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I always want to learn and be inspired. Plus, I like to be entertained. And that applies to screencasts as well. :-)

Whenever I have a few minutes to take a break, I'll poke around YouTube to see what people are creating with Camtasia. And that leads me to this week's Screencast of the Week. I love these 'Speed Painting' screencasts - I'm always amazed at what people can create just using something as simple as Microsoft Paint. I hope if I watch them enough, I can learn some of their techniques. Enjoy!

"How to draw a woman with MS Paint #4" by shukei01

"AA speed painting ICE AGE 3 - Jlorka Speed Painting - La Era del Hielo 3" by Jlorka

Oh, and if you'd like to make speed up the playback speed on one of your screencasts, you can do that with Camtasia Studio. It's easy... you just need to adjust the clip speed.

1. Select a clip on the timeline.
2. Right-click on the clip and select Clip Speed.
3. The Clip Speed dialog box appears. Enter a percentage of the original clip speed (other than 100) to speed up or slow down playback. Note: 100% is the original clip speed, 200% is 2 times the original clip speed, and 50% is half the original clip speed.
4. Click OK.

Note: if the clip includes audio. Changing the clip speed can cause the audio to become out-of-sync with the video.

Any nominations for next week's Screencast of the Week? Email me or leave a comment below!