Resources for Information Product Producers from Ghost Leg Media
Aug 09 2009
I have been using Camtasia since version 3 was new. I have made hundreds of hours of screencasts for myself and for others. I receive many requests for help with Camtasia and have frequently heard, “You should teach a class.” So I am wondering – should I teach a class? I’ve created a brief (6 [...]
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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 [...]
Dec 27 2008
Camtasia 6 has changed the screencasting landscape – perhaps for the better, perhaps not – but whether you are using Camtasia 3, Camtasia 5, or Camtasia 6, you will find screencasting infinitely easier if you use three, free tools. 1. Sizer The ability to precisely resize the screen area you want to record to exact [...]
Nov 17 2008
The news from early Camtasia 6 adopters is not encouraging. Version 6 has been out for about a week, and already TechSmith is pushing a maintenance release, v 6.0.1, to deal with problems in recording and editing. While it is great that TechSmith is so quick to respond to user feedback, it is unfortunate that [...]
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 [...]
Oct 25 2008
If you are new to screencasting, the acronyms, abbreviations, and file formats can seem overwhelming. Once you understand what they mean, they can make your work easier.
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May 30 2008
Do you use Firefox? Do you love screencasting? Well, if you said yes to either of those questions – it’s time to get crackin’ Firefox is holding a contest to help create screencasts for the Top 100 Support articles in the Firefox Knowledge Base. The Grand Prize is a Flip Video Ultra. The next 100 [...]
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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 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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