CamtasiaGetting started in

1.GetMedia• Record audio,video&screencontentinCamtasia(see

reversesideforrecordinginstructions).

• Import existingvideos,photos,audio,etc.(File>Import).

• ThebuiltinLibrary alsocontainsavarietyofgraphicandaudioelementsyoucanuseinyourproject.

• Clickanddrag contentfromtheMediaBinorLibraryintothetimelineandarrangethesequenceandlayersofclips.

• Arrangeyourcontentstart-to-finish/left-to-rightinthetimeline.

• Tracks arelikelayersofcontent.Contentinhighertracksappearsinfrontofcontentonlowertracks.

• Resizeandrepositioncontentinthepreviewwindow.

• Clickanddragtheplayhead tobrowsethroughyourvideoand/orselectspecificlocations.Usethered&greenhandlestoselectregionsinyourtimelinetocopy,cutordelete.

• TrimClips:Hovermouse/cursorovertheedgeofaclip,thenclickanddragtotrimcontent.

• Toolbardirectlyabovethetimelineallowsyoutozoomin&outfordetailedediting,splitclips,cut/copy/pasteandundo/redo.

2.ArrangeMedia/TellYourStory

3.EnhanceYourVideoThemenualongtheupperleftsideofthescreenprovidesawidevarietyoftools.

• Addshapes,textandmoretoannotateyourvideo.

• Drawattentionwithcallouts,animationsandeffects.Blursensitiveinformation.

• Addinteractivitywithquizzesandhotspots(requirespublishingtoHTML5).

ThePropertiesbuttononthefar-rightmiddleofyourscreenprovidesdetailedcontroloveranypieceofmediaselectedinyourtimeline.

4.PublishYourVideoSelect“Share”buttontobeingpublishingprocess.Seereversesideforpublishingtips.

WebCam Video

ScreenCaptureVideo

TextBox

RecordingYourScreen

• ClickRecordbuttoninupper-leftcornertobegin.

• Recordingbarwillopen,Camtasiawindowwillminimize.

• OpentheapplicationyouwishtocaptureandusetheSelectArea controlstorecord”fullscreen”or“custom”.Customcaptureareasaresetbypositioningthegreenboundingboxonthescreen.

• UseRecordedInputscontrolstoselectyourcamera&microphoneortoenable/disableaudioorvideorecording.

o TheAudiodropdownallowsyoutoselect“RecordSystemAudio”ifyouwouldliketocapturesoundcomingfromthecomputeraswellasyourmicrophone.

o UsetheslidertotherightoftheAudiodropdowntoadjustyourmicrophone’sinputlevel.

• Click“rec”whenyouarereadytobeginrecording.

• Aftera3-secondcountdown,Camtasiawillbeginrecordingyourmicrophone,computerscreenandwebcam(ifselected).

• Whenfinishedrecording,pressF10orclick“Stop”intherecordingbar.

• YournewrecordingwillbeaddedasaclipinyourMediaBinandplacedinyourtimelineforediting.

PublishingTips

• Click“Share”andselectlocalfile(recommended)– orpublishdirectlytoyoursocialmediaplatformofchoice.

• MP4onlywillgiveyouthemostwidelycompatiblevideofile.RecommendedwhenpublishingtoYouTubeorsimilar.

• MP4withSmartPlayer(HTML5)isrequiredforinteractiveelementssuchasquizzes,hotspotsandembeddedcaptionsandmustbepublishedasawebpage.

• Forbestquality,selectthesameresolutionasyourprojectororiginalmedia.Forasmallerfilesize,resolutionmaybereduced.

• When“RenderingProject”progressbariscomplete,yourfinalfilewillbeready.

• Note:Youmayalwaysreturntoyourproject andcontinueediting,butyouwillneedtoshare/renderanew“final”filetoreflectthesechanges.

ImportantTip:Keepyourprojectorganized!

Allofyourmedia(photos,audio,videoclips,etc.)shouldbesavedtothesamelocationasyourCamtasiaprojectandscreenrecordings.Ifmediagetsseparatedfromtheprojectyouwillseemissingmediaerrorsinyourtimeline.