How to Edit a Video in Camtasia

[@StaceyRoshan]

You know it's a great video when you watch the entire 45 minutes at 1x speed with pauses to practice! I'm not sure why I never realized that you could use the crop tool in your custom animation. I kept splitting the clip every time I wanted to zoom & crop. That simple tip saved me a bunch of time on the video I just finished editing! I'd love to see a video focused on how you use transitions. So many transition types have been added in the past couple of years, but I still mainly just use fade and gradient wipe. I'd love to see which ones you use and your workflow for adding them.

[@randallrebman]

Another great tutorial, Jason! You definitely have a knack for these!

[@karimcoaustralia671]

Thank you Jason. Your passion for sharing knowledge is amazing. One of the best tutorials I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot :)

[@JASON_D_VALADE]

What a lovely comment! Thank you!

[@terrymaffitt4012]

Thank you for an excellent video showing how to edit in Camtasia. I’ve used Camtasia in the past but need some advice for educational videos I create. My computer setup is a MacBook Pro with Parallels and Windows 11. I need to record video content from my iPhone or iPad for my viewers. Would I treat the iPad as an External Camera?

[@pwkimbrell-guitar-ringtones]

I opened Camtasia and followed along with your video and practiced several of the edits. What a great tutorial video. Thank you for producing this!

[@techsmith]

So glad you were able to follow along! Happy it helped! 👏

[@JasonValade-TSC]

Such awesome news @paddy50

[@hevlendordesigns]

Sure, practicing is the key to success.

[@iRyanPena]

Love Jason's tutorials! He's THE BEST!

[@JasonValade-TSC]

Awwwwwwwwwww! Thanks Ryan! YOU are the best!

[@eGambill]

I'm glad I took the time to watch Jason introduce Camtasia for me while the video is still fresh. Thanks a lot Valade!

[@CyberTronics]

When is the zoom & pan feature coming to Mac ? 30:17

[@techsmith]

It won't be coming in the same version that they have. However, Mac users can find the same functionality above the Canvas in the "auto animate" mode. Turn that mode on and when you move the play head and change things on the canvas it animates them. Many people prefer the control of Custom Animation still, but its there. app.screencast.com/7JEzZUtOrVRFh

[@roberthardyuk]

Thank you Jason - Really great tutorial video - Packed with useful tips - Just about to upgrade from 2021 to 2023 as a result of watching this :-)

[@stocktrendfinder]

I was not expected that I'll get so much detailed information on this video, but thanks Camtasia for the video tutorials. A lot of love.

[@rmcreynolds1959]

Love Camtasia and Jason does a great job. One thing I wish was included is a source monitor. I’d like to be able to set in and out points in a preview screen then drag the selected section to the timeline.

[@dafpakfp3965]

Amazing tutorial. You kept me hooked till the last minute

[@BenSussmanpro]

Thanks! Can you direct me to using zoom/pan on a Mac, please?

[@techsmith]

sure! www.techsmith.com/learn/tutorials/camtasia/animations/#:~:text=on%20the%20timeline.-,Mac,-Drag%20the%20playhead

[@astralsurfer1193]

I learned a lot of very helpful tips I was trying to figure out. Great video thank you!

[@leechap82]

This was awesome. Just what I needed to get started.

[@techsmith]

We love hearing that! Let us know if you have any questions along the way.

[@odalesaylor]

Jason, I think this might be the best tutorial you have ever done!

[@JasonValade-TSC]

How kind! Thank you!

[@joyofcode]

WOW, a knockout Tutorial. Thanks for this.

[@EngelaFullard]

What a great video, thank you! Your explanations are crystal clear and not too fast. I often find that some presenters (not Camtasia videos) speak at the speed of light, but of course one can change the playback speed.

[@monicav3753]

This is very informative and helpful. Thank you.

[@thetopone144]

This Video Is Gold For begginer TY

[@techsmith]

You're welcome, we're glad to hear it was so helpful!

[@alwysrite]

is there any way to put editors notes into the project at various stages of the timeline?

