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Apr 19 2009
Betsey Weber and Matt Pierce of TechSmith (the makers of Camtasia) have done an excellent short comparison of several microphones for screencasting, including a lapel mic, freestanding USB mics, a headset, and even a webcam. Matt reads the same short passage from Alice in Wonderland with each microphone. The entire screencast lasts less than two [...]
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Jan 31 2009
TechSmith has listened to its customers. Sometime around March, 2009, they plan to release an update to Camtasia 6 that will include output to FLV. The loss of FLV support was the single biggest complaint against Camtasia 6, and Camtasia users certainly did complain. High Definition MPEG-4 video with H.264 compression, which was introduced to [...]
Nov 06 2008
TechSmith has just released Camtasia v6. Since Camtasia is so expensive – $300 for the full version, $150 for the upgrade – the first question everyone asks is: is it worth upgrading? From a quick first look, the answer would be: it depends on what version of Camtasia you are currently using. If you have [...]
Apr 17 2008
Techsmith has released an upgrade to Camtasia 5 with several new features: New callouts shine the spotlight on your content Add background music with a third audio track Deliver screencasts to millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users Customize Flash FLV videos with TechSmith ExpressShow Build a Web menu for your videos with Camtasia Theater [...]
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Feb 09 2008
Would you like to have some say in the improvements and features that are incorporated into the next version of Camtasia? TechSmith is currently running a survey. And, as a bonus, they will choose 25 survey takers at random for a free upgrade to Camtasia 6 when it is released. Click here to take the [...]
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Jan 26 2008
TechSmith, the makers of Camtasia and Snag It, is offering 30 tutorials again. You may have caught the original 30 Tips in 30 Days that was used to launch Camtasia 4. Oddly, nothing so ambitious greeted the launch of Camtasia 5 – but TechSmith is making up for the pre-launch blahs by scattering tutorials throughout [...]
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Nov 23 2007
TechSmith’s super fabulous give away continues with a free copy of version 7 (current version is 8.2) of Snag-It. This is the very best screen capture utility, bar none. If you ever need to do screen caps, you need Snag-It. Plus, Snag-It has a simple screen recorder built in as well. You won’t get all [...]
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Nov 20 2007
I just read about a fabulous deal on Bill Myers wonderful site ( www.bmyers.com ) TechSmith is offering free downloads of Camtasia 3. The current version is Camtasia 5 – but you won’t be as far behind as that sounds. Camtasia 4 is only around 9 months old – and plenty of users are still [...]
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