Camtasia for Mac 2.3

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When you use keyboard shortcuts like Cmd-C or Esc while recording a screencast, your viewers can be confused by seeing something happen on screen without understanding how you did it. You can help viewers follow along by visualizing these key presses as graphics that appear in your video. Did you know that by default, Camtasia for Mac 2.3 captures keystroke data? When your project contains a .cmrec recording file, Camtasia can automatically generate keystroke callouts from that data, which helps Continue reading

Add a Fade Transition to Several Clips at a Time in Camtasia for Mac

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In this quick tutorial, I'll share a timesaving tip showing how to add transitions to several clips in one quick sweep, and then how to edit those same transitions simultaneously. You can transition between clips in your screencast to indicate the passage of time, change in location, or even just to create a smooth flow between clips. Add transitions to several clips at once: First, select multiple tracks on the timeline, either by using Shift-click to select clips with your cursor, or by clicking Continue reading

Insert Media Between Clips on the Timeline in Camtasia for Mac

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How many times have you nearly finished your Camtasia project before realizing that you forgot to include that one, crucial clip? Most of the time I come to that realization after I've already added all the edits, effects, and animations to my timeline. Fortunately, there's a way to insert that clip into my project without having to rework much, if any, of my project. In this video, I show the process of inserting a media clip between two other clips on the timeline. Questions about working Continue reading

Customize Camtasia for Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

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If you’re a regular Camtasia user, you probably have some of the default keyboard shortcuts memorized. For example, you might make a selection on the timeline and then press Command-X to cut the selection instead of navigating to the function in the menu. If you use other video editing software in addition to Camtasia for Mac, you may notice that the keyboard shortcuts don’t always align. Fortunately, you can assign a custom keyboard shortcut to most of the tools and commands in Camtasia for Continue reading