![]() ![]() Start small, so you don’t invest a lot of time, only to find out that the exported video has, say, a time limit or a huge watermark. Many paid programs even offer trials or demos. I recommend spending a little time with them on test videos. Once you have this list, you’re ready to start searching for screencasting software. You’ll want to think about those types of needs and others early on in the process, so it can help you choose the right program. Do you need video-editing capabilities built-in, or will you use an external editor? What format(s) will the video be published in? Do you want the program to upload it to video sharing sites for you? Use the answers to help guide your selection process. To avoid significant loss to video quality in those scenarios, choose screencasting apps that support an uncompressed, or lossless, format. Programs like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier and others compress the file when they export, which means you will have compressed it twice. In other words, don’t count on editing that footage further. Videos rendered with a lot of compression, so they come out as smaller files, may work well for streaming. Every program handles them a bit differently.Īs you assess different apps (see: below), don’t forget to consider their video export options. Most screencasting applications offer these features, so you’ll want to practice and get comfortable with them. If you’re recording a tutorial, for example, such effects can illustrate the steps clearly, so that viewers can follow your movements. Callout effects, like arrows and highlights, can draw attention to other specific elements on the screen. Making sure the built-in camera is off.Subtle effects, such as keystroke display and mouse-click effects-which show the characters you type and the options you click on, respectively-can make a huge difference in the quality of your video. We’ll also turn off System Audio because we’re not going to be using audio recorded in Camtasia because we already have existing audio in our Premiere Pro project.įigure 4. Next, we’ll make sure that our built-in webcam is off ( Figure 4, below). Selecting Custom Region to specific the portion of the screen we want to record. (We’ll customize the region a little later in the tutorial.)įigure 3. For this tutorial, we’ll select Custom Region ( Figure 3, below). Reading from left to right, the first option you’ll see in the Recorder tool is to select the portion of the screen you want recorded. Once you’ve selected your Recording preferences, go back to the Camtasia interface.Ĭlick the red Record button just above the timeline panel to launch the Camtasia Recorder tool ( Figure 2, below).įigure 2. My footage is 30 fps, so in the example shown in Figure 1, I’ve chosen Full-motion (30 fps).Īnother useful option under the Recording tab is auto-saving future projects to a destination by clicking the Change button at the bottom of the dialog. Under the Record tab, you want to make sure that your Screen Frame Rate matches the source material in your Premiere Pro project. ![]() Setting Recording preferences in Camtasia. Then navigate to Camtasia Preferences (Camtasia > Preferences) to open the Recording dialog, shown in Figure 1 (below). To begin, launch Camtasia, create a new project, and save it to the same destination where your Premiere Pro project files are. I won’t go into all the details of producing screencams in Camtasia, but you can visit and other instructional sites for more detail on getting up to speed with Camtasia.
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