[@techsmith]

If you're referring to providing feedback to your editor, have you tried Screencast? It's free to Camtasia users (just log in with your Techsmith ID) and you can export directly from our green "Export" button to screencast. Once in Screencast you can leave comments on the part of the video timecode that you wish under the Conversation panel on the right. Even make annotations on screen. If you're asking about IN-product, you could use the Marker track, but that's really more for naming sections of the video so there's not a lot of functionality for notes.

[@matmektep]

Excellent lesson! Thank you very much!

[@hevlendordesigns]

got so much value from this one thank you so much

[@jelly_fishing]

Excellent video - great presentation and tutorial

[@mo-akif]

Hey Jason, has Zoom-n-Pan been added to Mac yet in August 2024?

[@techsmith]

Great question! The answer is...sort of, yes! However, it looks different on the Mac. I have a screenshot below of how to turn it on. Short story: It's up near the crop/canvas modes. When you click that button, any time you move, scale, rotate, etc the content on the canvas, it adds a new animation to the assets on the timeline (which is how Zoom-n-Pan functions on Windows). But instead of having a preview window, it just shows you live on the Canvas as you make your changes. Different, but the same. app.screencast.com/nqyyFyxm4yZYG

[@roybrettononline]

Thank you for a great training video, Jason; it's appreciated. One of the things that I like about Camtasia is the fact that they have plenty of up-to-date training. At 29:46, I was unable to move the picture of myself back to the right-hand corner. I have watched your instructions several times, I had to physically drag my picture back to the corner, which did seem to work. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I appreciate that may be difficult. Secondly, at 45:52, I could only change the middle title of the font, I tried clicking on the first line in the third line of my titles, but I couldn't change anything. I must be doing something wrong. Can you help, please? Once again, thank you for a really useful and helpful training video.

[@techsmith]

Sorry about the issues! It might be worth reaching out to our support team for this bit.ly/techsmith-help, and they can help you out :)

[@roybrettononline]

Thank you, Jason, I appreciate your help and training. I will reach out to the support team.

[@techsmith]

​@@roybrettononline Hey Roy, Andy here. Actually I think I can help you with these without opening a support ticket. When Jason deleted the animation arrow from his camera track, it kept the properties he wanted. Half of the time it doesn't do that for me. So I place the playhead before the animation arrow starts, right-click the track, and select "Copy Properties" (which are the scale & position that we want). Then if it doesn't do what you expect after deleting the animation arrow, simply right click the track again and "Paste Properties." As for your title editing, make sure you select it on the timeline, then edit it the text in the Properties panel on the right. Jason did it on the Canvas, but different screen resolutions and other variables can make that experience different. Where it says "Screen/Metadata/Capture" in the Properties panel is editable. Let me know if you have any questions!

[@roybrettononline]

@@techsmith Thank you, Andy, I appreciate your help! I will give the suggestions a try in the next few days. Although I have used Camtasia for quite a few years, I must admit I have only been using it in its very basic form. Are you part of the Camtasia team, Andy a user or maybe both? All the best.

[@arthurcaliman]

Nice explanation 💯

[@VelactionVideos]

Hi Jason. Thanks for the video. I have a question if you don't mind. Is there a way to add a custom animation to the library? I often shift from full screen of my head to a split screen with the screen recording, and go back and forth. It would be nice to have the ability to save the animation. Actually would be really nice to be able to save multiple animations and apply them to multiple tracks at once. One more little glitch I noticed while practicing along. If you make two animations instant (shrink the arrow all the way) you can't snap them both to the playhead. You have to extend one out a bit, align them, then shorten it. Just trying to get to where I can make quick cuts from full screen recording, to full head, to zoomed head, to split screen without a lot of activity. Right now I have to copy/paste multiple animations on different tracks. I dabbled with Descript and prefer Camtasia, but Descript has 'scenes' that copy the layout of all your tracks and lets you replicate it with one click. Thanks.

[@JasonValade-TSC]

Hey there @VelationVideos Saving animations to the library cannot be done...... except when you add them to a piece of media and save that media to the library. So, apply animations to a piece of media, save that piece of media to the library, then add it to a new project and ripple replace it we your desired content. You would still need to adjust as needed.

[@hhbadarin]

This guy rocks! Thank you.

