- I'm gonna show you how to record you computer screen
and your webcam at the same exact time,
so you never have to waste time recording them separately
and trying to figure out how to put them all together again.
And as a bonus, you're also gonna have your audio recorded
while you're on screen,
and I'm gonna show you how to edit your footage
to make it a lot more dynamic,
once you do have your screen and your webcam recorded.
And we're starting right now.
So as you can see, we're now in front of the computer,
and I am recording myself with the screen
that you see here as well.
Now, a few things that I'm gonna show you are going
to be game changer for you when it comes
to how you're putting your screen recordings together
and how you're doing everything,
when it comes to recording your content.
Now, check this out.
One of the really cool things
about what I'm gonna show you is that,
in addition to recording your webcam,
while it's recording your screen,
it's recording a high quality version of your webcam.
So this software isn't like most software
where it just records a low quality version
and just slams it down there into the corner.
You can actually expand your webcam
to be full-screen in its full quality,
so that you can use this to record whatever you want to,
not just while you're doing screen recordings,
which is really cool.
But as part of your screen recording,
it's gonna help make your content a lot more dynamic
because you're gonna be able to switch back and forth
from what it is that you're showing people on your screen
to what it is that you're actually presenting the content,
in terms of your being on the camera as well.
So let's get into it,
and I'm going to show you how to record your webcam
while you're also recording your screen.
Check this out.
The first thing you want to do is you want
to go to techsmith.com.
Oh, and really quick, before you go to that link,
I want to let you know that there's a link down
in the description below
to where if you think there's any possible chance
that you're going to upgrade in the future,
make sure that you use that link
because it's gonna save you 10% off,
if you decide to upgrade in the future.
Now we can get back to the video.
Now from there you want to click on products,
and then you want to go over to Camtasia.
Now, once you're on the product page for Camtasia,
you're gonna see that they have a free trial available.
Now, with that free trial,
they're gonna give you 30 days,
so that you can try this out for yourself
and see how robust this software is,
in terms of helping you make awesome content.
But go ahead and download that free trial to your computer.
And as a heads up, this works for Mac and for Windows,
so pick whichever operating system is the right one for you.
In my case, it would be Windows.
And then, once you have it downloaded to your computer,
and you install it,
once you open it up,
you're going to see an interface that looks like this.
Now, the part where it gets really cool is right here.
Check this out.
Once the interface loads,
you go to the very top left hand side of the screen,
and you hit the record button.
Now, when you do this,
the interface that I'm looking at right now
for Camtasia is going to go away.
Now, in the background, I have Audiate,
which is another tool that they make
to help you process your audio.
But basically what you want to do is you want
to click the record button.
And when you do, you're going to see these recording options
pop up on your screen.
Now, I put this on a white background
just so we can isolate this little area right here,
so I can show you exactly what all this is.
So as you can see, my microphone here is connected,
and as I'm talking, it's making the meters move there,
which lets me know that my microphone is connected.
Now, in addition to that,
over here on the right hand side,
we have the system audio.
So what this is for is,
if you're recording anything
where you need to have the little dings
and all the stuff that happens while you're recording,
or maybe you're showing videos or something like that,
then you need to make sure that you have the system audio on
so that it's actually picking up the audio
from your computer.
Now, in addition to that,
you're also going to see over here
that I can select my camera source.
As of right now,
you can see that I have my cam link selected,
and that is how I'm able to show you myself
on the screen right now.
And in addition to that,
over here on the far left hand side,
you see the region.
Now, in my particular case,
I have a really wide screen monitor.
I'm using a G9.
And because of that, I have figured out
that this is the size that I can record
on this computer on this screen.
I have a 4K monitor as well.
So if you want to record in 4K,
then Camtasia will let you record in 4K also.
But here you can select from presets.
Of course, they have Instagram and Facebook on here as well.
Or you can put in your own custom settings,
if you would like.
But once you have everything set the way that you want it,
all you have to do next is click record.
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Now as I'm sure you noticed,
as we hit that record button,
you have that three second countdown timer
to just give you a few seconds to prep.
Before we stop it,
one other thing that I want to bring to your attention is,
let's say that you're recording something.
You need to switch between Windows,
or you need to take a break,
or you need to drink some water,
or whatever the thing is.
They also have a pause button.
And if you click this pause button,
it'll just stop your recording where it's at,
and you can come back and pick it up later,
which is really cool.
