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To Paint or not to Paint - Camtasia video and clip speed

Posted on Friday March 9, 2007 by Betsy Weber

Ever use Microsoft Paint? Who hasn't? Some people use it much better than others! That is certainly the case with a video I found this week.

I recently used Paint, and, it wasn't pretty. Here's an example of me trying to write my signature using only Paint and my mouse. It is legible enough, but it certainly doesn't match my real signature or look very good.

So, here's the amazing Camtasia video. Somehow the author is able to draw a realistic car using only Paint and a mouse! He's not even using a Tablet PC!

I also like the video because they use a little known feature in Camtasia Studio. Did you know that you can speed up or slow down your clip speed? If you right click on your timeline, you should see the menu below.

Click on 'Clip Speed'. From there you can speed up or slow down your clip.

This is a handy feature. Especially if you'd like to shorten a lengthy video or slow down a clip to add additional audio.

We also had a video about this in our '30 Camtasia Studio Videos in 30 days' series which you can view here.

What amazing Camtasia Studio videos have you seen lately?

Comments (7)

Kathy Jacobs :

I wish I had the talent and time to do things like that piece of awesome art! That video is beyond cool....

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Patrick Fitzgerald :

A Flickr-friend of mine who is a professional illustrator recently posted the following:
http://www.sthig.com/batman/

It makes good use of the clip speed to show how he works.

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John Kirk :

Really cool drawing and good use of clip speed.

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bob :

camtasia studios is the best product out there, because of all the wonderful features such as this.

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