This was one of the big improvements made to the last version (Camtasia 2018). The ‘Animations’ and ‘Visual Effects’ panels to apply scaling effects, alter the colours, change the clip speed or remove colours (usually to remove a ‘green screen’ backdrop so that the foreground speaker can be ‘placed into’ an image or video clip background). The ‘Behaviors’ panel lets you apply animated effects to both video and text so that they slide in from the edge of the screen, drop in from above, ‘explode’ into view and so on. Other types of visual effect are also available by dragging and dropping from panels. The end result is that the background ‘disappears’ (see the first screenshot at the top of this review). To remove the green background I just drop a visual effect onto the clip and use a colour picker to select the background. I recorded myself using my webcam in front of a green screen. Or, if you want fancier transitions, you can select page-rolls, Venetian-blind effects, random dissolves, glows and so on just by dragging those effects from a ‘Transitions’ panel. A fade-transition from one clip to another can be done just by overlapping the adjoining clip edges. On the timeline you can place numerous video and audio clips as well as still images. The Camtasia editing environment takes the form of a multi-track timeline beneath a video editing preview window and some panels from which clips, effects, transitions and other elements can be selected. The screen-capture and the webcam capture are saved as separate clips so that you can edit them independently – for example, to fade out the webcam video when not required, or zoom it to full screen and then reduce it to occupy just a small portion of the screen (a ‘picture in picture’ overlay). If you need to capture video simultaneously from your webcam, it can do that too. The Camtasia 2019 editing environment shows a video preview above a multi-track timeline with panels of media clips, effects, transitions and more at the top-left. Alternatively, you can capture from a selected window or from a rectangular area marked off with your mouse. It lets you capture animated videos of all the action on your computer screen. If you are making educational courses or YouTube videos that need recordings from your computer screen, or if you are creating software demos, Camtasia is a great tool. But does it still lead the field…?Ĭamtasia is probably the best known screencasting software for Windows and it is also one of the top screencasting products for the Mac. Upgrades from previous editions start at $99, whilst TechSmith sells a 'maintenance agreement' offering the next version, due in 2020, for only $49.75, which also offers priority technical support.ĭownload the trial version of Camtasia 2019 for Windows or Mac.The venerable screencasting software continues to be improved. Other new features include editable keyboard shortcuts, support for external themes and logos (so you can import your own), new device frames, a new whip spin transition, a block text style for annotations and callouts, support for importing PDF files and more.Ĭamtasia 2019 is available now for either Windows or Mac and retails for $249 (note the price includes support for both Windows and Mac, with two installations available per user). The new mouse cursor smoothing will make tracking the cursor far easier to follow. If you move your mouse quickly whilst recording, the end user may see a stuttering effect or, worse, no mouse at all, when following the mouse pointer is important for showing someone how to use their computer. You can change the audio manually, but the brand new 2019 edition enables you to join multiple recordings and then apply an audio level across them all.Īnother new feature is the mouse cursor smoothing effect. If you record your screen at different intervals, what you won’t want is the jump between different audio levels. Not only can you use Camtasia to record your screen, it’s also a fully-fledged video editor, enabling you to add effects, transitions and much more on to your recordings.Ĭonsidering Camtasia 2018 was released in June 2018, and 2019 is a paid upgrade (at $99), the focus has to be on whether the new features are compelling enough to upgrade.Īutomatic audio leveling is the standout addition. Camtasia 2019 is here and it’s regarded as the ultimate screen recording toolkit.
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