Celebrate GIF Times, Come On!

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There’s just something about an animated GIF. They’re not the smooth, professional masterpieces we see from professional screencasters. Instead, they’re the link you post to your Tumblr blog, text to your friend or crowd around your coworker’s desk to enjoy for just a moment. When we read this article honoring Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF format, we couldn’t help but think of the wide, wide world of animated GIF magic. At TechSmith, we like to think we’ve helped that magic Continue reading

A report from ScreencastCamp Germany

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ScreencastCamp has gone global! Inspired by the ScreencastCamp held at TechSmith’s headquarters in Michigan each summer, Anton Bollen, TechSmith’s European Evangelist and author of the German TechSmith Blog, and Andreas Pilz, a Camtasia trainer and professional screencaster, organized TechSmith’s first international ScreencastCamp in Nürnberg, Germany. Background Barcamps and Themecamps have become increasingly popular in Germany.  In fact, there are over 80 events in the country Continue reading

Mobile Design: Painless Pixel Perfection

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If you’ve ever had to create art assets for both Android and iOS at the same time, you know how much effort it can actually be. We’ve learned some tricks over the last few months which have saved us weeks worth of effort. We’re pretty geeked about these discoveries, and wanted to share what we’ve learned. Before we knew about these techniques, we would often spend countless hours tweaking each graphic, at each size, then saving each out separately, and finally naming them over and over... Continue reading

Employee Highlight: Meet TechSmithie Matt Pierce

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To continue the Employee Highlight series, I had the pleasure of interviewing our Customer Engagement Manager, Matt Pierce. And we even put together a video interview for you! (Note: content in video is slightly different than text below.) Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. An Interview with Matt Pierce Who are you, and what do you do? I'm Matt Pierce. I am the Customer Engagement Manager. I manage our Training and Documentation team, oversee Technical Support, and host the Continue reading

Introducing the TechSmith Social Media Team

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Why, hello You might be a subscriber to our blogs, interact with us on Twitter, and/or check out our Facebook pages every once in a while… but you’re still wondering, who are the people behind all this social media magic, and what’s in it for me? Well, you’re in for a treat. Who are we? Renee (@badrar) I am the Online Community Specialist at TechSmith. I serve as a TechSmith champion to maintain, grow, and work with a variety of communities who are engaged with TechSmith products and Continue reading

Employee Highlight: Meet TechSmithie Katie Moore

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In our Employee Highlight series, we will introduce you to various TechSmith Team Members, or TechSmithies, as we like to call ourselves. First up we have Katie Moore who is part of our Marketing Department. Who are you, and what do you do? My name is Katie Moore and I’m a senior marketing manager here at TechSmith. My role consists of managing the Social Media Team, part of our Evangelism Team, our Customer Content Coordinator and Email Marketing Programs Team. In addition to providing Continue reading

How to Make a Harlem Shake Video with Camtasia for Mac

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Guest post by Ben Rhodes and Christina Melton of TechSmith Have you been keeping up with the recent internet meme sensation, Harlem Shake videos? We have been. And not only that, we created our own (scroll down to see them)! Then we made a guide showing how to make your own Harlem Shake video with Camtasia, because we're not so good at keeping secrets. The steps reference Camtasia for Mac, but the process is really similar on Camtasia Studio. And if you don't already own Camtasia, don't worry, Continue reading