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About Daniel Foster

Daniel Foster is the “social media guy” for TechSmith. He enjoys iceboating, ice cream socials, and isosceles triangles. Tweet him up @fosteronomo or put him in a Google+ Circle.

UPDATED: Happy Forge Day! Join us live at 2pm ET

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Join us today for a very special episode of The Forge, filled with practical tips, a hijink or two, and exciting announcements about upcoming TechSmith events. (Hint: ScreencastCamp!) This episode will wrap up the 2nd season of The Forge, so we'll make sure to finish with a bang. UPDATE: If you missed the live stream, you can watch the recorded video below or on YouTube. Links mentioned in this episode Download the Brandyfesto PDF(includes details on the Draw Quad) Android users, be sure Continue reading

How to create a DIY green screen video effect (aka chroma key)

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Achieving a good green screen effect used to be difficult and expensive. But no longer. In this post, I'll show you how to make your first green screen video on the cheap. We'll take a look at the various elements you need to consider: backdrop, software, camera, lighting...and how you can probably pull off your first green screen production for $30 or less. Before we get started on the how...let's talk about the why. Why would you ever want to use a green screen effect in your video? To what Continue reading

Snagit on Mac Gets Microsoft Office Outputs

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A couple months back, we introduced buttons for sharing directly to social media channels. Today we bring you Microsoft Office® outputs for Snagit on Mac! You can now send your images directly from Snagit to Microsoft Word®, Excel®, and PowerPoint® on Mac. These outputs work with both Snagit versions 1 and 2. To use the outputs: Download the Office outputs here. Be sure to click the Mac Outputs tab (see screenshot below). Once downloaded, double-click each output to install Continue reading

New version of Camtasia for Mac bends time and space

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Image credit: Tomasz StasiukWe don't usually give codenames to minor releases but if we did, this one would be called Dr. Who. That's because it's all about transcending the barriers of space and time. You read that right. Time. And Space. Camtasia for Mac 2.1 delivers clip speed, the #1 feature request from Camtasia for Mac users--as voted by our user community. It's a tool for speeding up or stretching out video clips (without making you sound like a chipmunk or Darth Vader). For some thoughts Continue reading

UPDATED: The Forge – Beyond Bullet Points & How to Record the Screen of a Mobile Device

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UPDATE: Recording of this episode is below and posted to YouTube. UPDATE (3/21/2013): Don't feel like watching the video? Want more information? Check out this updated post about screen capture for tablets! The Twitter hashtag is #tscforge. Guest post today from Matt Pierce, host of The Forge. It's almost time for the next episode of the TechSmith's webshow The Forge (episode 18)! We'll be live at 2 PM ET (April 19) right here on the Visual Lounge blog and we've got two great segments. Continue reading

Fresh from the lab! BlinkCapture

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Over the last several years at TechSmith we have been continually looking for ways to improve the screen capture experience with Snagit. While some of these experiments have come to fruition, like All-in-One Capture, not every test has been successful. Attempts at capturing smell failed miserably when it turned out that every capture ended up smelling like feet. There was a failed experiment with dust capture, which was supposed to allow you to put a special dust on a physical object and capture Continue reading

Webinar recording: What’s new in Snagit

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If you couldn't make it to any of our recent Snagit webinars...or want to share the recording, we've got you covered! In these one-hour webinars, Snagit product manager Tiffany Wood shared real-life examples of how you can use the new Snagit and fielded questions from attendees. Many of her examples were pulled from actual customer stories. One session was geared for educators; the other for everyone else. The basic structure for each: intro, demo, Q&A. What's New in Snagit (General Audience) Not Continue reading