Author Archives: Will Verchereau

About Will Verchereau

Will Verchereau is the Customer Content Coordinator for the Marketing Team at TechSmith.
You can follow him on Twitter at @willverchereau
  • If money were no object, he would still thrift the majority of his wardrobe.
  • His life goal is to own a peacock farm.
  • His guilty pleasure is a tub of ice cream directly following any form of exercise.

    • 21st Century Genealogy: Snagit and Camtasia Help Family Historians Bring the Past to Life

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    How many times have we heard the adage “history repeats itself”? Or “those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it”? To many, the idea of history is enough to make them tune out. The idea of family history seems even more snooze inducing. Many of us immediately think of older relatives excitedly flipping through albums of faded news clippings and old photographs. But Lisa Louise Cooke has a completely different view of history and genealogy. To Lisa, genealogy is a window into the Continue reading

    “It’s Like Writing a Play:” Make Screencasts Painless with Storyboards, Scripts

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    Screencasting is daunting—it’s no secret. The time and energy it takes to record, edit and publish high-quality videos is often much longer than the end product. Many of us make the mistake of diving into the thick of a project as well. This tends to lead to hours of frustration, eventually pushing us away from our video project and toward cat videos on YouTube. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When John Shaw of BravoSolution reached out to us with a recorded Prezi presentation Continue reading

    Camtasia, Cammpus Help Companies Build Branded Universities

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    In 2006, Brian Hayden noticed a need for training in the construction industry, specifically around the increasingly popular market for geothermal heating and cooling systems. Few contractors knew about such systems, and even fewer could be labeled “experts” able to teach others how to properly install geothermal systems in buildings. So, Brian decided to make a change. Over the next five years, Brian helped 6,000 contractors get the training they needed from top experts in renewable energy. Continue reading

    Camtasia, Snagit Help First Responders Train for Their Jobs

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    Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube! Some people paint, some people build models, and others, like Georgianna Skinner, make videos. Georgianna has dedicated her life to education but likes to spend her spare time shooting, editing and tinkering with videos—so much so that it’s become her unofficial second job. When Georgianna isn’t managing the online education department at Florida Keys Community College, she’s creating videos for the school with Camtasia for Mac and Snagit. Who Continue reading

    Technical Preview Program Participants Culture Snagit with Artistic Flair

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    One of the great results of TechSmith’s Technical Preview Program, which allows customers to test up-and-coming features of TechSmith products, is the enormous creativity that stems from TPP projects. Customers participating in the program may be measuring usability and their overall experience with TechSmith products, but that doesn’t stop them from taking artistic liberties every so often. We followed up with three TPP participants who completed their assignments and added a little extra Continue reading

    Saving Snagit Captures One Pixel at a Time

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    Shane Young has built a career on Microsoft SharePoint. He owned a business, he was named a Microsoft MVP, and he’s written multiple books — all focused on Microsoft SharePoint. For those unfamiliar with the product, SharePoint is a collaboration tool that allows teams to share virtually anything between members. SharePoint offers simple communication solutions as well as complex tools that empower businesses to improve collaboration. And Shane knows just about all there is to know about Continue reading

    Snagit Puts IT Professionals in Two Places at Once

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    Helpdesk ticketing systems are a primary tool for IT professionals to efficiently answer questions from colleagues and customers. The problems they solve are often a matter of one or two clicks of the mouse, but the solution can quickly get muddled in written emails. So, IT professionals like David Francis use Snagit to clear up confusion. David is a system administrator for a marketing firm in the Midwest that employs more than 350 people across the nation. So, not surprisingly, David can’t Continue reading