Camtasia Tutorials

First, please download and install the Camtasia program. You can download the 30 day free trial to get started.

Tips for making a succesful video

Make sure you are working on a 720p/YouTube size canvas.

Size any typing elements for good legibility and position on the canvas.

Use spotlights or callouts to highlight materials.

Use animations, arrows, text boxes, or any other items to help emphasize materials.

Experiment with opacity and with animations or motion

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In class or over the next forty eight hours, explore some Camtasia tutorials Once you are finished, add a comment to this posting with responses to the following prompts:

Choose whether you are using the Mac or PC version before beginning. Also, consider exploring some of the additional tutorials on the Camtasia Web site. Here are the questions:

PC

Record your screen tutorial

http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-02-record-your-screen.html

What do the hotkeys F9 and F10 do?

Explore the editor tutorial

http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-05-explore-editor.html

How many tracks are available to build your video projects?

Apply smart focus to zoom and pan

http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-06-apply-smartfocus-zoom-pa...

How do you manually add an animation?

Add a callout tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-08-add-callout.html

How might the layers in the timeline prevent a callout from appearing on the canvas?

Visual properties tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-09-visual-properties.html

Which media on the timeline can have visual animations added to it?

Canvas in depth tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8-canvas-in-depth.html

Name one way to change the zoom level of the canvas.

MAC

Make a great recording tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-2-record-select-pause-...

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording?

Editing essentials what you need to know tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-4-editing-essentials-n...

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas?

Increase viewer understanding, animations tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-10-stand-out-animation...

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video?

Increase viewer understanding, annotations tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-7-viewer-understanding...

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation?

Animations and video FX tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-10-stand-out-animation...

Which is the most flexible annotation?

Create better audio tutorial http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-mac-gs-12-better-audio-mics-r...

How can you fade audio in or out?

Due date: 
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Assignment Description: 
Students are pointed a download link for a trial version of the software to be used for the assignment. There are also links to tutorials and prompts to which students can respond to demonstrate that they have viewed the tutorials. The goal is to develop familiarity with the software before going forward.

Comments

Laura Deem's picture

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording? Shift, command, 2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas? Move cursor over canvas and scroll up or down or use the drop down canvas zoo menu to the right to adjust the percentage. 

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video? animations tab

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation? Click on the gear button to the right of the zoom percent (and then click the properties and effects tab on the top that looks like film)

Which is the most flexible annotation? The blank animation

How can you fade audio in or out? Use the audio fade in/out transition in the transitions tab.

What do the hotkeys F9 and F10 do? F9 is a hotkey for Record and F10 is a hotkey for Stop Recording.

How many tracks are available to build your video projects? 3

How do you manually add an animation? Select the media and position the playhead where you want to add the animation.  Add animation button or the hotkey z, but it must be selected on the timeline.

How might the layers in the timeline prevent a callout from appearing on the canvas? They do not choose a starting point on the arrow. 

Which media on the timeline can have visual animations added to it? Callouts.

Name one way to change the zoom level of the canvas. Scrolling up zooms in, whereas scrolling down zooms out.

 

What do the hotkeys F9 and F10 do? F9 is a hotkey that starts the recording.

F10 is a hotkey that stops the recording. 

 

How many tracks are available to build your video projects?

An unlimmited number of tracks is available.

 

How do you manually add an animation?

Position playhead where you want to add the animation. Select "video properties," and choose an animation. Then select "add animation."

How might the layers in the timeline prevent a callout from appearing on the canvas?

A callout will not show up on the canvas if it is positioned underneath the audio track.  

Which media on the timeline can have visual animations added to it?

Any type of media can have visual animations added to it. 

Name one way to change the zoom level of the canvas.

Scroll up to zoom in. Scroll down to zoom out. 

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording?

Shift + Command + 2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas?

There is a drop-down manual zoom menu to the right of the canvas.

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video?

Through the animations tab

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation? 

Click on the gear button beside the zoom percentarge, then click the "properties and effects" tab

Which is the most flexible annotation?

Blank animation

How can you fade audio in or out?

Go to the transitions tab and use the audio fade in/out transition.