[@JasonValade-TSC]

Thank you kindly!😃

[@virtualpublishingllc4501]

Jason - Excellent work!

[@MrThyten]

wow the key framing , cursor smoothing is so powerful. I want to buy it but my question is, if I buy the software on my computer and down the line I want to switch computers, can I redownload it or do I have to purchase it again? Thanks

[@techsmith]

Nope! Each license of Camtasia comes with the ability to put it on two computers (work and hole for example), but if you remove it from your old computer to put on a new one, that only counts as one use. You’d be fine!

[@venkateshdangeti9450]

One of the best explanations ever seen

[@rlayoutube]

Bravo! Love this very informative well spoken presentation. What camera are you using to record the video?

[@SaminaGhori]

Does anyone know how to add the green border/lines around your selection as shown at 34:08 on this video? Thanks 🤩

[@mikedandreaChFC]

this is a great video... Thanks Jason

[@eyoborelvis8224]

thanks alot... this was very helpful!

[@bhagatnegi01]

Basics but beautiful. Great Stuff.

[@techsmith]

We realized that even though we always want to step up our content for our core users, there are always new users looking to learn and we wanted to offer something that would (hopefully) meet both of those types of viewers where they're at. Thanks!

[@arthurcaliman]

Try to make a tutorial how to edit a long video horizontal ....in a several short cuts vertical of a long video ...example ...long youtube video horizontal ....makes several short video vertical for youtube shorts. 🙌

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Hi Jason, I'm enjoying creating and editing in Camtasia along with your tutorials. Do you have any suggestions on how to export an audio/visual synced video for KZbin. My audio/visual is synced in Camtasia however when I export the video in the recommended settings the audio/visual is not synced when played back in the windows media player or on KZbin. I'm trying to figure out what's going on here and have changed the export settings but the video is still not synced. I've tried bringing the videos into Da Vinci resolve to split the audio/visual and resync them but Da Vinci does not support the file type which is mp4. I've changed the codec of the videos to the recommended settings in VLC but the file type is still not recognized in Da Vinci. Why is the audio/visual synced in Camtasia but not synced in the export file and what can be done about it please? Do you have any recommendations?

[@techsmith]

Hm, that's odd! It might be worth reaching out to our support team to see if they have any tips for you. bit.ly/techsmith-help

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Thanks for the reply. I checked the FaQs in Techsmith-help and audio visual syncing seems to be a common issue. I followed the suggestions for updating drivers and changing settings etc, done loads of tests and it made no difference except my computer crashed and the software had to be reintegrated via BIOS. Have decided to ditch Camtasia as a waste of time and use OBS for screen capture and Da Vinci Resolve for syncing and editing instead (I bought Camtasia to save the extra workflow). I can now produce quality video and sync audio/visual with waveform at a click of a button and export perfect content that plays on multiple media players without any issues. Go figure. I'm not bothered about the £300 I spent buying Camtasia, but I am about all the time I spent trying to solve all the glitches. It did occur to me that Techsmith seems to blame people's computers and software for the syncing issues, but I think the issue is with Camtasia because it is supposed to be designed for Windows and Mac systems and clearly it is not because why should people have to change their settings on their system software. I think the tech team should think of ways to make Camtasia more compatible to the systems it is designed for. Don't get me wrong here because I think Camtasia is an amazing tool, exactly what I was looking for, but you need to fix the syncing issues. There are so many posts about this on social media and google searches, you should take note and listen to your customers. Camtasia is being described as a bit of a toy with a few good tools when compared to OBS for instance. Just giving you a heads up without malice, wishing you all well and hoping you will solve the issues before my next update, go for it guys because I'm over the 30-day from purchase period so I can't get a refund. @@techsmith

