News: Upgrades to the Camtasia Family
Posted on Tuesday October 12, 2010 by Betsy Weber
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One of my favorite quotes is, "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."
And, we've been busy at TechSmith listening to your feedback. I'm happy to share the good news that all products in the Camtasia family are getting upgrades! This includes Camtasia Studio (Windows), Camtasia for Mac and Camtasia Relay (server-based).
Available today are upgrades to TechSmith Camtasia Studio 7.1 and Camtasia for Mac 1.2. They both now work more seamlessly with Camtasia Relay. For example, users can now record a camera stream with Camtasia Studio or Camtasia for Mac, edit it on their desktop and send to Camtasia Relay for publishing/distribution.
What else is new in Camtasia Studio 7.1 and Camtasia for Mac 1.2? New features include:
- Simplified captioning support
- Multiple language support
- Speech-to-text transcription (Camtasia Studio)
- Importing common caption file formats (SRT and SAMI) and sync with video
- Ability to search the content within the videos you create
- Screencast.com support for closed captions, caption-based video search, and HTML5-enabled mobile device playback for an end-to-end hosted solution
- iPad production presets (Camtasia Studio)
- 64 bit Codec Support (Camtasia Studio)
See Camtasia Studio 7.1 and Camtasia for Mac 1.2 for a complete list of what's new complete with tutorial videos
The updates to Camtasia Studio and Camtasia for Mac are available today and you can download the upgrades here.
Also, Camtasia Relay 3 (server-based) is getting an upgrade soon. The Camtasia Relay 3 server software is designed for lecture capture and distribution - capturing a variety of lectures on video and distributing them to many people in different formats.
Some of Camtasia Relay's new features include:
- Full editing capability offered through a free license of Camtasia Studio 7.1 and Camtasia for Mac 1.2 with every purchase of Camtasia Relay 3
- Transcribing audio into closed captions for both Flash and Silverlight
- Integrated caption editor to expedite the correction process
- iPad production presets
- Improved searchable video features
- Screencast.com support for closed captions, HTML5-enabled mobile device playback and improved Silverlight support for an end-to-end hosted solution
The Camtasia Relay 3 upgrade is coming soon. You can see what's new here . I'll post here on the blog as soon as it is available.
What do you think about the new features? Will you use them?
Comments (4)
Hi - are you able to be more specific with regards to features and availability. We have a quarterly upgrade process and I have just submitted requirements for an upgrade to Relay version 2 to happen in February 2011. If I know that v3 will be out I can put that information in my request.
Thanks,
Nik Alston
Posted by Nik Alston | October 12, 2010 8:03 PM
Posted on October 12, 2010 20:03
The new caption tool looks great.
Any chance you can add in support for math equations in the call out text boxes or the quizzes?
Posted by Robert | October 13, 2010 5:02 PM
Posted on October 13, 2010 17:02
"Will you use them?" is the most important question. I already have - great feature. I also love the option to add caption overlay or under the clip.
Found one problem while editing with captions. When you delete a segment, the captions get messed up by the way the deletion is handled. I had my captions in the second half of the clip. I removed the first 25% and it deleted my captions not part of the deleted clip.
Posted by Robert | October 20, 2010 5:29 PM
Posted on October 20, 2010 17:29
Does HTML5 mean that you can play on all HTML5 browsers that do not have flash or does it just mean you can play on the ipad?
Posted by shawn | November 10, 2010 6:01 PM
Posted on November 10, 2010 18:01