But once you're finished recording your screen,
all you have to do is hit stop.
Now, once you have everything recorded,
let me show you how you would alternate back and forth
between the screen recording and your webcam itself.
Plus, I want to show you some additional features
within this software that you're really going to enjoy.
So the very first thing I'm going to do is I'm going
to come down to the audio/video track.
I'm gonna right click,
and I'm going to separate the audio and video.
Now, once I have that separated,
now I have a screen recording track,
which is right here in the bottom,
I have a video track,
which is right here in the middle,
and then I have an audio track
that is only for the audio that I'm recording.
Now, from there the next thing that I can do,
you can see how I have my screen right down here
in the bottom right hand side,
and it's pretty small, right?
(laughs) So nobody can really see me
or what's going on there.
So the next thing that I wanna do is I wanna figure out
exactly the size that I wanna make this,
and I wanna figure out where it is
that I'm gonna position it on the screen.
Like I mentioned before, you're not locked in.
This is fully flexible.
You can do whatever it is that you want here.
So in this case, I'm just going to take this,
and I'm just going to move it right down here
to the bottom left hand side of the screen.
Now, the reason I'm gonna put it there is
because over on the right hand side of the screen,
if you're uploading to YouTube,
there's going to be a little branding watermark right here.
So I'm just moving it over here
to make sure that the branding watermark
doesn't cover up my screen recording.
But once we have that figured out,
and we know the placement of where the small version
of ourselves are going to be,
or the small version of our webcam,
the next thing that we want to do then is we want
to figure out, okay, where are we going
to actually make my webcam image bigger
so that I can make my video a little bit more dynamic.
And once you figure out that spot,
all you have to do is this.
You go into Camtasia,
and you figure out the place
that you are going to make the screen bigger.
All you have to do here is click on the video track,
and then you hit S on your keyboard.
And that's going to split the track.
S stands for split.
It's gonna split the track.
The next thing you wanna do,
after you make that initial split,
is you want to move the play head,
which is this thing right up here at the very top.
You want to move that over to the right,
and you want to move it into the position
to where the webcam would go away,
and then the screen would actually take prominence
in the frame.
So that would mean
that you would either reduce the webcam shot
down into that small window again,
or you can remove it completely for that particular area.
The option is yours, but this is how you do it.
But you click on the video track.
You'll know that you're on the video track,
and that it's selected by the yellow highlight
that you see right here.
And then again, we're just gonna hit S
on the keyboard to split.
Pretty easy, right?
Now, what I'm gonna do is I'm going to click
on that video clip,
and I'm gonna move the play head back just a little bit.
And now that we have that,
I'm going to just grab the right hand side of this,
the top right, and I'm just gonna make it big.
Just gonna stretch it out here,
stretch it full-screen.
Now a quick hack for this,
or a quick shortcut, I should say, for this is,
let's say that it's small.
Then in that case I can just right click it,
and I can hit scale to fit.
Bam, it's just gonna pop right up there.
Now, another really cool thing with this.
I'm gonna move it to a different frame
'cause that's a horrible shot of me. (laughs)
But the next thing that you wanna do here is,
let's say that your framing is a little bit off,
kind of like it is right here
in this particular shot with me.
Well in that case, all I have to do is go over
to the animation section,
and then I can, of course,
bring this in just a little bit farther,
and put myself in a better position in the frame here
by just reframing it over here in this animation area.
And by doing that, allows me to kinda reposition myself
to make sure that it's a flattering look
when it comes to the framing of this shot.
So you can even make minor corrections like that,
which is pretty awesome.
So here's how that flow would go.
I'm just gonna move the play head for this,
so you can just get an idea of how it would work.
But I go over here,
and you can see that the webcam is small
down here in the bottom left.
And as I go, it's gonna pop into place.
Bam.
And that animation is actually going to give a little bit
of a movement to it as well,
to zoom it right into that spot.
Now, if you are somebody
that is not a fan of that zoom in animation,
all you have to do here is go over on the left hand side,
zoom into that area,
and then you can click right here on that animation,
and you can just pull it all the way back.
And then that makes it to where when this pops in,
bam, it's already there.
Bam.
See that right there?
So then it just goes full-screen, and then back out.
So by using this technique,
you can make your screen recordings really dynamic
by having you hop in and out of your screen recording.
To learn even more about Camtasia
and other tools that will help you
with your YouTube channel,
click into this playlist right here.
Thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you next time.