Audio Visualizers Are Now in Camtasia!

[@Cyber-Droid]

thank you so much for this new feature

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Hope you have a lot of fun making videos using Audio Visualizers in Camtasia! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

[@iCkEdMeL]

So glad you guys added this

[@techsmith]

Have fun! (We are!)

[@StaceyRoshan]

This is fantastic! Thanks for the awesome demo of the perfect workflow in under 3 minutes, Kelly.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

You bet @StaceyRoshan ! I'm sure you will find some great ways to use Audio Visualizers, and I'm excited to see what you come up with! 🙌

[@ocaptainnc]

Fan-FREAKIN-tastic! ... Been wanting this for a while now... Thanks!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Glad to hear you're excited @ocaptainnc hope you find some fun projects to use Camtasia's Audio Visualizers on!

[@a-z-digitaldesign]

Nice selection in the settings menu. Thanks! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@hhbadarin]

You won't believe it but this is may be the only reason why id consider upgrading to camtasia 2023!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Such is the power of Camtasia's Audio Visualizers! Go forth and create!

[@techsmith]

🎉 🎉 🎉

[@pstrandy]

Yes, yes, and another YES!!! Such a good add. THANK YOU!!!

[@DanGorgone]

Fantastic update - much appreciated!

[@bluegurus]

Kelly, your audio in this video was crystal clear... great video. I love Camtasia and will have to try this new animation to a future video. Thanks for the tip.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Thank you @bluegurus for the positive vibes! I hope you have a great time trying to find some creative ways to use Camtasia's Audio Visualizers!

[@StephenKwiecinski]

Stoked to offer this visual effect to my podcast clients. Thanks, Techsmith!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Podcasts are a PERFECT example of where Audio Visualizers can be used @StephenKwiecinski ! Would love to see/hear about how you use them!

[@georgebeecher6319]

This is SO GREAT! I needed this recently and spent a lot of time searching for a solution. I finally settled on a service that makes it very easy, but costs a lot. I use their free version which includes a watermark. This makes the output MUCH nicer, gives me greater flexibility, and I already own it. So helpful, thanks! The video answered all my questions too.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

This is so awesome to hear @georgebeecher6319 Very much in the same boat as you, so it was a real pleasure to watch our dev team bring this one to life. I use them in just about every demo video I make nowadays, and it's a huge time-saver. Glad you liked the video, can't wait to see/hear how you use Audio Visualizers in Camtasia!

[@ProVoiceBH]

OMG! Finally 🎉 thank you very much!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Hope you have a lot of fun using Audio Visualizers in Camtasia! 🙌

[@gerardbyrneful]

Kelly, this is a great feature and I have started to use it already in my videos. Your own video on how to use the visualisers is great. Thank you for a great feature.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

That's awesome to hear you're already off to the races @gerardbyrneful ! Thanks for the kind words as well, hope you have a lot of fun creating with Audio Visualizers!

[@nicolavdbh8508]

Hi Kelly, I'm a total newbie to Camtasia and really enjoyed this short and clear explanation. I tried it straight away and it worked! Many thanks

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Oh that's awesome to hear @nicolavdbh8508 ! So glad the video was helpful, and you're able to start playing with Audio Visualizers! Hope you have a lot of fun!

[@lindaknox2861]

LOVE THIS!!!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Thanks for the feedback, hope you have fun playing with the Audio Visualizers!

[@drprswan0111]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

[@an802adam]

Hey Kelly, I've been using this already and I'm super impressed. I am thinking about creating a full side-by-side video where I do the same thing in Adobe and then in Camtasia. This is really a huge time saver thank you TechSmith! This is a lot of fun

[@techsmith]

Thanks Adam! I'd love for you to tag this channel if you do that video, we'd all love to see your results! 👏

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

That's awesome @an802adam would love to see the video when you're done! You've absolutely got the right idea here, Camtasia's Audio Visualizers were built to give you the perfect balance of ease-of-use and visual engagement. Thanks for sharing your insights!

