Camtasia Studio is a screen recording and video editing software that allows users to capture activities on their computer screen and create instructional videos. It can record the entire screen, a single window, or a selected portion. Users can edit recordings by adding video, images, audio, captions and more. Camtasia also allows users to share finished videos online through services like YouTube or on web pages. Popular uses of Camtasia include creating tutorials, presentations, remote lectures and more for business and education purposes.

1. Video of Screen
Recording
Introduction to Camtasia

2. Instructional Videos With Screen
Recording
Video capture tools allow users to
capture their activities on the screen and
save them for viewing later. Popular
applications include recording actions
onscreen, capturing Internet broadcasts,
or creating replay videos of PC gaming.

3. There are different softwares..
Camtesia Studio – Create and share training videos,
presentations, and screencasts. Developed by Tech
Smith. Works with Windows and Macs.
Debut Video Capture Software Professional -
Capture Webcams, Internet video broadcasts, screen
movements and save it as AVI or WMV files.
Lite Cam - Capture videos, screen activity, and
gameplay featuring webcam PiP recording
BSR Screen Recorder – Capture video of your
desktop activities
Ziggy TV - Watch and download videos, free
movies, mp3 music and live TV shows.

4. Camtasia’s functions
1.Allows you to produce a video.
2.Produce web camera recording.
3.Audio capture.
4.Onscreen capture of a PowerPoint presentation.
Camtasia Studio includes a simple video editing application that allows
you to edit the recorded images, add additional video or still images,
add new audio overlays and music, you can pan and zoom into areas
of your screen capture to ensure that your audience is focusing on the
information that is important.
Once you have your edited video production completed you are ready
to produce it in a format that you can deliver to your audience. You
have a wide choice of formats as well as some quick post functions to
Internet like TechSmith’s Screencast, or YouTube. Then it is easy to
incorporate the video once it is on the web into your web pages.

5. Video Capture Features
• Record video directly to your hard drive
• Record video in many video file formats including avi, wmv, flv, mpg, 3gp, mp4,
mov and more
• Capture video from a webcam, network IP camera or a video input device (e.g.,
VHS recorder)
• Screen capture software records the entire screen, a single window or any
selected portion
• Digital zoom with the mouse scroll wheel, and drag to scroll the recording
window.
• Zoom-to-mouse feature focuses the recording window on the cursor
• Mouse highlighting spotlights the location of the cursor
• Record video alone or video and audio simultaneously
• Record audio from your microphone and speakers simultaneously, ideal for
recording video conferences
• Time lapse video recording
• Create photo snapshots of a video at any time
• Add your own text captions or time stamp your video
• Change color settings and video effects before recording
• Adjust the video resolution, size and frame rate for capture
• Ability to burn directly to DVD
• Works to stream over the internet

6. Use Camtasia to…
 Record your screen to capture PowerPoint slides, software
demos, web-pages, and more.
 Edit your screen recordings and camera video by cutting,
splicing, and combining clips with the powerful, yet easy to use,
video editor
 Import camera video, music, photos, and more to truly
enhance your screen recordings.
 Customize your screen recordings and videos with ready-to-
use media themes, animated backgrounds, graphics, callouts,
and more.
 Create interactive videos with clickable links, table of
contents, search, and more.
 Easily share videos that your viewers can watch anywhere, on
nearly any device

7. Camtasia for…
Business – webinars,
instructional videos, interactive
PPT presentations, conferences
Education- widely used by
professors at colleges, and
teachers to produce remote
lectures, conferences.
With Camtasia Studio, you can quickly create tutorials,
articles, even full length how-to CDs, podcasts, Power Point
presentations, and short movies.

8. Camtasia is easy…
 And unlike other video production methods, with Camtasia
Studio, you don't need cameras, lights, or other video
equipment.
 All you need is Camtasia Studio, your computer, and a
microphone.
 In many cases, you can create a Camtasia studio
production and have it up on your web site in under ten
minutes.
Business
The retail cost of this product is
$299.00, educational and
volume discounts are available
Business as well. It is available for both
Windows and Mac. If you want
to try it out you can download a
trial version