Camtasia for Mac - Sneak Peek, Production & Sharing
Posted on Friday August 21, 2009 by Betsy Weber
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Welcome to Day 5 of our sneak peeks of Camtasia for Mac. I heard my fellow TechSmithies celebrated the upcoming release back at our home office with a cake! I hope someone saved me a piece! :-)
After you've created your screencast in Camtasia for Mac, chances are that you want to share your masterpiece. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can share your screencasts on the web, Screencast.com, on YouTube or on an iPod or iPhone.
Camtasia for Mac produces files with all the options that QuickTime currently supports including the playback of high quality H.264 MOV videos in the Flash player that are great looking, accommodate mobile and Web playback, and handles both screen content as well as camera video.
Want to share your screencasts on YouTube? Camtasia for Mac screen recording can be automatically uploaded to your YouTube account for normal, high-quality or HD playback when created and produced with the appropriate specifications.
Camtasia for Mac is also integrated with Screencast.com so you can host and share your videos exactly how you created them with no-recompressing or reformatting and you retain complete control and ownership of all your content.
Tired of reading about it? Let's see it in action! Check out this screencast! It runs 45 seconds long.
And, I wanted to thank everyone - I appreciate all the comments and feedback so far. Keep the questions coming. Unfortunately, I cannot answer some of your questions until we launch on Tuesday, August 25. All will be revealed on that day. :-) And, you'll be able to try out Camtasia for Mac yourself. I can't wait to see what you create!
Comments (13)
Hey Bets,
I hope they save a piece of that cake for you too. Cannot wait to see the candles on it with the upcoming years of the great TechSmith Products. Thanks to all the staff and hard work for listening to what their customers wanted. Looking forward to trying the Mac version of Camtasia. Take Care and keep up the great work. Be safe on your endeavors.
Best Regards,
Fred G. (Iowa)
Posted by Fred G. | August 22, 2009 12:06 AM
Posted on August 22, 2009 00:06
I've used Camtasia Studio on the PC for several years recording demos and presentations that I've shared. I am totally looking forward to Camtasia for MAC. Two questions:
Do you support picture in picture on the mac?
What about SNAGIT? Snagit and Camtasia are an inseparable pair on the PC? We have good capture tools on the MAC but not the editing of Snagit.
Posted by Bob Cancilla | August 23, 2009 7:49 AM
Posted on August 23, 2009 07:49
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Posted by Renee | August 24, 2009 11:00 AM
Posted on August 24, 2009 11:00
Will Camtasia be Snow Leopard ready from day 1? Sorry if already answered from earlier blog posts.
Posted by Dan | August 24, 2009 12:08 PM
Posted on August 24, 2009 12:08
@ Bob: Camtasia for Mac will support video cameras (including iSight) and will allow you to edit that video independently. Great flexibility there.
SnagIt? We'll have an update on it tomorrow.
@ Dan: Yes, with a caveat. When we sent our software off to be duplicated on CDs, we were ready for Snow Leopard. We still are. But, Apple has a way of changing things last minute. When Snow Leopard comes out, we'll see if we we need to update anything. We are not planning on needing to change things. But we will if necessary.
Troy Stein
Camtasia for Mac Product Manager
Posted by Troy Stein | August 24, 2009 12:42 PM
Posted on August 24, 2009 12:42
Will the Mac version have batch export capabilities - as the PC version does?
Posted by Brandon | August 24, 2009 4:26 PM
Posted on August 24, 2009 16:26
Will Camtasia for Mac have the feature of pausing the recording while creating a recording?
Most of the screencast softwares don't allow you to pause while recording.
Thanks for your answer
Posted by Alan Smith | August 24, 2009 7:33 PM
Posted on August 24, 2009 19:33
@ Brandon. Not yet. This year we celebrates its 10 year anniversary. I think batch processing came into Camtasia Studio world after about 6 years. Batch is a great feature, it just wasn't high on the priority list for our advisory group, beta customers or focus group. But, let us know if its a deal-breaker for you!
@ Alan. Not at this time. We've made the recording process super simple and streamlined a ton. So far, our beta customers have told us that although they'd like a pause button (and we are certainly considering it), most just delete the errors or dead space on the timeline pretty simply...
Quick tip: Shift+click is how to make a selection on the timeline. :)
Troy Stein
Camtasia for Mac Product Manager
Posted by Troy Stein | August 25, 2009 7:21 AM
Posted on August 25, 2009 07:21
@ Brandon. Not yet. This year we celebrates its 10 year anniversary. I think batch processing came into Camtasia Studio world after about 6 years. Batch is a great feature, it just wasn't high on the priority list for our advisory group, beta customers or focus group. But, let us know if its a deal-breaker for you!
@ Alan. Not at this time. We've made the recording process super simple and streamlined a ton. So far, our beta customers have told us that although they'd like a pause button (and we are certainly considering it), most just delete the errors or dead space on the timeline pretty simply...
Quick tip: Shift+click is how to make a selection on the timeline. :)
Troy Stein
Camtasia for Mac Product Manager
Posted by Troy Stein | August 25, 2009 7:22 AM
Posted on August 25, 2009 07:22
Unfortunately this is a deal breaker for me. At the very least, can I create in CS for Mac, and do a batch export of those files on the PC?
Posted by Brandon | August 25, 2009 7:36 AM
Posted on August 25, 2009 07:36
@ Brandon. That's exactly what I needed to hear! Thanks for the candor and staying engaged!
Troy
Posted by Troy Stein | August 25, 2009 12:02 PM
Posted on August 25, 2009 12:02
How do I record off a second display?
Posted by Becky | September 7, 2009 9:06 PM
Posted on September 7, 2009 21:06
Just bought camastia for ma. Looks good but I would like more options whilst recording such as a pause function.
I know it's easy enough to edit it out of the timeline but you shouldnt have to. Not having a pause function whilst recording is a bit of a let down.
Posted by Chris | October 12, 2009 10:17 AM
Posted on October 12, 2009 10:17