2018-10-23

2018-10-23 Tuesday - Camtasia Tips & Tutorials

I watched an interesting tutorial on Youtube recently, and I was impressed by some of the tricks and techniques that were used to make the video more engaging (like zooming in and out of different parts of a screen). 

This post is a placeholder for links to interesting resources, collections of tips, documentation, and tutorials on becoming a more proficient user of Camtasia...

Zooming:
  • https://www.techsmith.com/blog/how-to-zoom-in-on-a-video/
    • "Make sure to set your project dimensions (i.e. the size of the video you will produce) smaller than the media you’re working with. Any videos or images you choose will look best when displayed at their natural size, that is, 100% scale."
    • "Add zooms to a video in Camtasia by changing the scale (think: relative size) of a clip over a period of time. As the scale of the clip increases or decreases, it gives the effect of getting closer to or farther away from the subject."
    • "Create a zoom effect by adding an animation to a clip on the Camtasia timeline. Animations allow you to change the properties of a clip over a period of time. To add an animation go to the Animations tab and drag a Custom animation to a clip."
    • "The next step is to edit the clip’s properties at the end of the animation. First, place the playhead to the right of the animation.
    • "To create the effect of zooming in on the clip, go to the Properties panel and increase the scale by dragging the slider to the right. If you want to zoom out, decrease the scale by dragging the slider to the left."
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