What’s NEW

In

Camtasia 9?

WELCOME!

Michelle

Schoen

Lon

Naylor

AGENDA

The TOP NEW Features in Camtasia Studio v9 (Windows only)

What Camtasia 8 Users MUST KNOW

Top Tips for UPGRADING from v8 to v9

Questions & Answers

TOP FEATURES

CS 9 is now 64-bit!

Support for 4K Displays & Editing

New Interface

New Library

New “Behaviors” pre-built animations

Cross-platform Projects (Windows & Mac)

Updates to these Features

1. Annotations (formerly Callouts - how to use)

2. Changes in the Preview Window

3. New Library Assets

4. How to use the Properties Window

5. How to add Markers

6. Quizzing Feedback Feature

WHAT YOU MUST KNOW

This could get…messy!

Biggest Issues:

Some things have CHANGED

Some things are… ummm… GONE

There are some bugs…

WHAT’S CHANGED?

Biggest Changes / Additions:

User Interface = “Learning Curve”!

Text Editing

Properties Panel

Full On-canvas editing

Color Enhancement Effects

Animated GIF’s on Timeline

WHAT’S CHANGED?

o Voice Narration Script box

o No Clip Speed Restriction

o Callouts are Vector based!

o Drag & Drop directly to Timeline

WHAT’S CHANGED?

Subtle Changes:

Camtasia Recorder: Save Options

Hot Keys! Still there…just different

Markers

Audio Editing Options (Silence, Audio Points)

Position / Rotation “spinner” controls

WHAT’S GONE?

Biggest Issues:

QuickTime MOV with Alpha Channel

Export MP3 Audio (now only WAV or m4a)

MIGRATING 101

This could get… messy!

Biggest TIP:

Do NOT uninstall Camtasia 8!

Biggest Issues:

The “Changes” – Don’t panic!

The Library & Project Files

MIGRATING the CS 8 LIBRARY

This could get…messy!

TOP TIPS:

1. Start CS 8 – blank project, empty clip bin

2. SELECT it ALL (CTRL-A): File…Library…Export Library

3. clean it up in CS 9 later…

4. Open CS 9 – blank project, empty clip bin:

5. MOV’s will NOT import

MIGRATING CS 8 PROJECTS

TOP TIPS:

Projects are NOT backward compatible

You can open CS 8 in 9…but not the other way

1. Don’t MOVE projects or files

2. Make a BACKUP copy first

3. Open CS 8 projects in CS 9

4. Say YES to create a backup copy

5. Check all your timeline assets & Find lost files

New Training in Mid November?

Workshop 1 - Create a Website Tour

Workshop 2 - Create a Top Tips YouTube Video

Workshop 3 - Create a Typography Video

Workshop 4 - Create a Training Video

You get all the assets in advance so you can work along with us.

Buy as many workshops as you want.

LINKS

o Camtasia Accessories: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-accessories.html

o Version History: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-version-history.html

o New HOT KEYS: https://support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/articles/222245387

o CS 9 Announcement: https://feedback.techsmith.com/techsmith/topics/camtasia-9-windows-and-camtasia-3-mac-have-been-released-d4645dgj4edxh

o What’s Changed: https://support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/articles/229651968-Camtasia-9-3-PDFs

o Submit Feedback / Questions: https://feedback.techsmith.com/techsmith/categories/techsmith_camtasia_studio

o Audio Editing: https://support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/articles/222160928-Audio-Editing-and-Effects

o System Requirements: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html

o CS 8 Library: http://download.techsmith.com/cs8assetlibrary/Camtasia-Studio-8-Asset-Library.libzip

NOTES

o Recorder Defaults for Saving

o Library is a “do-over”

o Producing is different – no File option

o Some Hot Keys are different i.e. Go To End needs CTRL, Markers, etc.

o No Timeline scroll arrows

o Horizontal Scroll bars are thin & hard to grab sometimes

o Edit text on Canvas only

o Audio editing options – Add Audio Point & Silence

o No Save Colors from Color Picker

o Can’t Save voice narration to WAV (m4a only?)

NOTES

o Recorder Defaults for Saving

o Can’t scale to 0%

o Renaming Markers isn’t double-click

o No alternative SmartPlayer choices

o No Flash support for SmartPlayer

o No X, Y, Z Spinner Wheels (use arrow keys & SHIFT key)

o Shrink Track Size is weak (compare to CS 8)

o NO MOV Support!!

o Spellcheck?

o Time indicator removed from Canvas

The QUICKTIME SAGA

o TechSmith thread: https://feedback.techsmith.com/techsmith/topics/why-did-you-remove-support-for-mov-files-in-camtasia-9-that-was-a-bad-idea

o The End Of QuickTime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjn11dC_8kk

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