[@Kris4Infinity]

Would be awesome to have some audio reactive animations or behaviours like for example for text or images so they can jump, rotate or scale horizotally and/or vertically or both to the audio- Would make it even better since thats the one thing I still seem to be missing from this as I mostly do audio/music related stuff- That being said tho I love them! Better than not having any and doing it manually xP Honestly I didnt think it would even come to Camtasia so kudos to you guys! Keep it up! Id also love to see things like keyframing or tracking objects but thats sucha complicated thing that I have my doubts of seeing it in Camtasia given its aimed to be just a simplistic program for anybody to be able to pick up and understand and edit anything- And dont get me wrong thats why I like it compared to other editing software but Id love some more professional tools. It would make it even better with the way you guys implement everything- if you managed to do it so its simple to do and use like everything is it would be amazing and more worth all the money! :>

[@muhamadabdallah7960]

thank you very much . Great work .

[@SusanWeeks]

YAY this is a fab update - I can think of some great ways to use this for my podcast and for reels etc Cheers!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

These go great with a podcast @SusanWeeks I hope you have a blast using Camtasia's Audio Visualizers with your next podcast video! 🙌

[@nicolebennefeld4045]

Thank you, this will be a fun and effective tool.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Thank you for the feedback, hope you enjoy using Audio Visualizers in Camtasia!

[@robhowen]

Nice, thank you.

[@DigitalCraig]

This is great news. Looking forward to finding ways to incorporate this into my content.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Excellent @DigitalCraig hope you have a ton of fun working with Camtasia's new Audio Visualizers!

[@matthewshell]

This is awesome! I'll definitely be using this for my official audio videos for my music. 🙏

[@techsmith]

Love that!

[@matthewshell]

@@techsmith 🙏

[@Veteran95Old]

When are you going to add stroke effect for texts :(

[@techsmith]

We actually do have this! If you apply the border effect to a text object, and then check "Use Alpha", it will snap the border onto the text, giving it a stroke effect.

[@Veteran95Old]

@@techsmith oh...

[@Connygraf]

I love it, I tried it out right away in a podcast video :-)

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Perfect usage of Audio Visualizers in Camtasia! Hope you had a fun time using them!

[@NiaRadio]

That is pretty cool. Would love for Cantasia to use VST3 audio plugins on audio or video with audio tracks or on the main software outputs

[@ChristianApologeticsProject]

Are there going to be additional audio visualizers? Right now, there are only three (of one which I've already used). A wider variety would be fantastic.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Definitely in the plans. Would love to see examples of the styles you're looking for!

[@ChristianApologeticsProject]

@@KellyRushTechSmith I'm not sure if I'm looking for anything in particular. I guess I'm not that creative. But, I do like these and assume that it will only get better from here. Thanks!

[@techsmith]

Make sure to get in there and really play with all of the Properties settings as it gives you a larger variety of styles by rounding or sharpening edges, widening, extending, etc. It's not going to make anything NEW, but definitely add some variety.

[@todddickerson3867]

Very cool. Nice add!

[@AlexCBrandon]

Camtasia has been my go to capture and editor for video for many years. My biggest issue is the lack of setting default folders to save for both capture, project and export files. I can set the default recording location but once I save the project it doesn’t default to this. An optional setting that brings up a pop up to set overall folders for everything each time I either hit record or start a new project would be really appreciated for faster workflow. Thank you!

[@techsmith]

We've definitely heard this one, you're not alone. I'll let the dev team know you asked so that they know there's still recent requests for this feature! Thanks Alex!

[@calvinchong8740]

Love it. Just downloaded it!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Awesome @calvinchong8740 can't wait to hear what cool things you do with Audio Visualizers!

