Despite pushing for Adobe Captivate we have installed Camtasia on the edit suites at work for screen capture and tutorial recording. I’m not disappointed though it does the job!
Firstly, the majority of recording the company will need to shoot will be on PC based software so we have bought the PC version and installed VMWare on the Macs. This should improve the workflow from recording to edit. The software is easy to set up and get started with, like most programs.
Load up Camtasia Studio and you will first be faced with an option screen. Choose screen recording.
A small window in the bottom right hand corner of the page will load. In this window you have options for Camera, Audio and Select Area.
Once you hit the record button the window is minimized to the tray and everything you do on screen or within your assigned area is recorded.
When you are done hit the Esc key or go down to the icon in the tray and click to reveal the stop option.
The recording is now in a ‘cache’ state and you now need to decide how you will save the file down.
Click the Save button in the bottom right corner of the window.
Save the files down as an AVI as we will not be editing the video in Camtasia Studio. Organise your clips well so you can quickly identify them and their order later.
