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Camtasia 2020 Essential Training: The Basics

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Overview

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Learn how to create engaging video presentations and elearning content with this popular screen capture software.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introducing Camtasia 2020
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • What's new in Camtasia 2020
  • Following along
1. Getting Started
  • Why use Camtasia?
  • Understanding the interface
  • Choosing a microphone
  • Calibrating your microphone
  • Recording your first screencast
  • Editing your first screencast
  • Trimming with a magnetic track
  • Sharing your first screencast
  • Camtasia workflows
2. Creating Recordings
  • Customizing Camtasia Recorder settings (Windows)
  • Customizing Camtasia Recorder settings (Mac)
  • Creating a custom recording region
  • Using the Camtasia PowerPoint add-in
  • Recording Keynote presentations
3. Editing in Camtasia
  • Camtasia Editor basics
  • Timeline overview
  • Basic timeline editing
  • Working with Selections (Windows)
  • Working with Selections (Mac)
  • Using magnetic tracks
  • Using markers
  • Canvas basics
  • Challenge
  • Solution
4. Enhancing Your Story
  • Setting visual properties
  • Using annotations
  • Using transitions
  • Using library items
  • Creating your own custom theme
  • Working with templates
  • Challenge
  • Solution
5. Sharing and Collaborating
  • Auto-normalize loudness before export
  • Sharing to YouTube
  • Advanced export options
  • Backing up and sharing projects with others
6. Keys to a Successful Recording
  • Live vs. recorded media strategies
  • Preparing to record
  • Using the PromptSmart teleprompter app
  • Clearing your virtual set
  • Handling mistakes like a pro
  • Focusing on your content
  • Focusing on the user experience
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Mattia

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