- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $299.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: August 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 479,904
- Downloads last week: 4,388
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 67 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.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 67 votes
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"Best Gaming Screen-capture software"
Pros: -> Excellent capturing quality. Set to 'No compression' & frame rate around 40. Tested games: Counter Strike, Crossfire
-> Pan/zoom-in on areas (after video is produced)
-> Easy to use =D
-> Doesn't lag here:
-> 4 GB RAM, 2.0 Ghz, Dual-coreCons: -> Audio capture 'ok' for in-game sounds
-> Played 1.5 hours on a game with settings: Uncompressed/ 40 frames/sec. Works well, but you have to wait 2 hours for the video file to be created afterwards. Less frames/sec or compression needs less time!Summary: In short, I'm impressed with Camtasia, since I've tried several other screen-capturing softwares as well (Wink, HyperCam, BSR Screen Recorder). This one works well and gives good quality =D
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"good but not that great, was not worth the money"
Pros: easy to set up and adjust to any screen size, play back was good and editing was good as well
Cons: the sound on the end of all my recording would go to static, i have to restart the prog many times just to make it work
Summary: if they can fix the audio issue it would be a great product
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"Simply great, with a polished and professional output!"
Pros: Straight forward to use if you have a little computer savvy!
Cons: None right now
Summary: Maybe some more feedback in a couple of weeks
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Version: Camtasia Studio 6.0.3
"excellent product that is easy to use"
Pros: ease of use
Cons: Not Applicable
Summary: excellent
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