Essentially, you have full control over your clips. If you click on the webcam clip, you’ll notice that it’s movable on the screen and resizable. You can move your webcam footage around the timeline, and even remove sections as you see fit. The advantage of all these layers is flexibility.

Once done, stop the recording and you’ll be taken to the editing suite.Īltering parameters over time is done with the help of specific and versatile ‘animation’ options (Image credit: TechSmith) You’ll be given a 3-second countdown, and the controls will disappear, letting you record with no windows or menus getting in the way.

Once you’re ready, click on the big red ‘Rec’ button. If your webcam supports it, you can control its resolution, choose which microphone to record the external audio from, and whether or not to record the system audio. You also have the option of changing the frames per second value from 5 to 60 (the default is 30).

: You’re presented with a simple welcome screen - offering you access to your most recent recordings and the option to create a new project from scratch, one based on a template, open a project not in the list of recent ones, or start a new recording.īy default, when setting up to record, Camtasia will record your entire Desktop, but there’s a menu where you can select a specific size or region with a green border appearing to show you what’s going to be in the shot, and what won’t be. Setting up a recording session is as easy as can be.

So easy to set up your recording parameters.

You’re given four major recording options, with specific alterable parameters for each (Image credit: TechSmith)

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