Time Saver Tuesday - Batch Processing with Camtasia Studio
Posted on Tuesday February 2, 2010 by Betsy Weber
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Say you were working on a series of Camtasia Studio screencasts for a big project at work. And, you create 20 videos. Your project manager requested the videos be in the SWF format to put on the intranet.
But, then the Sales team just all got iPods for training purposes. And, now your project manager wants all of your screencasts in a different file format and scaled down in size to play on the iPod... oh and they want to distribute the files at the next sales meeting in less than 24 hours! Ah, changing specs and short deadlines.
No need to worry or pull an all nighter to re-produce all 20 screencasts one by one. Camtasia Studio has a batch processing option that saves you time by allowing you easily produce multiple Camtasia Studio projects at the same time using production presets. Set your preferences, start the 20 files batch processing, walk out the door and let Camtasia Studio do all the work.
See these instructions here about how to set up the Batch Processing options in Camtasia Studio.
What tips do you have for Time Saver Tuesday? A limited edition Snagit sweatshirt could be yours if you share your tips!
Comments (7)
G'day from Sydney, Australia ....
This is amazing info - such a time saver. There's a lesson here for me - READ THE HELP files when you buy new software! I wish I'd read all these suggestions months ago :)
Posted by Karyn Clarke | February 3, 2010 2:53 AM
Posted on February 3, 2010 02:53
Hi Betsy,
the link goes to the Getting Started page.
http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/docs/onlinehelp/enu/6/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?4_Produce.4.1.html
not sure if that's what you intended.
Ivan
Posted by Ivan Walsh | February 3, 2010 8:09 AM
Posted on February 3, 2010 08:09
This was real timesaver. Will come handy for my next course. On behalf of my students; thanks.
Posted by homeion | February 3, 2010 2:51 PM
Posted on February 3, 2010 14:51
Here's a quick video that shows batch processing: http://www.screencast.com/t/MzU0ZDM0Yz
Hope this helps too.
Matt Pierce
Customer Engagement
TechSmith
Posted by Matt Pierce | February 4, 2010 2:34 PM
Posted on February 4, 2010 14:34
A great tip. Will come in handy for my next project.
Posted by Graham Perry | February 15, 2010 7:36 AM
Posted on February 15, 2010 07:36
I hope someone can help – I’m trying out camtasia, I think its a great piece of kit but I’ve run into a problem. I imported a wmv from a citrix go to webinar recording, I edited the recording to just the way I needed it but now cant seem to render the video. I followed all the steps and it starts renedering but it cant make it past the 2.3% mark
Any ideas on how I can save and play as video?
Posted by Estelle | February 22, 2010 5:45 AM
Posted on February 22, 2010 05:45
I use Camtasia for Mac. As rendering out videos can take a while, I would love an option to batch process several tutorials overnight. Are there any plans at this time to bring batch processing to the Mac version?
Posted by Tony | September 14, 2011 11:13 AM
Posted on September 14, 2011 11:13