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Here’s How We Share Results With Our Teams at TechSmith (and It Doesn’t Involve Another Long Email)

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A recent TechSmith study found 67% of people absorb information faster when it’s presented visually. At TechSmith, we use a screencast — recording your screen as you present information — because it’s one of the best and easiest ways to share project information. Plus, they remembered it better later on. It’s that easy!

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How to Remove the Background From a Picture

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How to remove make a picture background transparent. If you are using a JPG or other file format, you’ll need to adjust your background color in the Snagit editor first or it will default to white rather than transparent. The post How to Remove the Background From a Picture appeared first on TechSmith Blog.

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TechSmith Brings Sense of Smell to Visual Communications

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And, a picture is worth 1000 words, a video is worth 1000x1024 words, but that's not always enough. TechSmith Labs has been hard at work on some new technology that I'm happy to announce today. TechSmith has developed a device that is able to convert smells into bits and bytes and then back again. TechSmith Labs.

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Preventing Blurry Pictures: The Keys to Clear Images

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There’s nothing more frustrating than blurry pictures. While you can try tinkering in a photo editing program, or shrinking the image and crossing your fingers in hopes that no one looks too closely, the best strategy is to start with crystal clear pictures. Two of the most common formats: PNG vs JPG. Start with the Basics.

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Ten Ways to Use Video in the Classroom

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It’s back-to-school season for most educators and this year, the TechSmith Education team is writing a series of blog posts with some ideas for the classroom. Paper and pencil assessments have their place in the classroom, but students explaining their learning can also be critical in getting a larger picture of their progress.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

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When we produce a video using video editing software , we are encoding the media to a particular standard or format. Most video editing software will give you a choice of video encoding formats. This is because encoding is only half the picture. Unless you have a reason to choose a different format, don’t venture into the weeds.

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How to Use a Webcam Recorder to Add Personality to Your Videos

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Do you want your webcam footage to appear at the beginning of your video, or do you want it to appear over top of your video, like picture-in-picture? Picture-in-Picture. To create that cool picture-in-picture effect, start by dragging the video to the timeline. Think of these tracks as pictures in a stack.

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