Techsmith quietly released Camtasia Studio 8 last week.
I am a big Camtasia fan, so I’ve just downloaded Studio 8 and taken a quick look and I see several things that are exciting:-
- Grouping objects on the timeline
- The ability to replace video on the video layer with an image and then zoom the image, same as zooming video (Used to be able to do this with video or image, but not both combined in the same project)
- Motion animations
- Smartplayer – bringing interactive Camtasia projects to iOS at last
Since Captivate and Camtasia are close competitors, it is easy to see why certain features are similar in each, but until now I thought that Captivate 6 was going to be an easy choice for video-only demos. However, this latest release from Techsmith has me certain that I will still want to use both products.
Exciting Times
But I suspect I will not be saying this for long. With Captivate’s new subscription model allowing more regular updates, I hope to see new features in CP6 dot releases that enable Captivate to quickly leapfrog Camtasia.
It has been a few years since Adobe/Macromedia’s software releases have generated such a buzz in the Community. The new subscription model has the potential to be both disruptive and stimulating for software users in all sorts of industries.
Camtasia for Mac
Confession: I have been aware of Camtasia 2 for Mac for some time, and even own a license for it but I did not install it until now. It looks like Camtasia Studio 8 for Windows and Camtasia 2.2 for Mac do not have feature parity right now, though I have to do some more research to be certain.
[…] Techsmith quietly released Camtasia Studio 8 last week. I am a big Camtasia fan, so I've just downloaded Studio 8 and taken a quick look and I see several things that are exciting:- Grouping objects on the timeline The ability … […]
[…] Techsmith quietly released Camtasia Studio 8 last week. I am a big Camtasia fan, so I've just downloaded Studio 8 and taken a quick look and I see several things that are exciting:- Grouping objects on the timeline The ability … […]
Camtasia Studio 8 and Camtasia 2 for Mac are very close to feature parity… much closer than then first Camtasia for Mac was compared to Studio 7. In fact, Studio 8 borrows some of the best timeline attributes from the Mac version. I suggest installing software and looking more closely until you make a sweeping statement. In fairness, you may not have seen the last 2.2 Mac update.
I did install Mac version 2.2. There are some striking differences – not least in the design, and in the ability for the Mac version to key greenscreens. I have time set aside later this week to look at both PC and Mac versions in detail.