Camtasia 2.0 for Mac User Reviews
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"Quality of a Beta version product - but it's not free"
Version: Camtasia 1.2
Pros
Affordable, offers screen capture and production in one package
Cons
Buggy, crashes often. I ended up naming my project "saveOften" so I wouldn't forget. Lost audio from recordings for a consulting project which means a loss of data. Lack of more advanced and elegant features found on PC version.
Summary
Feels like an afterthought or intern's project. PC version is much more baked.
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"Works fine and easy to use"
Version: Camtasia 1.2
Pros
Good interface and easy to export.
Cons
I bought a second copy by mistake and can't get a refund. I have emailed them via their webpage and via my account and no money has ever been returned nor have I gotten a useful reply.
Summary
Nice software poor customer support and no refunds ever seem to come if you want to return the code. People should know.
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"Screen capture that thinks it's video production"
Version: Camtasia 1.2
Pros
Can dress up a Mac-based demo very nicely, adding touches that are associated with high(er) end, Flash-like productions
Cons
It's not compatible with the PC version, has fewer animation options than Powerpoint or Keynote (which limits creativity quite a bit), and requires system level changes to adjust the output -- something that should be a Preferences setting
Summary
While, overall, Camtasia:mac is a user-friendly alternative to knowledge-intensive programs like Flash or FinalCut, it has maddening limitations. The effects, for instance, only work in one direction -- you can slide an object in from the left of the frame, but it has to exit from the left, as well... unless you learn how to outsmart the application with techniques that are nowhere to be found in the documentation or tutorials. A credit crawl is a virtual impossibility because there's no right-to-left or bottom-to-top motion effect. If a presentation is created for one aspect ratio (the height-to-width dimensions) and then needs to be adapted for another, there's no way to universally change all of the images. Each one has to be manually adjusted. Yet, the ability to layer visual elements, add enhancements like drop shadows and reflections, and time them to appear and/or move in synch with narration, music, and effects (which can also be layered, filtered, and adjusted in volume) is valuable given the modest price of the application. It is only because comparisons are inevitable and because people expect to be able to do what they've seen done around them that Camtasia:mac suffers from a lack of creative flexibility.
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"Never Worked on my iMac"
Version: Camtasia 1.1
Pros
I got to spend over a hundred for nothing in return. A complete donation that?s not even a tax write-off Sweet.........
Cons
Tech support has every which way and that, reason why it might not work and of course all because of other program compatibility conflicts...
Summary
You wanna spend over a hundred dollars and start figuring out that some software you already have and like are a compatibility issue? When I buy other stuff without a problem? Its up to you....
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"Great for easily adding your face to a screencast."
Version: Camtasia 1.1
Pros
The main advantage over something like iShowU is that you can easily get the iSight camera feed added to the screencast and it has some basic editing functions that means you don't need to go to iMovie or FCE to edit.
Cons
It is more expensive than other screen capturing programs (e.g. QuickTime can now do it for you) but it adds a professional element that the others don't.
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"does not run on Mac w PPC"
Version: Camtasia 1.0.1
Pros
does not run on Mac w PPC
Cons
does not run on Mac w PPC
Summary
does not run on Mac w PPC
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