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Why You Need to Try an Audio-First Workflow for Your Videos

TechSmith Camtasia

There are many ways to build video tutorials, but how could an audio-first workflow optimize your process? An audio-first workflow for visual content might sound awkward, but it’s one of our preferred methods for creating tutorial videos. In this post, we’re going to walk you through our audio-first workflow. Write a script.

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Take It from the Teacher: Tutorial Video Advice with a Camtasia Trainer | Jayne Davids

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She takes you through her processes, how she manages projects, her tips on creating storyboards and scripts, and much more. Of course, we love video at TechSmith. An interesting part of her process is recording the audio separately. “I I can concentrate a lot better if I’m just looking at doing the audio.

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7 Mistakes Video Creators Should Avoid

TechSmith Camtasia

You could be talking into it completely the wrong way and then be left wondering why your audio isn’t great. Pay attention to your equipment and check that things like the audio, lighting, and framing are all suitable as these are almost impossible to fix later on. Ignoring the importance of audio. Framing is easily overlooked.

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Time Estimates for E-Learning Development

Experiencing eLearning

Storyboarding: 11%. Audio Production: 6%. Storyboarding is 11% or about 42 hours. Audio will be created by someone else, so I won’t include that in my estimate either. I often work in teams with other multimedia developers, so I might only be doing the analysis, design, storyboarding, and project management.

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“It’s Like Writing a Play:” Make Screencasts Painless with Storyboards, Scripts

TechSmith Camtasia

Then we make a storyboard to plan how we want the video to look and feel. Create a design sheet or a storyboard (depending on depth of the video) to plan what is needed to create the video and how it will all flow together. Write an audio script to guide viewers through the information. Record the audio portion from your script.

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Making Engaging Video

TechSmith Camtasia

To learn more about how to unlock the power of storytelling in your videos, check out the Basics: Writing and Using Scripts course at the TechSmith Academy. Have good audio quality. Good quality audio itself isn’t necessarily engaging, but bad quality audio will stop people watching your video. Be conversational.

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How to Create an Employee Training Video: A Beginner’s Guide

TechSmith Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! No surprise here, but we recommend TechSmith Camtasia. Consider creating a storyboard. How to create employee training videos — step-by-step.

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