[@calvinchong8740]

@@KellyRushTechSmith I make videos of myself playing a digital wind instrument. I just tried it with an old video and was thinking how much cooler my past videos would have looked with them! The ring audio visualizer really captures the expression and dynamics of playing. Quite amazing! Can't wait to do a video on finger drumming and to see the waveforms move with the beats! Really makes videos so much more interesting!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

@@calvinchong8740 Wow that's a really cool way to use Audio Visualizers! Audio, by nature, is often very hard to visualize. It's really powerful when you can figure out how to link a visual aspect to audio content. Hope you have a ton of fun pairing these with your instruments!

[@espirian]

Very cool! I had to download the assets to make it work (no sign of an update to the app but perhaps they're included in that?). Will definitely be using this for a new series I'm making. Thank you!

[@techsmith]

If you've got Camtasia 23.2.0 then you should be good to go! If not, you'll need to go up into the File/Edit menu and select "Check for Updates."

[@espirian]

@@techsmith yup, did that. There weren't any updates. But it's fine!

[@techsmith]

​@@espirian Ok, we have heard there are a few Windows users who aren't seeing the update for some reason...our dev team is working on a solution as to why this might be happening, but it likely will resolve itself in a few hours. Hopefully you'll see it today or tomorrow at latest!

[@espirian]

@@techsmith no problem. I have the latest version of macOS.

[@properitum9091]

Now how groovy is that? I have used AE before, but the time it takes has put me off using as often as I might. Thanks for this fab top - tip! KP

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

That's great to hear! Our goal with Audio Visualizers was to strike a really great balance between ease-of-use but also the ability to make something visually engaging. Definitely give it a try and let us know how it goes!

[@AlexMittsVOID]

FINALLY!

[@kbaxterpackwood]

Okay I just opened camtasia 2023 on my mac and I'm not finding the audio visualizer, how do I get this new tool? ETA Never mind, I did an update and it's there now, can't wait to play wiht this new tool! Thanks!!!

[@techsmith]

Glad you found it! 👏Enjoy!

[@JulieB713]

Not sure how I'll use this feature yet, but I love having it in my creative toolbox.

[@techsmith]

Definitely! Even without an immediate need for it, clicking into the visualizer and adjusting its Properties is fun!

[@michaelrocharde]

Great feature.

[@FoLDx]

Finally!!!

[@jelly_fishing]

Great stuff !! Being a newbie will a tutorial be created to ensure that for a video intro we can begin to use this feature thx

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Great idea @jelly_fishing ! Hopefully this video gives you a good initial idea. I know our UA team is already working on some extra support content, so I'll be sure to pass your feedback along to them.

[@ThirdWorldDave]

Finally!

[@clellandgreen4396]

I just went to test it. made an audio file, dropped it on the timeline and what... No Audio Visualizer! I just updated and have the most recent update of camtasia as well!

[@techsmith]

Just to be sure, before we look at sending you for tech support, can you check to be sure you're using Camtasia version 23.2.0? If you ARE, then you may want to open a ticket with Technical Support by going here: bit.ly/techsmith-help (ONLY if you're up-to-date, otherwise start by updating, then you should find it in the Library).

[@kbaxterpackwood]

Do the update and it will show up, I had the same issue.

[@clellandgreen4396]

i did the update and its not there!@@kbaxterpackwood

[@EldercareSuccess]

Problem: Love this but I don't have the audio visualizer in my Camtasia 2023 library. I've got a yearly update subscription. How do I get these files?

[@techsmith]

Never fear! If you've got 2023, you just need to "Check For Updates." If you're on Windows find that under the "Help" file menu, and if you're on a Mac, find it under the "Camtasia 2023" file menu in the top left. Once you've run that, you should have it!

