TechSmith Camtasia Studio 5.0.0.384 FULL

 

TechSmith Camtasia Studio 5.0.0.384 FULL RUS

Camtasia Studio is the best solution for preparing video presentations and interactive training courses for working with computer programs. The TechSmith solution allows you to create professional-quality video materials and publish them in the most common formats and on any media, without the help of professional programmers and specialists in creating multimedia products.

Interactive video tutorials, which are a description of how to complete a task, made in the form of a presentation, are very popular today. Some software developers include video tutorials with their products that demonstrate the benefits of their product. Almost no one doubts the advantage of interactive learning over standard means. The video material is easier to digest, since all actions are clearly presented and, moreover, are often accompanied by "offscreen" text. In addition, the video can always be viewed again if something was not clear during the first viewing. Finally, an interactive lesson, if necessary, can always be paused for a while, and then resume it from the same place.

To create a tutorial video, you need to capture a screen and save the result to a video file. In the process of creating an interactive video tutorial, you may encounter some difficulties. First, in order to be able to capture video, you need to have a fairly powerful computer. Secondly, the question arises as to what codec to compress the image with. Not every codec allows real-time compression on the fly, and besides, the size of the output file should be as small as possible and still have good picture quality.

All these requirements are met by the Camtasia Studio software created by TechSmith. This powerful program has many advantages and fully justifies its rather big price - $ 299.

Acquaintance with the program
To compress video, Camtasia Studio developers offer users to use their "proprietary" TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC). This codec shows good results when encoding images at any color depth. Its algorithm minimizes system load, so the codec can be used for encoding even on very weak configurations. In general, the minimum system requirements for Camtasia Studio are: Windows 2000 or XP, Microsoft DirectX 8.1 or higher installed, a 500 MHz processor and 64 MB of RAM.

Camtasia Studio includes four utilities: Camtasia MenuMaker, Camtasia Player, Camtasia Theater, and Camtasia Recorder. The main interface of the program is used to work with all these utilities.
At the bottom of the Camtasia Studio window there is a timeline desktop, where you can cut and paste audio and video files. In the center of the window there is a list of CIip Bin files that the program works with. Double-clicking on any of the files in this list makes it play in the preview window.

The tiny Camtasia Player utility performs one and only function - it plays AVI files. You can add a file to a project by importing it through the TaskList menu. Through this menu, you can also add your comments and various graphics to the edited video using a callout object. With its help, you can draw attention to important points of the video, add additional information, etc.

If you are working with multiple video files, you may need to create a transition from one video to another. This can be done using the transitions library. You can access the library only if there are several video clips on the Camtasia Studio desktop. In this case, the Transitions link in the TaskList window becomes active. After switching to Transitions, the Camtasia Studio window will change its appearance.
Each transition is presented as an icon, double-clicking on which you can see the effect of the effect in the preview window. On the Timeline, the videos you are working with will be presented as rectangles separated by some area. By dragging the icon of the appropriate transition effect to this area, you will add it to the project.

Camtasia Recorder The
main utility of the package is Camtasia Recorder. This program is designed to capture sound and images. By default, the utility uses the TSCC codec, however, it can be changed to any compressor installed in the system. The captured video can contain a variety of explanatory labels. Firstly, the System Stamp can be displayed in the corner of the picture - various information, which includes the date and time of the clip creation, computer name, etc. The System Stamp can be permanently in the corner of the screen or displayed at regular intervals.
Second, you can add a watermark to the captured video. Typically, watermarks represent the proprietary logo of the creator and are used for copyright protection. Any image in BMP, GIF or JPG format can be used to create a watermark. Another type of effect that can be applied to video is Caption (caption).

One of the advantages of Camtasia Recorder is its support for customizable keyboard shortcuts. All program functions are duplicated by "hot" keys, which can be changed in the utility settings.

In the process of an interactive lesson, it is often necessary to somehow draw the viewer's attention to a particular area of ​​the screen. Camtasia Recorder allows you to do this with the ScreenDraw tool. If you enable this function, then depending on the settings, you can select the desired area of ​​the screen in different ways. For example, using the Pen tool, you can draw directly on the screen with a colored marker, the Arrow tool will draw the viewer's attention with the pointer, the Highlight will fill a selected area of ​​the screen with color, etc.

In most cases, an interactive video tutorial should contain a mouse cursor. Camtasia Recorder not only captures cursor movements but also adds some effects to it. To make it easier for the user to perceive the actions on the screen, clicks of the right and left mouse buttons can be accompanied by small pictures. In addition, you can change the shape of the cursor to any other and add a highlighting effect to it.

You can start capturing video manually using the Record button on the toolbar, as well as using the Recording Wizard. In the second case, the program will offer to select the capture area (a separate window, the entire screen or a selected fragment). When you select an area of ​​the screen, the resolution of the specified area will be displayed near the cursor.

After the capture is completed, the program will prompt you to open the resulting video file in the main window of Camtasia Studio.

Videos made with Camtasia Studio can be exported to one of the supported formats - AVI, SWF, FLV, MOV, WMV, RM, GIF, CAMV. In addition, an executable exe-file can be compiled based on any video, which will contain the built-in player.

Camtasia MenuMaker
When your footage is complete, you can burn it to CD or DVD. In order to make it easier to navigate in a large number of files that will be recorded on the media, it is necessary to create a graphical shell in which links to training video tutorials will be presented in the form of a convenient menu. This can be done using the Camtasia MenuMaker utility. After starting the program, a window will appear on the screen asking you to use the wizard.
Following the simple instructions of the wizard, you can create a menu for an interactive disk based on the template library in a couple of minutes.

Camtasia Theater
The Camtasia Theater utility also allows you to create a menu that makes it easier to work with multiple video files, however, unlike Camtasia MenuMaker, it is designed only for working with flash files. In order to create a menu, you need to select the video files in SWF format or the directory in which they are stored. Each file will correspond to a menu link. In the settings, you can also set the color scheme of the navigation system, select the font for the labels, etc.
The menus created with this program resemble a DVD navigation system and can be used as an autorun menu. A navigation system like this is also useful if you are going to upload your videos to the Internet.

The scope of application of Camtasia Studio can be very different. According to the developers, the program can be useful in at least fifty different situations. It can be used to create online help files, demonstrate new software features, record demos of applications and computer games, and more.

Camtasia Studio automatically records everything that happens on the display, user voice comments and their interactions with a PowerPoint presentation, Windows application or website. The support for portable multimedia player formats (including M4V for iPod), implemented in the new version, will make it possible to convey the created materials to the widest possible audience. And thanks to the ability to create multiple files at the same time, authors will be able to record the same movie in various formats (Flash, iPod, MP3, PowerPoint, etc.).

Advanced audio editing tools help you easily remove background noise and ensure a consistent audio level. Users will also be able to create 30-second announcements of their videos, and synchronize voice acting with what is happening on the screen. In addition, Camtasia Studio 4 tightly integrates with the new Screencast.com web service, making it easier and faster to share video between users.

 

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