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So, the kind folks at Gottabemobile.com sent a license to Camtasia Studio 6 on its merry way to my inbox and I installed it on my computer without wasting any more time. :) Here are the preliminary results of my amateur video work. My preliminary thoughts on Camtasia Studio 6:
- The user interface is much like Windows Movie Maker. I think I was comforted by that although the functions were really different. I struggled with doing things like inserting text and slides (which were a cake walk in Windows Movie Maker) and I'm sure that was mostly a function of me not reading the user manual first. I'm the type of girl to dive into things head first and then, coming up for air later. :)
- I love the zoom 'n pan function! lol. From the videos I've seen on Youtube from amateurs like me, they all apparently love the zoom 'n pan function a little too much. I hope I didn't abuse it too much.
- Youtube did some horrible things to the file output from Camtasia. It looks much better on Blip.tv. The video below is from blip.tv. Cheers!
- I do wish for a better way to manage all the callouts, transitions, etc other than cramming them into the timeline. It would help if I had a bigger LCD screen because then I can , but I suspect I might have to continue my editing in Storyboard mode vs. Timeline.
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Peter - Camtasia Guide of http://www.camtasia-guide.com/
Congrats to the Camtasia license and excellent first video ;-)
A small tip: invest in a better microphone, this one is a little bit noisy.
Posted at December 4, 2008 on 11:13pm