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Hi Camtasia, sorry want to add another follow up because the problem has been solved and it may be of help to your technicians. I'm using a Lenovo legion 5 AMD, my webcam is a Sony ZV1f connected by HDMI, my microphone is a Sennheiser MKE 600 that goes through the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 audio interface and connects to the computer via USB. My previous set up was as per the specs recommended by Techsmith and the issue I had was that the audio/visual was in sync in Camtasia but was out of sync in multiple media players after export. I followed the recommendations given by Techsmith Help and it made no difference. My computer crashed (would not start up but the lights and fan was working). I followed the fix recommended by the Lenovo Help forum and the computer reset the software via BIOS. This did not solve the problem. I'm not sure if my computer has been doing further updates overnight but this morning I decided to make a quick video with Camtasia just to check and now Camtasia is out of sync and the exported video is out of sync. I made another video in Camtasia for three minutes and clapped every 20 seconds to test the audio visual timelag. It is consistently out of sync by 0.5 sec over 3 minutes on average (+ or minus 0.1 on occasion when using the period/ comma method). I separated the audio/video and realigned the audio to the visual claps, which plays synced to 0.1 sec and reexported the video. Now the exported video plays at the same sync as Camtasia. Problem solved mostly because I can still see the 0.1 lag. I think I could correct this by doing multiple claps (5) at the start and during a recording to find and line up the sound to the action. I'm thinking there will be more lag over time so multiple claps could solve this over time because the video could be split and realigned individually. Problem solved hopefully which makes me happy because Camtasia is easier to use and has a faster workflow rate compared to an OBS/Da Vinci combo. Hope that helps the Techies with potential fixes and advice :)

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Some more to add, the sync issue is still not correctly solved and I've worked out why: It's because the timeline is sectioned into 0.1 of a second which means when you match up a clap sound with the visual clap there are three frames that are scrubbed through. This means there is no way to match up the audio/visual because the sound of the clap is much less than 0.1 of a second. If you want to fix this issue the timeline needs to match the framerate of the recording so when you use the period or comma to shift between frames, they would be moving through each frame which could then be matched to the peak of a clap waveform. This method was thought out by me, Richard Williams on the 19th Jan 2024, and this is now copyrighted, so if you use this, I'll expect a few million dollars for the intellectual property. It would solve your syncing issue and your product, which is good by the way, would sell like hot cakes because it's easy to use.

[@AnnaRosaEverythingEnergy]

Super great video. Thanks. Question: Does it hurt if I use png or jpg files that are high res such as 15000 x 10000 300 res to create a slide type video?

[@Kardinaal29]

Webinarfs 😂 It’s like Snarf from the Thunder Cats took over for a quick sec. Awesome video! Thank you for the tips and tricks.

[@hydromech-Tutor]

Thanks a lot Jason. You presented nicely. But, my ppt slide lags the audio track by some minutes. off course, I am a beginner. How can I make it to play equally? I suspended from uploading.

[@Branderbob]

Excellent tutorial, Jason. Even though I've used Camtasia from about when I met my now wife -- and we've been married 23 years -- I learned a few new simple and valuable techniques I can put to use. That said, I noticed your KZbin video revealed each topic when you spoke about it. That's very useful for viewers. How did you do it?

[@techsmith]

Hi Branderbob, (Andy here) I think you're referring to the chapter index on the video playbar? That's done in a number of different ways, but if you open up the description of this video, you'll see how we manually typed it in by typing the timecode, and writing the topic. Camtasia actually offers an easier way (that sometimes we remember to use 🤦‍♂) by adding Markers in the video on the timeline, then titling them in the Properties panel, and when you export the video directly to KZbin from the Export window, check the box that says "Create Table of Contents from Markers" and it'll convert them.

[@Branderbob]

Very clear and helpful. Thanks, Andy@@techsmith

[@joshuasamuel7610]

This was a GREAT video!! Very detailed and easy to follow along. One of the best tutorials I've seen. Now if Camtasia could just add the ability for creative captions to show up while I'm talking like instagram or Capcut it would be all I ever need for my social media videos.

[@techsmith]

Believe it or not, we can currently do dynamic captions by combining Audiate and Camtasia (Click "Edit in Audiate" on your audio track, then when you send it back to Camtasia click "Settings -> Captions -> Dynamic Captions (Beta)" and you'll have them), and you never know what the future holds beyond that... 🤫🙂

[@joshuasamuel7610]

@@techsmith I just saw your last video from 5 hours ago and I am super excited to try it out...talk about fast service 🤩

[@techsmith]

@@joshuasamuel7610 Just so you know, that's still considered "coming soon" even though it works in some instances, we haven't finished work on ALL workflows for Dynamic Captions, but it will be during this month that it's up and running!

