TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 14, 2021

You could build your own checklist of things to consider when creating your videos or get our free one in the Making a Video Tutorial for Beginners course from the TechSmith Academy. This simple rule gives video creators direction for how to frame their subject effectively. Not lighting your videos effectively.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You could add a static image of text onto the screen, but it’s really much easier and more efficient to do it right in your video editor. One of the best things about TechSmith Camtasia is that, unlike other video editing tools, it’s super quick and easy to add text to a video. Lower-Thirds from TechSmith Assets for Camtasia.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Quick Styles gallery is a collection of preset styles for the Editor’s Drawing Tools and Image Effects. In this tutorial you’ll use one image to create and save custom styles to the gallery. Then, use these presets to quickly create the other images for your stacked graphic. Don’t have any images to use?

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 5, 2021

TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to blur any element of your video, no matter how big or small. Ready to create some professional-looking videos with blur effects? You can also use this method to import other assets, such as images, presentation slides, or video clips as needed. Step 2: Add the blur effect.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 30, 2020

But how do you create truly effective training, how-to, tutorial, or other educational content when you aren’t a training expert? We want to give you insight into what training is, where to start, thoughts about measuring success, and how to use images and videos to effectively train your customers and coworkers.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

How effectively are you communicating with your remote workforce? What messages will you need to include in order to change their behavior? And, crucially, can you change their behavior? Perhaps there’s more than one message that will help or a powerful narrative that you can use to instigate change.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 2, 2021

We’ll walk you through the steps needed to screen capture on macOS, add any annotations and effects, and easily share your screenshots. Our screen capture software for Mac is TechSmith Snagit. Step 1: Select what type of image you want to capture. From there, to capture your screen, click either All-In-One or Image.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 2, 2022

Change may be difficult. Developing your active listening skills will help you in all areas of your life, not just working effectively with subject matters experts. However, studies on a cognitive bias called the “ false consensus effect ” indicate we significantly overestimate the extent to which others agree with our opinions.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 2, 2021

But what if you need to capture your computer screen with more detail, or add extra annotations and effects that go beyond the bare minimum? From advanced effects and editing tools to detailed capture techniques, Snagit can help you create amazing screen captures with the power to easily communicate details and share knowledge.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 2, 2021

But what if you need to capture your computer screen with more detail, or add extra annotations and effects that go beyond the bare minimum? From advanced effects and editing tools to detailed capture techniques, Snagit can help you create amazing screen captures with the power to easily communicate details and share knowledge.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

By now you know that images are essential to creating great content and communicating clearly. Whether you’re trying to explain something, show how something works or just adding elements to help grab a reader’s eye, images add interest and can help get your point across better and faster. Images can even help you save time.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Easy to understand written or spoken instructions Relevant images or video A consistent, clear design. The next (and arguably more difficult) part is making sure that you display your information so your learners can effectively use it and learn from it. That’s why templates are so effective. There are two ways to do this.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 1, 2022

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” John Hagel on how essential learning is in our rapidly changing world. In an effort to make your tests better measures of meaningful learning, consider the two criteria of effective tests: v alidity and reliability. Video & Image Tips from Top Creators.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 25, 2014

An example of SUI (pronounced “sue-ee” by the TechSmith User Assistance team). As an instructional designer at TechSmith, my job is to create and deliver helpful content for anyone that wants to learn our software. I should note that you don’t have to be particularly creative or a “graphics pro” to make SUI images.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

TechSmith Customer Education Manager, Doug Brunner believes customer education content is about more than training or tutorials — but about helping users help themselves. The good news: Creating effective customer education content doesn’t have to be a grind. This question is really about changing behavior.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Cameras need WAY more light to produce a quality image than you might imagine. Free Lighting Course: TechSmith Academy offers you free video courses. Consider the natural lighting entering through windows and casting shadows – be wary that weather can change quickly. Step 2: Pick out your lighting options and types.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 16, 2016

The use of video-based learning content has been growing in popularity across all industries, changing the way people learn. As a result, the expectations for this type of content have risen and video creators are finding it more difficult than ever to ensure that their content is effective and engaging.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 4, 2022

Jesse joins The Visual Lounge to break down his strategies and frameworks for communicating more effectively – without relying so much on media to paint a picture. Your aim might be to transfer knowledge, change a behavior, or clarify something. Who will receive this communication, and what do you know about them?

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 17, 2020

Learn how you can effectively communicate with visuals while working from home. Now, you’re sitting at your desk with a webcam and microphone talking to images on a screen. Here at TechSmith, I used to coordinate the work of several outside consulting agencies. Transform Your Remote Communication With Visuals [Free Guide].

