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A Quick-Start Guide to Create a Professional Video
When you are trying to create a video for your blog or content marketing, Camtasia is the perfect application. Camtasia is an easy-to-use screen recorder and video editor that allows you to record footage of your computer screen and turn it into professional videos. Camtasia has many features that make it ideal for creating all types of videos in minutes. Camtasia is very popular with bloggers, content creators and small business owners. Camtasia was designed for content creators and bloggers so it’s easy to use.
For many content creators, Camtasia is a great screen recorder because you can record in HD video as if your webcam were recording the video directly from your computer screen. Camtasia records much higher quality.
Getting Started with Camtasia
Installation is very simple. Camtasia is available for Mac and Windows operating systems. Camtasia is available for purchase or Camtasia can be downloaded as a free trial.
Once Camtasia has been installed, you will need to start recording your screen. To begin recording, click the record button (red dot) in Camtasia’s main window and then open whatever program that you wish to record video of on your computer screen. You may also want to resize Camtasia so it only contains the area being recorded by clicking “Fit Screen” from Camtasia’s menu bar at the top of Camtasia’s program interface. Camtasia has a “Capture cursor” option that you can turn on to have Camtasia record your mouse movements as well.
Once Camtasia begins recording, the name of the program being recorded will be displayed in Camtasia’s main window so you know what is being recorded. If Camtasia records more than one screen at once it may display each screen separately. You can also click anywhere within Camtasia to start and stop recording if for some reason clicking the red dot does not work. To do this simply selects “Control+Spacebar.” This allows you control video playback by pressing space bar or starting/stopping video with Control key + Spacebar simultaneously.
One thing that makes Camtasia a great screen recorder is Camtasia’s timer. Camtasia allows you to set a countdown timer before recording starts so it can be used as an alarm clock feature (great for YouTube videos). Camtasia also has many other features that make Camtasia ideal for blogging and content creation, including the ability to record video of Flash elements on web pages, individual application windows or even multiple screens. Camtasia includes options such as adding text overlays to your video during recording and Camtasia provides several different types of effects like fade in/out transitions between scenes.
After Camtasia records your footage you will need to edit the video because Camtasia does not include any built-in editing tools besides some simple transitions. Camtasia does allow you to record video in 1080p HD, which is one of the highest resolutions available for screen recording software programs. Camtasia can also record audio from your microphone or speakers if desired and Camtasia has built-in support for MPV files so you don’t have to worry about converting before editing footage with Camtasia. Camtasia is very easy to use, but Camtasia still has advanced features that you might want to explore.
Is Camtasia Free?
Camtasia is not free, Camtasia costs $249.99. Camtasia can be purchased with a single payment or Camtasia offers an annual subscription that will save you money and give you access to new versions of Camtasia as they are released.
Camtasia has many features that make it ideal for blogging and content creation. Camtasia allows anyone to record footage from their computer screen and turn the video into professional videos by adding transitions between scenes, adding text overlays during recording, importing MPV files so no converting needs to be done before editing footage with Camtaisa and more!
Conclusion
For professionals seeking for high-quality video editing with an uncomplicated user interface, TechSmith Camtasia is good software to try. It’s really simple to learn how to utilize, and you can create and upload your first movie in less than an hour after downloading it for the very first time.