[@joshuasamuel7610]

@@techsmithso glad you guys are making it so easy to stick with Camtasia!

[@smallbusinesstrainingbymartin]

Do you think they will ever offer a high-pass filter or band-pass filter for removing extra noise.

[@techsmith]

I don't think that's on the current roadmap for Camtasia. Most of our audio efforts have moved over to our sister product, Audiate.

[@smallbusinesstrainingbymartin]

@@techsmith Thanks for replying. What a shame I really don't enjoy using your audio product; it seems clunky, not integrated well, and is too expensive for the smaller businesses. But I am sure it is working well for others, or you would not keep going with it. Again thanks for your response!

[@SpectralightPhoto]

Does the standalone project make a duplicate copy of all the elements that are in the new project when it places them in the standalone project folder? I ask this because I have a video intro that I use at the start of every video. So if I have 100 videos using that intro, I now have 100 extra copies of the intro on my computer taking up additional space. That would use up additional hard drive space - yes?

[@techsmith]

It does duplicate any files you bring into it, yes. What I'd recommend doing to save space, is import that intro into your Camtasia Library (right-click on the timeline, "Add to Library" and that way, it won't add it to your Media bin each time, but its always there for your use. (Jason demonstrates this process around 39:07 in this video).

[@SpectralightPhoto]

@techsmith Thanks for that info! How do I transfer my additions to the media library when I get a new computer and have to reinstall Camtasia?

[@techsmith]

@@SpectralightPhoto Great question! If you go to File -> Export -> Package it will open a window and offer you a chance to export all of your customized ...stuff. Like your library, templates, themes, etc. When you're all done, export it, and it will produce what's called a ".campackage" file that you can then simply double-click when the latest version of Camtasia is open, and it'll open in the new software and import (once you tell it that it's ok).

[@TheVictor1923]

Why is anchor point blue? The program is very slow.

[@techsmith]

If your anchor point is blue you might be in crop mode. Click the cursor icon above the canvas window to switch back. Sorry you feel that it’s slow. Have you updated recently? The latest version of Camtasia 2023 automatically converts large files to proxy files for faster performance. (They’ll look blurrier while editing, but not once you export).

[@MountUpMedia]

Why doesn’t Camtasia work with Blackmagic studio capture devices? Can you sync a video recorded externally with audio to your screen recording ?

[@MountUpMedia]

and why cant we change the keyboard shortcuts of things like ripple, jog/shuttle, etc

[@BCS-Audio-Book]

Add a "3D model adding" option to Camtasia, please.

[@techsmith]

I don't see that on the roadmap for Camtasia's future. I'll mention it to the dev team, but that's a very different piece of software if you're looking to do 3D model rendering.

[@bmetras2000]

@BCS-Audio-Book. Same, animations are my aim too. Elevates everything. Here's a conceptual approach, 1. gin up the animation in Vyond, VideoScribe, RenderForest, Doodly, Moovly, Animaker or Powtoon, 2. Export as an mp4, 3. Import to the Camtasia library. 4. Drag onto the timeline.

[@AmerABUZAID]

Great vedio, Thanks... but what about Arabic text support?

[@techsmith]

Thanks! While Camtasia's interface itself isn't available in Arabic, the text callouts (annotations) DO support Arabic text including right-to-left languages.

[@fulviodirosa]

Hi, can on start record multiple cams simultaneously, like face, objects on table and side view? Thanks.

[@techsmith]

Not in the camtasia recorder, no. It can only record one camera source and a screen recording at a time.

[@drtobi666]

Nice and helpful video but i have a problem with the animations. FYI: I edit on a Macbook. The problem I have is that every time I want a box on the screen to become smaller an going in a corner the box like wobbels. it does not going in a straight direction. For example: I have a box that covers that covers the First track and the with an animation i want it to cover the media tool kid area. When i do this with a custom animation the left an right side of the box shaking right and left to get to the position. Any Idea how i can get the animation to go there directly?