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Anton started his career as an intern at TechSmith, and now he’s TechSmith’s European Customer and Market Strategist. In this post, Anton shares why you should consider SUI graphics over traditional screenshots, when’s the perfect opportunity to use them, and how to create effective SUI graphics.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 25, 2022

It also has a huge effect on the overall mood and tone of a video. Sadly, we can’t change the weather. Well, when you’re facing the window, you could find your shot has too much light and your image becomes distorted. You might think you’d get better image quality on a sunny day than you would in gloomy weather.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 28, 2021

From scripting to research and analysis to drafting, the better foundations you can lay with your work, the easier it is to scale your videos and achieve the desired effect with your audience. Prior to joining TechSmith, she worked for 13 years in higher education, managing training, and social media. Complexity is a big decider.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 4, 2012

Using Convert Images you can change properties, size, and even the file format of a group of images all at once. For example, you could take a group of images and add a one pixel border to each, make the images 200×200 pixels and change the file format from JPG to PNG.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 22, 2014

On TechSmith Relay we use Highcharts chart engine for graphs. When the data for the chart changes, the controller passes the new data to the graph service. This has the effect of coloring the columns of the chart by gender. The post DevCorner: HighCharts – Effectively Visualizing Data appeared first on TechSmith Blogs.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The keys to effective learning. Are you looking for a behavior change or for it to be informational? There are so many confounding variables that it’s hard to isolate real cause and effect. Sometimes throwing out a funny image is a good way to break the tension in the audience or give them a break.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Understanding how your media choices represent people and their experiences can help you select more diverse and inclusive images and videos that impact everyone more effectively. Understanding people’s experiences can give you fantastic insights into what might need changing. Positively challenge narratives.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

From quick and easy cuts and annotations to more advanced editing, TechSmith Camtasia takes the guesswork out of creating beautiful, rich, and professional-quality tutorial, explainer, and training videos. In fact, I’m going to walk you through how you can easily create effective training and tutorial videos — no pro skills required.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Note : this tutorial is a continuation of the tutorials entitled “ Create a Holiday Greeting Card Video with Camtasia Studio 8.4 – Part 1 “ and Add Motion Effects to Your Holiday Greeting Card Video with Camtasia Studio 8.4 – Part 2. For this tutorial, time the images to come onscreen before or after the transitions.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 13, 2020

Screenshots and images are like jet fuel for communication. TechSmith’s The Value of Visuals research revealed that 67% of people say they understand information better when presented visually. But the small-time investment made to create SUI images normally leads to efficiencies down the road in the medium-to-longer term.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 19, 2011

He has been at TechSmith for something like five years and looks forward to being here for many more! There are some really cool features in Camtasia Studio 7; my personal favorite is Cursor Effects. The spotlight effect and the ability to change the highlight effect post-recording is very cool!

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 19, 2021

While the word “compression” can conjure images of pixelated video, the process is both necessary and efficient with modern digital cameras. Our Canon DSLRs record.mov to the memory card, however, our Canon camcorders can do AVCHD or MP4, which can be changed in the camera settings menu. Compression is your friend! 264 codec.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 13, 2020

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the current state of workplace communications and common misconceptions holding your company back from effectively communicating while working from home. The entire situation has not only changed the way I communicate with other people right now, but quite possibly forever.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In that time, I experienced the aforementioned buzzkill–sometimes because of last-minute changes to the product before it released, and other times because of changes published after release. Sometimes nothing obvious in your product UI changes, but your screenshot shows an outdated version number. Magically Change Colors.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 21, 2021

You can use video image thumbnails, titles, descriptions, and other features to signal to your audience if the video is relevant to them. 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. Be conversational. Incorporate motion.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Are they effective? When trying to achieve any real change with learning, you need to figure out the potential roadblocks to reaching those goals. She says the best way to deliver training is to look at the goals for each company division and get clear on what behavior changes and knowledge checks the company needs. “It

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Recently, I’ve noticed vintage television show “effects” coming back in vogue for use in screencasting and online videos. And now, in this new music video by Peter Hollens, ( available here on YouTube around 3:28 ), you see his take on using the circle effect. About the Background Image with the Circle Holes.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the still image above (taken from an awesome video from TechSmith Academy ), this storyboard goes so far as to show the type of clothes the subjects are wearing, their facial expressions, body postures, etc. When what you see changes, you should start a new frame on your storyboard. Identify the subject or focus of each shot.

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