Camtasia Audio Tip – Record in 3’s

There are LOTS of times when I record the audio track for my Camtasia videos first. Why? Several reasons: Trying to record a vocal narration and record video footage at the same time leads to mistakes and extra editing. I can take a recorded audio source file and drop it into Audacity to remove noise, [...]

Camtasia 7 Drag n Drop Custom Callouts

In this Camtasia 7 Screencast QuickTip, I’ll cover a very nice “hidden” feature in the new Camtasia Studio version 7. In version 6, to add custom images to your videos, you had to add something called a Custom Callout (in a somewhat complicated procedure) before you could add them to your timeline. In Camtasia 7…it’s [...]

Camtasia 7 Review

I’ve been using Camtasia Studio since 2002 and I’ve searched over the years for a better video screen capture tool. Haven’t found one yet… Today, Techsmith has released Camtasia version 7 and these are my initial impressions after having been testing out the software for a couple of weeks with a pre-launch evaluation copy from [...]

Camtasia 7 Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek at a couple of the new features in Camtasia Studio version 7 from Techsmith. New Camtasia 7 Callouts Adding callouts to your videos is always a quick & easy way to add visual interest or emphasis to a talking point. Camtasia 7 has some new callout styles and, even cooler, [...]

Camtasia 7 is Coming

The rumors are true! The next version of Camtasia Studio from Techsmith is on it’s way and will be available March 30th. This new version is considered a major upgrade and we’re excited to see everything it has to offer! Check out a couple of teaser videos from Techsmith on the new release of their [...]

Google Search Story Tutorial

After the 2010 Google Super Bowl ad I was inspired to try my hand at making one of these very cool screencast videos. In case you missed the blog post about it, here is the Google ad that aired and my first attempt to do one: Google Search Video Post Check it out and leave [...]

A Google Search Story Video

Like a lot of folks, I was intrigued by the rare ad run by Google during the Super Bowl. Some people loved it, some hated it, some indifferent. Certainly, if loud action shots, side splitting humor, or just good ole’ fashioned big boobs are what float your boat as far as commercials go then this [...]

Welcome to Learn Camtasia!

This site is brought to you by Michelle Schoen and Lon Naylor and is designed for entrepreneurs, business owners, virtual assistants, and anyone who uses the Camtasia Studio suite of screen capture video software from Techsmith Corp. Our goal is simple… To provide training resources and mentoring that will butcher your learning curve when it [...]