This presentation is designed to walk you through setting up a slide set in Photoshop to record a screencast in Camtasia. Here is a link to the video corresponding to this slideset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9IqDunyRxw This work was supported by NSF Grants #0836041 and #1226325.

1. HOW TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO MAKE
VISUALS FOR YOUR SCREENCAST- OVERVIEW
 Why use Adobe Photoshop?
 Hardware and Software
 Uploading Your Slides into Adobe Photoshop
 Tools in Adobe Photoshop
 Paintbrush
 Eye Drop Tool
 Zoom
 Eraser
 Layers
 Preparing Each Slide in Adobe Photoshop for
Recording in Camtasia
 Next: Why Use Adobe Photoshop?

2. WHY USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
 Easily Creates Visuals on Slides in Your Set for
Your Screencast
 Allows You to Write on the Slide
 Important Points
 Does NOT Record Your Video. Camtasia Does That.
 Cannot Edit Your Video. Camtasia Does That.
 Next: Hardware and Software

3. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR PHOTOSHOP
 Digital Tablet and Tablet Pen
 PowerPoint
 Adobe Photoshop CS6 or Adobe Photoshop Elements 11
 Future Supplies (To Be Discussed Later)
 To record, You Will Need Camtasia and a Microphone
 Next: How to Upload Your PowerPoint Into Photoshop

4. HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR POWERPOINT INTO
PHOTOSHOP
 Open Your PowerPoint Slide Set in PowerPoint
 In PowerPoint go to File> Save As
 Save Your PowerPoint as a PDF in a Location You Can
Access Later
 Opening Photoshop for the First Time
 How to Open PDFs in Photoshop
 Next: Tools in Photoshop Overview

5. TOOLS IN PHOTOSHOP- AN OVERVEIW
 4 Main Tools for Screencast Visuals
 Paintbrush
 Eye Drop Tool
 Zoom Tool
 Eraser
 New Function: Layers
 What are Layers?
 Using Layers in Your Visuals
 Next: The Paintbrush

6. THE PAINTBRUSH
 Used for Writing on Your Slides
 Changing Thickness
 Changing Opacity
 Changing Color
 Next: The Eye Drop Tool

7. THE EYE DROP TOOL
 Used for Making Your Brush Match a Color of Your Choice
 Matching Colors from Your Slide
 Changing Colors with the Eye Drop Tool
 Next: The Zoom Tool

8. THE ZOOM TOOL
 Why Would You Want to Zoom in and out?
 How to Zoom in
 How to Zoom out
 Other Zoom Tool functions
 Next: The Eraser

9. THE ERASER
 What is the Eraser Used for?
 What Happens When I Erase?
 Undoing and Redoing
 Introducing Layers to Erase
 Next: Layers

10. LAYERS
 What are Layers?
 Invisible Sheets
 Can be Drawn on Separately
 Can be Stacked in the Order You Choose
 Think Tracing Paper
 What are Layers Used for?
 Used for Protecting Your Slides from Being Erased
 Used for Making Text Appear Quickly When Using Camtasia
 Next: Demonstrating Layer Functions

11. DEMONSTRATING LAYER FUNCTIONS
 Adding a New Layer
 Deleting a Layer
 Drawing and Erasing on Layers
 Changing the Order of Layers
 Next: Demonstrating Use of Layers

12. LAYER USE EXAMPLE

13. PREPARING EACH SLIDE IN PHOTOSHOP FOR
RECORDING IN CAMTASIA
 Setting up Layers for Each Slide
 Choosing Appropriate Zoom
 Choosing Appropriate Paintbrush Color
 Moving from Slide to Slide in Photoshop
 Next: Review

14. REVIEW
 Why use Photoshop?
 Hardware and Software
 Uploading Your Slides into Photoshop
 Tools in Photoshop
 Paintbrush
 Eye Drop Tool
 Zoom
 Eraser
 Layers
 Preparing Each Slide in Photoshop to Record in
Camtasia
 Now We’re Ready to View the Camtasia Video