
For some of my videos I voiceover a music track. This is a similar feature, and I will definitely be using this in future videos. I didn’t really have time for that, but wanted to single-click “round the edges” of a feed. Sure, it’s possible – but if I create my own overlay item etc etc. I was looking for exactly this feature in OBS just yesterday. This means that working with the video is nice and faster (because it’s lower quality and smaller), but when you export the high-resolution version is used. It’s a low-resolution version of the video which you can use for scrubbing and editing. This is useful for editing really long videos like conference days. 2021 has some new, subtle transitions though which look really professional and which I’m going to be trying out in upcoming videos. Camtasia has always had a good selection of transitions but I’ve tended to stay away from the crazier ones, instead settling for fade transitions. I haven’t listed them all, but here are the ones that stood out for me: This release comes with some new features of interest. Also: if you thought Camtasia is just for screen-recording then you definately need to investigate it further! I expect some of that is product knowledge, but also it’s probably related to the second point above.Ĭamtasia 2021 has just been released, meaning that if creating more videos is on your 2021 “to do” list then it could be a good time to get started. Video editing is a time-consuming process but I’m much faster using Camtasia than anything else I’ve tried. Whilst it might not have all the advanced effects and capabilities of other software packages, it has everything needed for 99% of the videos I produce. You don’t need to be a video expert or understand a whole lot about video production to get started.
However, I keep coming back to Camtasia for my videos for a few reasons:
I’ve tried using other video production software in that time, most recently dabbling with DaVinci. I think my first Camtasia-produced video is this one: Creating a UCMA Application & Application Endpoint in December 2012, nearly 10 years ago! I’ve been using Camtasia for as long as I’ve been producing videos. TechSmith Camtasia 2021 now available: and it’s still my go-to for video productionĭisclaimer: TechSmith have kindly provided me with a single-user license key for Camtasia, in order that I can continue to provide videos to the community.