Nicole Bassil's picture

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording? Shift Command 2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas? Animations tab on left side of screen

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video? Through the animation tab on the left of the screen

Which is the most flexible annotation? Blank animation 

How can you fade audio in or out? Last tab on bottom on left is the transitions tab where you can fade in and out

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording?

Hold down the Shift and Command 2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas?

You use the animations tab on left side of screen

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video?

You use the animation tab on the left side of the screen

Which is the most flexible annotation?

Blank animation 

How can you fade audio in or out?

Click the last tab on the bottom of the left side of the screen in order to fade in or out

1. The shortcut "shift+command+2" pauses the recording

2. To zoom, place the cursor over the canvas and scroll up or down; you can also use the drop-down menu

3. Use "Smart Focus" to select a starting point for where you want to zoom or pan

4. The most flexible annotation is the "blank animation" one

5. To fade audio in or out use the "audio fade in" or "audio fade out" options in the transitions tab

Lindsay Byers's picture

1. F9 starts recording and F10 stops recording

2. There's no limit to the tracks you can have

3.To add animation, put the playhead where you want the animation, select video properties, choose the animation you want, then hit add animation

4. If a callout is under the audio track it will not show up on the canvas

5. All types of media can have visual added

6. You can change the zoom level of the canvas by scrolling up or down or by choosing it manually

1. Shift, command, 2

2. Use the animations tab on the left-hand side of the screen

3. Use the animations tab on the left-hand side of the screen 

4. Black animation

5. Transitions tab, use "audio fade in" or "audio fade out"

Emily Shepherd's picture

1. Shift - command - 2

2. Use percentage button or move cursor over the canvas and move up and down

3. Drag animation logo over the video and then play with it on the canvas

4. Use properties pane to change colors, opacity and head, line, tail styles of an arrow

5.Didn’t see this in the video? But I assume it’s the first option

6. Transition - audio fade in and out

Smriti Singh's picture

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording? Hit shift, command, and 2 simultaneously.

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas? To the right of the canvas, I can select a percentage to zoom in.

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video? Using the animations option, we can make the movement of the video change!

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation? First, go to the gear picture (next to zoom option) and then click “properties and effects"

Which is the most flexible annotation? Blank annotation

How can you fade audio in or out? Use audio fade in/fade out

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording?

-Shift, Command, 2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas?

-Use the drop-down manual zoom which is located on the right of the screen.

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video?

-Using the animations tab option

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation? 

-You should click on the gear button, then click the properties and effects button

Which is the most flexible annotation?

-Blank animation

How can you fade audio in or out?

-Access the transitions tab and choose the audio fade in/out transition.

What do the hotkeys F9 and F10 do? F9 is the hotkey that starts the recording and F10 is the hotkey that stops the recording. 

How many tracks are available to build your video projects? You can add an unlimted amount tracks to your project.

How do you manually add an animation? Position the playhead where you want to add the animation the select "video properties," and choose an animation, then select "add animation."

How might the layers in the timeline prevent a callout from appearing on the canvas? A callout may not appear if it is posiitoned below the audio track.

Which media on the timeline can have visual animations added to it? You can add visual animations to any media.

Name one way to change the zoom level of the canvas? Scroll up to zoom in and scroll down to zoom out. 

I am super late on doing this, but I wanted to make sure that I completed the assignment for credit, so because I did it so late I added an additional annotation suggestion. 

How do you use a keyboard shortcut to pause the recording?

            Command+shift+2

How do you zoom in or out on the canvas?

            You can zoom in and out on the canvas by scrolling up or down with your fingers on the track pad-like you would any other page or picture.

How do you add your own zooms and pans to a video?

            You can use the effects offered on the side panel to zoom or pan on a video.

How do you open the properties pane to change the look of an annotation?

            You click on the small gear icon and click on properties to change the look of an annotation.

Which is the most flexible annotation?

            A custom annotation is probably the most flexible because it is like a blank canvas; you can choose the effects.

How can you fade audio in or out?

            There is an option to add an “audio fade in or out” effect under the bottom tab on the side panel.

Additional annotation:

            You can change the color of a picture or video by using the color adjustment effect, which is located under the second effects tab. I really like this effect and it helped me to create the transition from black and white to full color during the length of the video in both my e-poem and revised e-poem.