[@grymmjack]

Neat :)

[@gem.row_bus]

Hi @techsmith is it possible to add 2 audio visualisers to one screen, to show a conversation between 2 different people? Thanks

[@techsmith]

Without seeing your workflow, I THINK the answer would be yes IF you have the audio tracks recorded separately. So Camera A has it's own audio track and Visualizer A would sit on top of that track. Camera B with a different audio track could have Visualizer B sitting on top of it and those should react only to their separate audio tracks. However, if it's all one audio recording, it wouldn't recognize the different voices without splitting the clip up.

[@video-explain]

what is the microphone do you use

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Currently using a Blue Yeti USB Microphone - Blackout Edition to do all of my narration for Camtasia videos. It works really well, I've been using it for years!

[@Geo_Unveiled]

Great video, by the wya in version 22.5.2 (Windows), why can't I add more than one cursor when using the custom path creator? Thanks for helping.

[@techsmith]

Hi, We're curious why you're interested in having multiple cursors at once?

[@Geo_Unveiled]

Not at the same time, but at varying times, for example, one moving from the side to the middle, and one after moving from the middle to the bottom.@@techsmith

[@flagshipbuilds]

Start 0:57

[@filmshorties]

I'm going to make a joke interview and change the audio visualizer colors to show the mood of each speaker - red for rising anger, purple-blue for perfect zen calm.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

Audio Visualizers to indicate speaker sentiment...definitely hadn't thought of that one. 🙂

[@filmshorties]

Now I only wish we could keyframe those dynamic properties!!! Maybe next release? Especially if it could smoothly ramp color changes.

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

@@filmshorties You can totally already do this right now! Just add your Dynamic Background and/or Audio Visualizer to the timeline, add a custom animation to it, and change the settings on the in and out points. The dynamic properties will adjust over the duration of your keyframe and dynamically change to whatever you want. It's a really cool extension of the feature, and definitely a secret weapon! 😉

[@markpfister7866]

I have the latest version of Camtasia running on my pc but the Audio Visulizer feature is not in my 2023 library. How do I get it installed so I can use it?

[@techsmith]

That's odd, do you mind opening a ticket with us so we can get this resolved for you? bit.ly/techsmith-help

[@valerie4975]

Is that included in the 2023 upgrade or do you have to have the Audiate?

[@techsmith]

This feature is available to ALL Camtasia 2023 users for NO additional charge! 🎉 Go your "File" menu on Mac or "Help" menu on Windows, and click, "Check for Updates." (if you don't already have Audio Visualizers in your library). And I did see your earlier question about having to subscribe to our software, but you do NOT have to adopt the subscription method if you're not interested as we currently still offer "Perpetual" licenses (meaning buy it once and it's yours).

[@techsmith]

(But this feature is completely Camtasia, and unrelated to Audiate)

[@barryrodgers1574]

How did you use it in the bottom left?

[@techsmith]

There are three different types of visualizers. That one is the “Audio Bars” option. They’re all as easy as dragging and dropping on the timeline. Then just resize it how you like and mess around in the properties panel to customize.

[@7_of_9]

Miss Winamp!!!

[@KellyRushTechSmith]

And all of the llamas that come with it!

[@DominoIncogneeto]

how would i do this with an cassette tape

[@appcrazee]

I have to look for this video EVERY time. The location of this feature is not intuitive. Please put the tool elsewhere. PLEASE! I literally can never find the "Library"

[@techsmith]

Really asking (for our UX team) where would it make more sense to be located? Or, to put it another way, where do you usually start looking for it?

[@edwardrigdon]

OK. Wow.

[@donchin1000]

Even for some one that use Camtasia for more than 10 years, The explanation is to fast and It is impossible to follow instructions. After more than an hour - no audio visualizer ! help ) for idiots)

[@techsmith]

First things first, have you updated Camtasia this morning? We JUST released the update (free to all Camtasia 2023 users, but you need to go to the File or Edit menu and select "Check for Updates").

[@donchin1000]

i am not a novice - I get the answer after updating: you have the latest ...! @@techsmith

[@pambie56]

Slow down the playback speed. Gear icon below video.

[@15MinuteWellness]

About time.