[@techsmith]

Hm, It might be worth making a quick video of what you're running into and reaching out to our support team bit.ly/techsmith-help, and they can help you out!

[@Core2TOM]

There's a bug when you add blur and set it's intensity to 0.0 the layers below (png's) get invisible, please fix it. thanks

[@techsmith]

Can you submit this as a ticket (link below)? I"m not able to replicate the problem but our Technical Support team can look into it more. (Also, let them know if this is the Annotation "Blur" or the Visual Effect "Blur Region"). bit.ly/techsmith-help

[@meraydin1]

is there an effect that will blur the video with gradient? e.g. left side will be clear, right most will be blurred, with a gradient "mask"

[@Richard-kl9bb]

Hi Jason, I'm experimenting with the Camtasia trial option at the moment and I'm impressed but it's a steep learning curve. I keep searching KZbin to answer my questions but I'm finding it hard to find what I want because there are so many versions. Is there any chance someone could group together a playlist for the 2023 version and add it to this Camtasia KZbin channel please? I'm going to buy this version anyway but I thought this would be a good idea. Thanks. Could you also make a video on working with different videos with different framerates. I will be creating content and want to add other videos that will have different framerates eg 24, 25 and 30. How would I create a talking head video and voice over to span these videos and export it as one production?

[@techsmith]

Hi, This might be what you're looking for! These should all be relatively up to date for 2023 www.techsmith.com/learn/tutorials/camtasia/.

[@ForexSource]

Thank you alottt....

[@abdalla_guul]

How to make the floating interface parts in this vedio in Camtasia pls

[@techsmith]

@@abdalla_guul watch the whole video, Jason shows you how.

[@Camtasiauser0789]

Why is the Camtasia forum still down?

[@techsmith]

We are planning on providing an update on that forum soon, but in the meantime if you need technical support you can open a ticket (link 1) and if you want to suggest features you can do that here (link 2). 1) bit.ly/techsmith-help 2) support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19459379549965

[@Camtasiauser0789]

@@techsmith Thanks

[@MasekaMokgohloa]

How to do Hormozi style video

[@future.haafiz]

I wish we could be able to see ourselves just like we can while screen recording with Snagit

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

Still no fullscreen button??? 🤔😡

[@techsmith]

No, but you can detach the canvas (by right-clicking and selecting "Detach Canvas) then make that full-screen (though it still has controls around it) and select "Fit" from the percent dropdown at the top.

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

@@techsmith 😠Man nobody wants to go through all those unnecessary extra steps and nobody wants to use the detach feature. Just put the fullscreen button back like it should be. And why is the default cursor size larger than normal? 100% is bigger than default windows size and you cant change it to be the default size like it is on pc smh, 100% is the minimum in the new Camtasia 2023 but its still too big, it was fine in Camtasia 2022 stop trying to fix what dont need to be fixed.

[@technicalvideos2269]

How you separate edited area 2.20

[@techsmith]

Great question! We made a video about that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipeVn3SoZZeYeKM

[@technicalvideos2269]

@@techsmithyes Thanks now I will try this in my videos

[@charliedontknow]

yeah, but how do i add text?

[@charliedontknow]

no wait delete this comment

[@HarleyPham-pj1qz]

The Colours of my photo are changed to CMYK type when I put RGB photo into Camtasia, How can I improve it? Someone help me, please ?

[@techsmith]

Not sure what you mean. Your photos wouldn't be converted to CMYK as Camtasia doesn't use that. We use both RGB and Hex. Is Camtasia changing the way your pictures are appearing in the canvas? You can open a support ticket if you'd like to have our technical support team help you solve this: bit.ly/techsmith-help

[@techsmith]

Might be worth opening up a support ticket with us to figure out what's going on! bit.ly/techsmith-help

[@Raminmark]

wow

[@sudichoo]

Hey I'm creator i received email saying that they're from camtasia studios pr team. I just want to make sure that's it's you guys if it is please reply to the comment

[@techsmith]

It’s possible that it’s us, but can you give us more details? What’s the subject line or email address? We do have teams reaching out to customers from time to time to do feedback research. But there are also scammers too.