Hello there, welcome to this video! We'll see in this video all the most
important features inside Camtasia Studio 9!
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about this software!
In the previous beginner video tutorial we saw the very basic features for
Camtasia 9, but this software allows you to add annotations, transitions,
animations and effects on your clips. You can find all these features on
the far left, under the Media tab. Let's check them.
The Annotations are used to add extra clips on your project, such as text,
callouts, geometrical shapes and effects, all grouped on top.
Use Callouts to add simple text or callouts, which are simple pieces of
text over a nice colored shape. To add one, just drag and drop it on your
project timeline. This will be represented as a Text or Callout clip, that
can be moved and stretched as seen for the other clips. Let's see how to
edit and manage this.
By default, the text shows "ABC". You can type in by double-clicking on
the text directly on the Preview. Then click outside the text box to apply.
You can edit the text box as you like. Click and drag it to move the text
where you like. Use the nodes on the text box to scale it. The text will
be sized in order to get fully contained. In case you have the Crop Tool
enabled above, only the text within the box will be shown.
To rotate text, just hover on the second central circle that will turn to
a green color, and click and drag.
On the right, you can use the Properties panel to regulate the object
properties. Under Visual Properties, regulate scale, opacity, rotation and
placement in a precise way; and, under Text Properties, regulate the font
family, color, size, style and paragraph for your piece of text.
If you import a Callout, you will also have the Annotation Properties,
where you can change the annotation shape, its filling color, outline,
thickness and opacity.
When working with Text and Callouts, remember to place these on a track
that stays on a higher position from the top, or you will get these
overlapped by other clips.
You can use Arrows & Lines and Shapes to add arrows and geometrical shapes
that do not contain any text. You can adjust their placement, scaling,
rotation and appearance properties by using the Visual and the Annotation
Properties seen for the Callouts.
Then you have the Blur & Highlight (or Special) section. These are special
effects used to point at, highlight or apply blur on specific parts of
your video preview.
When you import them on your project, these create an effect clip, that
affects all the clips that are listed under it. Also, through the
Video Preview, you can see that the effect applies within the box you see.
You can move, scale and rotate by editing the box or using the Visual
Properties, as seen for the previous sections. Under Annotation
Properties, you can regulate this effect, and furthermore invert the
affected region.
Sketch Motion is used to add an animated Callout in order to highlight the
point it is placed. This works just like the Callouts, with the difference
that these do not contain any text.
You also have the Transitions section. This is used to add transitions to
your visible clips, in order to make them appear and disappear in a cool
way. Choose one, and drag and drop it on the beginning or on the ending
part of the visible clip. The transition applied is shown as a green area
on the clip, and can be adjusted in time length by stretching the edges of
its area.
Whereas, if you want to change the kind of transition, just drag and drop
another transition on the green area. To delete a transition, just
right-click on it and go to Delete.
Now let's see how to apply cool effects on your clips, by using the
Behaviors, the Audio, the Visual Effects and the Animations.
Behaviors are special visual effects complete with an In transition to
make the clip appear, a cool "During" motion that makes the clip move, and
then an Out transition to make the clip disappear.
Hover on one Behavior to check it out, and click and drag it on a visible
clip to apply it. On the Properties panel, the clip will now show the
Behavior Properties tab, used to regulate the Behavior In/Out transitions
and the motion effects under the During tab. Consider that, even if you
stretch the clip and change its length in time, the Behavior will adapt
to it.
To remove this Behavior, just click on the cross in the top right corner
under Behavior Properties.
You can use Audio Effects to add cool effects to your audio
and video clips with sounds, or Visual Effects to change or adjust the
appearance of your picture and videos. As seen for the Behaviors, it is
sufficient to drag and drop them on the clips to apply them. All Visual
Effects are listed under Visual Properties, and the Audio Effects under
Audio Properties. Here you can change and edit the way the effect must be
applied. Also, next to the effect name, use the Reset button to reset all
effect settings, or the cross button to remove the effect.
On your visible clips, you can also apply amazing effects called Animations,
used to apply animated zoom and motion on the clip.
With Zoom-n-Pan, place the playhead in a determined instant of time on the
clip, and then scale and move the rectangle. This creates a cool motion
where the zoom on the clip changes in time, until reaching the values you
specified by modifying the rectangle.
This effect is represented by a small green arrow on the clip, that
indicates the duration of the dynamic zoom through its length, and where
the final zoom and pan are reached through its final white point. You can
click and drag from the final point to regulate the duration of the zoom,
and click on such point to change back its zoom and focus more on top.
If you go to Animations on top, you can drag and drop an effect from the
list. This will add another arrow as seen for the Zoom-n-Pan.
You can apply multiple animations on the same clip, just keep in mind that
if you place new animations at earlier positions, you may change the
behavior of all the following animations. To remove an animation, just
right-click on its arrow and go to Delete.
Animations can fully customize how to zoom and manage your clip in time.
For example, if you place your playhead in between an arrow, and you
change any of the clip properties, you will split the arrow in two, and
make an overall animation that will include the clip properties defined
in between.
Camtasia also has several tools for your recordings. For example, you can
add Cursor Effects to add effects to both Left and Right Clicks. These
work just when applied on recordings made under a .trec format. Also, use
Voice Narration to add a quick voice over on your recordings.
There are other options inside More. You can use Captions to add subtitles
to your videos, or use Interactivity to add Quizzes.
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