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Camtasia Studio 8: Create an Interactive Table of Contents (and Save Time Editing) with Markers

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Would you like to make it easier for your viewers to navigate through your videos? Or, would you just like help speeding up the editing process? If so, then markers are a great tool to add to your repertoire. In the following video, you’ll learn how to: Find and open the marker view (0:30) Differentiate between the two types of markers. (0:52) Add markers to your project. (1:40) Quickly pinpoint a section to delete. (2:00) Add markers while recording. (2:35) Use markers to set Continue reading

How to Replace Outdated or Inaccurate Audio in Camtasia Studio 8

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We've had several customers ask us how to update a section of audio in an existing project - without having to redo the whole thing. In this video, I show you how to update your audio using the Voice Narration function in Camtasia Studio 8.  This can save you a lot of time if you just need to fix a small error or out-of-date information. Can't see the video?  View it on Screencast.com The tricky part about replacing just a section of audio is making it sound natural.  Here are a couple Continue reading

Camtasia Studio 8: Full Captions Series is Live

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Adding captions is a great way to increase the accessibility of your videos. Many rely on captions, including those with hearing impairments, non-native English speakers, and even those not able to play external audio. But did you know that captioning your videos also makes them searchable? Or that you can export your captions for translation or other uses? The captions editor in Camtasia Studio 8 is rather robust. To help users with this, we created a full series of tutorials to help you with Continue reading

Discovering the Trim Feature in Snagit

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The Trim feature is sort of like a "Smart Cropping" tool. It automatically removes excess, unused area from around the image. There are a few popular cases where the Trim tool can be handy in saving you from having to manually drag each edge of your canvas toward the edge of the image. As a rule of thumb, trim is great whenever you have labels, numbers, or callouts hanging "off" your central image. I made a quick, informal video showing a common workflow where Trim comes in handy. This example 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

Time Saver Tuesday – the 10ish Commandments of Screencasting

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It's Tuesday so that means its time for some new Time Saver Tuesday tips! Up today we have a snippet from previous episode of The Forge. Today's tips are all about how to make your screencasts less awful! I met Dan Nunez when he attended ScreencastCamp earlier this year. One of the sessions he led was called the '10 Commandments of Screencasting'. It was a big hit. Not only was it funny, but it was also informative. I promise, you will laugh and learn some useful tips! Plus, Dan rocks a really Continue reading