

Although Captivate makes use of a timeline too, it is not central to the workflow in the way that it is in TechSmith’s Camtasia. Rather, like dedicated video editing software, it is primarily organised around audio and visual timelines that determine what appears on the screen, and when. Camtasia is not slide-based like Captivate. However, there are important differences. You can import and edit audio files, and create and produce short videos that have nothing at all to do with the recording on your screen’s desktop, if you wish.Ĭamtasia’s rich feature set means it is often compared with Adobe’s Captivate or MadCap’s Mimic, and if you already have or use one of these you may wonder whether you need Camtasia at all. More significantly, it also offers a full-featured editing suite, including animations, transitions and annotation tools. Camtasia can embed video both from other sources such as QuickTime or MP4 files from your hard drive and from your computer’s iSight or webcam. It does all of the above and a whole lot more. While these products are fine for basic screencasting work, they lack the features to make really professional, corporate-quality videos. Like Jing, it includes the ability to share your screen capture online freely on TechSmith’s own site. SnagIt also allows users to capture video, save it and share it, as well as add some basic annotations. It provides relatively little in the way of either editing or playback options, but does include free online sharing.

Jing is a free product and ideal for making what are sometimes called ‘quick and dirty’ screen captures. This book will introduce you to the essential TechSmith Camtasia skills you need to get up and running with this awesome eLearning development tool as quickly as possible.There is no shortage of screencasting software on the market, so where does Camtasia fit in the grand scheme of things? Camtasia’s developer, TechSmith, offers two other screen capture products: Jing and SnagIt.

You will use the powerful Camtasia Editor to add animations, voiceover audio, graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, and quizzes to a project, and much more.

During the step-by-step lessons presented in this book, you will learn how you can include recordings of existing PowerPoint presentations or software demonstrations created directly on your computer using the Camtasia Recorder. Your content can be hosted on a web server, Learning Management System, YouTube, Vimeo, TechSmith's, and more. You can Share your finished project so it can be accessed by learners using desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices. A self-paced, hands-on workbook that teaches the core TechSmith Camtasia 2019 skills! Using TechSmith Camtasia, you can quickly create software demonstrations, software simulations, and soft skills eLearning.
