Welcome to the getting started series for Camtasia.
In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the basics of recording your screen,
then editing and sharing your video.
Before we start, keep in mind that creating a high quality video is all about the prep work.
I recommend you do these three things before you press the record button.
First, create a simple storyboard of what you’ll be recording.
This helps you stay focused and on track.
Second, write a script, so you know exactly what to say and when to say it.
Third, decide where you want to share your video.
You can save to your hard drive or to popular destinations like YouTube or Google Drive.
For this video, I’m going to record, edit, then share to YouTube.
Let’s get started
Right now you’re in the Camtasia editor.
The editor is made up of the timeline, where you can arrange and edit your clips,
the tools panel, where your media is stored, along with shapes, animations, effects and more
the canvas, where you can move, resize, position and preview your media,
and the properties panel, where you can fine tune your media and effects
To start a recording, click the Record button at the top of the tools panel,
which opens the Camtasia recorder.
By default, the recorder is set to capture everything that happens on your screen.
To customize the capture settings, choose the custom button to change the recording area,
the camera button, to enable webcam recording
and the audio button, to choose what audio is recorded.
If you’re on a Mac, use the toggle buttons to enable screen recording, webcam,
microphone and the system audio.
Use the arrows next to each to customize the capture.
Keep in mind that once recording begins,
you cannot change the recording size or its location on the screen.
Now that everything’s ready, click record!
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When you’re finished recording, click the Camtasia recorder icon,
then the stop button.
If you’re not happy with your recording, choose delete to try again.
If you’re on a Mac, click the Camtasia icon in the Apple menu bar, then click stop.
The capture automatically appears in the media bin,
on the canvas and on the timeline,
Where the top track is microphone audio and
and the bottom track is screen video and system audio.
System audio are the sounds that come from your computer.
To preview the video, hit the play button or press the spacebar.
Jump to a location by clicking on the timeline and scrub over the timeline by dragging the playhead.
If there’s a mistake in the recording, remove it by dragging the end of the clip “in.”
This is called trimming. If you trim too much, drag the clip back to restore your video.
If the mistake is in the middle, drag a handle on the playhead and click to remove the section.
There will be a stitched line showing you where the media was removed.
If you make a selection and want to bring the playhead back together, double click the playhead.
To get a better look at your recording, use the zoom slider to zoom in on the timeline.
It’s good to note that any edits you make on the timeline, won’t effect your original recording in the media bin.
This means you can undo your edits, or even start again by dragging your recording back to the timeline.
Let’s click undo to remove that.
To add additional media, annotations or other objects, drag them from the tools panel to the timeline.
When finished save the project,
The first time you save, this dialogue will pop up with some important tips about projects in Camtasia.
Now, click the Share button, choose YouTube,
sign in,
give Camtasia permission to post to YouTube,
and share your video. Done!
Be sure to check out our next tutorial on improving your video with transitions, annotations and behaviors
Thanks for watching!