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Vote Now for ScreenChamp Award Best in Show

Here in the US, the election frenzy has finally died down. Now it's time to move on to matters of supreme global importance...like choosing the top screencast video to win this year's ScreenChamp Award - Best in Show! A team of TechSmithies screened and scored all 153 entries to find the cream of the crop. Now it's your turn to watch these 16 best videos and vote for your favorite. Vote now! Unlike a political election (ahem), in this contest you can vote early and vote often! That's right, Continue reading

Live on The Forge today (2pm ET) – Anum from HubSpot, Snagit for “Evil,” Skype capture

Video is now updated! Refresh this blog post at 2:00pm ET to see the live video stream and chat below! The Twitter hashtag is #tscforge. On today's show...featured guest Anum Hussain (@anummedia) from HubSpot will explain what inbound marketing is and how creating and giving away useful content can drive leads and sales for your business. Our education evangelist Dave McCollom (@davemccollom) will share some ideas for using Snagit for eeeeevil. (Not the evil kind, the fun kind.) And Walter Continue reading

Last chance! Save $50 on your Camtasia Studio 8 upgrade

If you've been intending to upgrade to Camtasia Studio 8…now's the time. Our $50 discount on upgrades ends September 18. So if you like saving money, take advantage of the Camtasia Studio upgrade offer today. Why upgrade? Your viewers will benefit For those still undecided about spending the $99 to get on the latest version, there are lots of good reasons for giving it some serious thought. The most important reason is that Camtasia Studio 8 helps you make the kind of videos your viewers Continue reading

How to Make an Infographic with Snagit

TechSmith customer Alex Sherman Follow @alex_sherman// recently shared an infographic he made with Snagit, over on our Facebook page. We're huge fans of infographics—they're a great way to communicate a ton of info in a small space, with social sharing appeal built in!—so we just had to find out more about how Alex did it. Check out Alex's superb infographic, then scroll down for our interview… Alex also generously offered to share the .Snag file for his infographic. You can download Continue reading

ScreenChomp for Language Learning

Melvina Kurashige Follow @mkurashige // teaches Japanese language to 6th and 8th graders at Mid-Pacific Institute Middle School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her students use TechSmith's recordable whiteboard app ScreenChomp on iPad to improve their skills at speaking and writing Japanese. Students make two types of videos. In the first, two students draw a picture that evokes a real-life situation—such as sharing an umbrella on a rainy day—and then converse about it. Their drawing and speaking Continue reading

Camtasia Studio 8 – First impressions

We launched Camtasia Studio 8 into the wild on June 19. Here's a quick round-up of reactions from reviewers and individuals who are trying out the new version. (Can't see the embedded content below? View it on Storify...) We're excited to finally get this new version into the hands of screencasters and video creators everywhere, so you can tell us what you like, dislike, and want in the next version. (Yes, we're already working on what's next!) So please post your feedback and questions at our Continue reading

Blog changes in progress

If something looks different around here, that's because it is! We're in the process of merging four of our blogs (Visual Lounge, TechSmith education community, Jing, and Screencast.com) into one TechSmith blog. As part of that change, we've imported the content and comments from those blogs. We'll share more details and tips once the dust settles a bit, but if you've arrived here from a search engine or been redirected from one of the old blog URLs, please know that you are in the right place! If Continue reading