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What are some features you like about Camtasia besides the basic recording features? I know there's a lot that Camtasia provides, so I'm curious what you get ou

What are some features you like about Camtasia besides the basic recording features? I know there's a lot that Camtasia provides, so I'm curious what you get out of it that other screen recording apps don't include.

nickjj 6y ago
It's just the whole package, from recording to exporting. For editing, Camtasia makes it almost too easy to create nice looking title overlays with backgrounds, dimming / blurring areas, highlights, zooming / panning and other basic effects. Even pretty complicated animations too, without having to mess around with key framing or needing a video editing degree. For example, I made the intro animation for my Docker course[0] in Camtasia in like 15 minutes by screwing around by dragging sliders around until it looked cool. Of course it's not the best thing ever, but it's one of those tools where things just feel intuitive to use without having to Google anything. That whole video is done with Camtasia too btw. DaVanci is a much more powerful editor and you can do crazy Hollywood style animations and effects, but for someone who just wants to do typical screencasting edits, it's hard to beat Camtasia's efficiency. I'm sure with enough time you could do those things with DaVinci by making your own custom scripts and effects templates but it will take a decent amount of effort to get there instead of getting all of that out of the box. I know ScreenFlow is also quite good. Very comparable to Camtasia. Camtasia seems to have better license terms and isn't MacOS exclusive. There's things like Kdenlive too. I super appreciate the development work they've put into it and I think it'll improve over time, but it's not comparable to Camtasia in terms of usability when it comes to creating nice looking titles, animations, etc. I don't think you'll find anyone who would disagree if they've used both tools for a while. [0]: https://diveintodocker.com/ https://diveintodocker.com/
- jonchurch_ 6y ago
  Thanks for the context. That intro does look slick!

nickjj 6y ago

It's just the whole package, from recording to exporting. For editing, Camtasia makes it almost too easy to create nice looking title overlays with backgrounds, dimming / blurring areas, highlights, zooming / panning and other basic effects. Even pretty complicated animations too, without having to mess around with key framing or needing a video editing degree. For example, I made the intro animation for my Docker course[0] in Camtasia in like 15 minutes by screwing around by dragging sliders around until it looked cool. Of course it's not the best thing ever, but it's one of those tools where things just feel intuitive to use without having to Google anything. That whole video is done with Camtasia too btw. DaVanci is a much more powerful editor and you can do crazy Hollywood style animations and effects, but for someone who just wants to do typical screencasting edits, it's hard to beat Camtasia's efficiency. I'm sure with enough time you could do those things with DaVinci by making your own custom scripts and effects templates but it will take a decent amount of effort to get there instead of getting all of that out of the box. I know ScreenFlow is also quite good. Very comparable to Camtasia. Camtasia seems to have better license terms and isn't MacOS exclusive. There's things like Kdenlive too. I super appreciate the development work they've put into it and I think it'll improve over time, but it's not comparable to Camtasia in terms of usability when it comes to creating nice looking titles, animations, etc. I don't think you'll find anyone who would disagree if they've used both tools for a while. [0]: https://diveintodocker.com/ https://diveintodocker.com/

jonchurch_ 6y ago
Thanks for the context. That intro does look slick!