- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $299.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: August 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 551,470
- Downloads last week: 5,845
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 73 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Camtasia Studio 6 builds on the enhancements of the last software version, like the SmartFocus feature that automatically zooms and pans to follow the action. This time it introduces HD-quality production settings that create screen recording with a dramatically smaller footprint, hot keys for the editing timeline, and video and audio tracks you can edit independently. The latter is especially useful for helping untangle a botched first-round of narration, for instance, from a perfect screen recording. In previous versions, you would just have to rerecord until you got them both right.
The new 'tilt' feature that lets you angle the video content is also neat, but is unfortunately hard to access in the Zoom and Pan editing menu. A handful of visual tweaks, including a darker, more icon-centric recording module, smooth the capture process with style.
Beyond these changes, Camtasia Studio remains largely the same powerhouse for creating and producing screencasts for the Web, mobile phones, and DVDs. Well-rounded production settings continue to present presets and tutorials to help novices; additional applications, like a standalone audio editor and the CD MenuMaker, round out the features.
The price of a creative screencasting license is steep, at $300, or $150 for an upgrade, but if the trial leaves you wanting more, Camtasia Studio is a worthwhile investment for frequent screencast producers requiring a lush feature set. Users looking to develop skills with prolonged use should start here too.
Publisher's description
From TechSmith :Train. Teach. Sell. This is the power of screen recording. Delight audiences near or far with training, presentations, demos, and screencasts that get results and look fantastic. Camtasia Studio software is smart, powerful, and makes you look like a pro.
Easily record onscreen activity, PowerPoint, webcam video, and audio. Record in front of a live audience or from your desk. Edit for professional polish, enhance for emphasis. Share HD-quality videos at any screen sizeon webpages, blogs, CDs, or portable devices like the iPhone. Make them wonder how you did it.
What's new in this version:
HD quality video for the web, independent audio and video editing, editing hotkeys, 3D tilt effect.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 73 votes
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"Very good program, but no easy for me."
Pros: some of the tools were very hard for use, maybe I.m no really good using it.
Cons: a little complications in using tools, and finally thank you for let me try, but I delete the program from my computer
Summary: nothing special, but thank you
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"Didn't Want It To Be #1 But It Is"
Pros: Powerful software that is actually easy to use. Easily create various type of presentations with or without: sound, webcam, clicks, cursor, etc. I usually do not like software with a overly simple interface because it usually has less functions.
Cons: The Price. If you haven't noticed it is one of the more expensive programs. Probably because it has an editor, encoder, and a recorder all in one. Also, the name Camtasia for some reason sound like spyware riddled software (no offense TechSmith).
Summary: After using Camtasia, I liked it a lot but found similar products ranked well on Download.com for much cheaper price. I took the time download and test those but found them no where near as good as this. Infact the best ranked software Snag It actua... read more >>
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
Pros: doesn't require alot of ram (doesn't slow down my pc), it's very configurable, EASY TO USE
Cons: my cursor blinks rapidly whenever I'm recording but that's only a minor and normal flaw
Summary: Perfect for tutorial creation, recording procedures or methods of doing things like in PHOTOSHOP or C++
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"It's ok, I guess if you don't need ANY audio."
Pros: Video captures well
Cons: It would be nice if the audio would capture. I'm not into silent movies and at least they have music, I can't even get it to add that. Disappointing.
Summary: I can use this to edit the video the way I want it, but I'll have to use a different program to add any sound. The price is steep for a fully functional program, it's highway robbery for only half the program.
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"Not worth what they are asking"
Pros: Fairly easy to use product
Cons: Are you kidding on the price??
Summary: Looking elsewhere for better product/price.
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