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| News You Can Use |
November 2008 | Issue 41 |
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| Letter from the Editor: A candidate for your success |
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The release of Camtasia Studio 6 faces some stiff competition for headline space in the world's newspapers today. But I encourage you to check out its features—both new and improved. I think it will earn your vote.
One of the most exciting changes is a new MPEG-4 video format, based on the industry's best encoding technology (H.264). The beauty of it is, you don't have to know a thing about techie jargon to produce HD-quality web video at compact file sizes. Just click any of the new or rebuilt production presets...and Camtasia Studio 6 takes care of the rest.
So while you could think of MPEG-4 as the "Format for Our Future" because it elegantly supports richer video with more motion...or you might call it the "One Format to Rule Them All" because it eliminates all the anxiety about what settings to choose...we prefer to call it "easy."
Daniel Foster
Newsletter Editor
P.S. Since all of us love to save money...I'll take this opportunity to remind you that adding the maintenance agreement to your upgrade order is a smart move. Why? Because people who followed my advice 12.5 months ago are upgrading to Camtasia Studio 6 at no charge. And next time around, that could be you.
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Camtasia Studio 6 has arrived!
The new version of Camtasia Studio is all about saving you time...and making you look great.
Many of the enhancements and new features in this release come as a direct result of suggestions from you, the user.
The top 8 features are: |
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- HD-quality video for the web (new H.264-based format)
- Independent audio & video editing
- Time-saving hotkeys
- Import and edit MOV files
- 3D tilt effect
- Finer control over effects timing
- Screencast.com preset for easy uploading
- Rebuilt Recorder
Get all the details here »
If you've bumped up against a particular limitation or even a bug within Camtasia Studio, you might also want to check the complete version history to see if it's been resolved in this release.
One more thing...you can now get a will-not-expire, always-FREE Screencast.com account with 2GB of storage and 2GB of monthly bandwidth. (Plus there's a new Pro account that's more generous and simpler than the old accounts.) There's never been a better time to use Screencast.com for simple, direct sharing of your high-quality videos!
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The initial reaction to Camtasia Studio 6 has been very positive. Here are a few comments from volunteer beta testers and others...
Rebuilt Recorder
"I LOVE the new recorder. It's simple and efficient. I've trained a few users on Camtasia and it used to take me about 15 minutes. With the new recorder, it should take me less than 5 minutes." –Aanarav Sareen, screencaster
“You can't beat an all-in-one control panel for recording. Love it!” –Steve McLaughlin, director of distance learning, John A. Logan College
Editing Enhancements & Tilt Effect
“...my favorite enhancement...has to be the greatly improved editor functions, specifically the ability to unlink all audio from its video and the ability to edit things separately across 3 audio tracks and 2 video tracks.” –Bob Jones President, Bob Jones Software
“I like being able to edit the audio attached to my captured videos. This gives me the same flexibility I have with my digital video editor.” –Bob Chambers, president, FrontierGold Corporation
“The new tilt effect is super cool. It's another great way to add emphasis, and get people to focus on elements within your video.” –John Fallahee, director of product development, Precept Ministries
Production into MPEG-4 Format
"I'm stunned by how easy it is to produce vivid, high motion videos with Camtasia Studio 6. The new MPEG-4/H.264 output produces small, easily shared videos without any adjustments at all. This feature alone makes this version a must-have upgrade." –Chris Austin, MasteringCamtasia.com
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The TechSmith Learning Center is where you you'll find tutorial videos and written guides for Camtasia Studio and other TechSmith products.
In addition to updating and expanding the content for Camtasia Studio 6, our training team has made a few small changes in the Learning Center that you may want to know about.
RSS Feed: Subscribe to receive the latest Camtasia Studio 6 training videos as we post them.
Closed Captioning: Click the CC button when watching Learning Center videos to turn on captions. Even if your hearing is fine, captions are great for quickly scanning videos, watching in a public place without headphones, or reinforcing audio with text.
Win an iPod: The training team never rests. They'd like to know what you think of the Learning Center so they can keep it laser-focused on your needs. So fill out the Learning Center survey and you might win an iPod Touch.
I don't mind bragging up our training team by telling you that we get a lot of comments about the quality of the materials in the Learning Center. And it's all free! So be sure to take advantage of it...you'll work more efficiently as a result.
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| Camtasia Studio Tutorial: Getting Started video series |
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Your workflow when using Camtasia Studio 6 will not be drastically different than for version 5.
But a few things look a lot different...like the rebuilt Recorder.
This 4-minute video provides a quick overview of Camtasia Studio from end to end—from record to share. It's followed by four 3-to-5 minute videos that go into a little more detail about each step in the process.
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 Video: Get Started with Camtasia Studio 6 |
So if you're new to Camtasia Studio or want a version-6 specific refresher...the Getting Started series is for you! Begin with the Overview or jump straight to the section of your choice...
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| Expert's Corner: Add depth and dazzle with new tilt effect |
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Film directors can use all kinds of camera movement techniques to achieve the effect they want. Pans, zooms, and dolly moves work together for artistic or persuasive effect.
But with screen recorded video, there's no physical camera and only two-dimensional space...so these "camera moves" must be added during editing. Fortunately, Camtasia Studio has made it easy to add things like zooms and pans.
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Video: Using the Tilt Effect |
With Camtasia Studio 6, we've introduced a brand new effect called tilt, which gives you—the screencast director—a new technique for creating richer, more impactful videos.
By bringing part of the screen "closer" and pushing part of the screen "farther" away, the tilt effect gives you another way to emphasize information and direct viewers' eyes. Viewers focus on things up close but can see them in the context of what's in the distance. With tilt, your videos can have a foreground and a background.
And by combining tilt with zoom-and-pan you can produce a sense of graceful movement within three-dimensional space...rather than simply panning across a flat plane.
We think this feature is cool...but most of all we're excited to see what you do with it and how you put it to good use in your screencasts!
So watch the video, try out tilt for yourself (Camtasia Studio 6 required), and please send us an email letting us know how you're using it and what you think.
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