Camtasia (; formerly Camtasia Studio[3] and Camtasia for Mac[4]) is a software suite, created and published by TechSmith, for creating and recording video tutorials and presentations via screencast (screen recording), or via a direct recording plug-in to Microsoft PowerPoint. Other multimedia recordings (microphone, webcam and system audio) may be recorded at the same time or added separately (like background music and narration/voice tracks). Camtasia is available in English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese versions.
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The features are structured around the three main steps of the program workflow:[5] recording, editing and export/sharing.
The first step is to record a video (from a specific region or fullscreen) with Camtasia Recorder. Multi-display configurations are supported.
The second step is to edit the recorded video in Camtasia, adding transitions and annotations with its editing features and effects, such as cursor effects and visual effects.
The third step is to export the produced video as a local file (MP4 or other file type), or to upload it to a media or file-sharing platform such as YouTube or Google Drive.
In Camtasia (also known as the Editor), the Media Bin is where media (screen recordings, voice-overs, etc.) for the current project are stored. The Library stores reusable media across multiple projects. On the Timeline, overlays of various types like annotations may be added, including user-defined settings, such as when and how to display the cursor and pan-and-zoom effects such as the Ken Burns effect. In order to provide localized versions of the produced videos, subtitles can be added with the captioning feature.
The Editor allows import of various types of video, audio and image files including MP4, AVI, MP3, WAV, PNG, JPEG, and other formats into the Camtasia proprietary TREC format, which is readable and editable by Camtasia. The TREC file format (using TSC2 Codec) is a single container for various multimedia objects including video clips, images, screen captures and audio/video effects. On computers where Camtasia is not installed, you can download the TSC2 Codec for free[6] to play TREC files.
The produced video can be exported as a local file: MP4, animated GIF, AVI (Windows version only), MOV (Mac version only), or uploaded directly to a media or file-sharing platform (YouTube, Google Drive, etc.).
By default, Camtasia projects are stored as standalone projects in .tscproj format (cross-platform file format).