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Here we go! It's time to kick off our marathon of 24 Screencasts about Camtasia in 24 hours!

Tune in live here. We will also have a chat room going in there as well. And, you can follow us on Twitter as well @techsmith and @betsyweber. We'll be giving some fun prizes throughout the day too! The hash tag we're using today is #camtasia24

I will post the videos on this blog post as soon as we finish producing them (I figured you didn't want 24 different blog posts). :-) We plan on recording close to the top of the hour if you'd like to tune in.

Matt Pierce, our Customer Engagement Manager, is the host of the videos so you'll see him in most of the screencasts we make. Plus, we'll have several guests throughout the day.

Here's the schedule for the day:

• 8:00 am: Welcome, Meet Shane Lovellette, Camtasia Product Manager (13:53)
• 9:00 am: 11 years of Camtasia and counting... The history of Camtasia (15:55) - Dean Craven, Chief Technology Officer
• 10:00 am: Sketch Motion Callouts and How to Use them (12:13) - Jess Knott, Instructional Designer
• 11:00 am: Creating a Good Story, (14:33) Bil Moore
• Noon: Using Screencasts Effectively in the Classroom (14:35) - Dan Spencer
• 1:00 pm: Getting Great Sound (21:46) - Chris McQueen, Instructional Designer
• 2:00 pm: The Power of Hotkeys (17:15) - Chris McQueen, Instructional Designer
• 3:00 pm: All About the Library (22:51) - Kelly Mullins, Information Developer
• 4:00 pm: YouTube - What's the best format? (16:14) - Dave O'Rourke, Lead Camtasia Studio Developer.
• 5:00 pm: Recording and Codecs (24:17) - Dave O'Rourke, Lead Camtasia Studio Developer.
• 6:00 pm: System audio - it's finally here (11:23) - Mike Curtis, Information Developer and Justin Carpenter, Senior Support Specialist
• 7:00 pm: Ignite your screencast - recording live events (20:09) - Nick Kwiatkowski
• 8:00 pm: The Playhead Improvements (11:52) - Chris Larson, User Experience Designer
• 9:00 pm: The new UI - why the change? (15:40) - Chris Larson, User Experience Designer
• 10:00 pm: Direct upload to Screencast.com (15:40) - Justin Carpenter, Senior Support Specialist
• 11:00 pm: Secrets of Camtasia for Mac for power users or nerds... (11:06) Doug Troxell, Camtasia for Mac developer
• Midnight: Microphone Tips (19:05) - Troy Stein, Solutions Architect
• 1:00 am: Webcam Tips (7:14) - Troy Stein, Solutions Architect
• 2:00 am: Making small biz look big with Camtasia (30:57) - Troy Stein, Solutions Architect
• 3:00 am: Making your Screencasts International (20:40) - Anton Bollen, European Evangelist
• 4:00 am: Things you never thought to do with screen recording (16:50) - Mike Kujansuu, Product Marketing Manager, Betsy Weber, Chief Evangelist
• 5:00 am: Understanding editing tracks on the Camtasia for Mac timeline (23:07) - Conan Heiselt, Instructional Designer
• 6:00 am: Aspect Ratios and alternate Dimensions (18:30) - Conan Heiselt, Instructional Designer
• 7:00 am: Use Cursor data to change the cursor AFTER you record (21:01) - Anton Bollen, European Evangelist and Mike Curtis, Information Developer

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You can see some pics from behind the scenes here.

I hope you'll pick up some new tips and tricks throughout the day. And, please come ask us questions in our chat room. We're happy to post some bonus videos in addition to the ones listed above. Plus, we'll need you to help keep us awake throughout the night!