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Still not sure if the Guide will address your needs? Scroll down for a complete table of contents!

Enjoy!

Daniel Park

 

Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments

Unit I: General Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction to Camtasia Studio

  • What Is Camtasia Studio?
  • What’s New in Camtasia Studio 7?
    • Reusability
    • Callout Enhancements
    • Audio Enhancements
    • Usability Enhancements
  • What Other Hardware and Software Do You Need?
  • Other Helpful Software

Chapter 2: About This Book

  • What You Can Expect to Find in Each Chapter
  • A New Digital Edition Brings New Benefits
  • About the Screenshots in This Book
  • About the Terminology in This Book
  • Formatting Conventions

Unit II: Prep-work: What to Do before Making Your First Recording

Chapter 3: Quick and Dirty Curriculum Design

  • General Guidelines
    • Know Your Audience
    • Determine All Technical Specs Ahead of Time
  • Tips for Making a Top-Notch Training Video
    • Why Train with a Screencast?
    • Know Your Video’s Purpose
    • Learn the Basic Principles of Educational
    • Multimedia
    • Recording Techniques for Training Videos
  • Tips for Making a Masterful Marketing Video
    • Why Sell with a Screencast?
    • Know Your Video’s Purpose
    • Address the Customer’s Need
    • Remember to Ask for the Sale
  • Tips for Making a Dynamite Demonstration Video
    • Why Present with a Screencast?
    • Determining the Video’s Purpose
    • Finding Information about Your Audience
  • Additional Reading
  • Summary

Chapter 4: Scripting and Storyboarding

  • General Tips on Scripting
    • Gathering All the Pieces
    • Avoiding the “Blank Page” Syndrome
    • What to Write: Form and Content
  • General Tips on Storyboarding
    • Choose a Presentation Layout You’re Comfortable With
    • Storyboard Flow
    • Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
  • Summary

Unit III: Recording with Camtasia Studio

Chapter 5: Recording Your Screen

  • Making Your First Recording
    • Setting Up Your Recording
    • On Consistency: Capture Area Selection Revised
    • Choosing Which Streams to Include
    • The Camtasia Recorder User Interface
    • Special Circumstances
  • Recorder Workflow Tips
    • Work from a Script
    • Take the Time to Set Up Your Shot
    • Don’t Mess with Your Windows
    • Timing is Everything
    • Avoid the Scroll Wheel
    • Pause When Needed
    • Split Things Up
  • Summary
  • Other Tips
  • Exercises

Chapter 6: Special Effects of the Camtasia Recorder

  • Annotation Effects
    • System Stamps
    • Captions
  • Cursor Effects
  • Mouse click sounds
  • Screen Draw
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 7: Recorder Tools Option

  • The General Tab
    • Help Options
    • Capture Options
    • Saving
  • The Inputs Tab
    • Frame Rate
    • Video settings
    • Selecting an Input: Audio Devices and Sources
    • Selecting an Output: Audio Settings
    • Webcam settings
  • The Hotkeys Tab
  • The Program Tab
    • Recording Region
    • Workflow
    • Minimize
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 8: Recording Your PowerPoint Presentation

  • Why Record Your PowerPoint Presentations?
  • Camtasia Studio Add-In Toolbar
  • Add-In Options Dialog
    • Program Options
    • Video and Audio Options
    • Picture-in-Picture Options
    • Record Hotkey Options
    • Watermark Options
  • Recording Your Presentation
  • Moving Your Project to Camtasia Studio
  • Reducing the Dimensions of Your Presentation
  • Capturing Video Content within PowerPoint
  • Playing Camtasia Studio Screencasts within PowerPoint
  • Troubleshooting the Add-In
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Unit IV: Editing Within Camtasia Studio

Chapter 9: Working with Camtasia Studio

  • The Camtasia Studio User Interface
  • Importing and Using Your Media Clips in Camtasia Studio
    • Utilizing the Clip Bin
    • Previewing Your Clips
    • Adding a Clip to the Timeline or Storyboard
    • Adjusting Your Editing Dimensions
  • Editing in the Timeline View
    • Viewing Your Work on the Timeline
      • Previewing Your Content
    • Basic Timeline Editing
      • Moving Clips Around on the Timeline
      • Selecting Content for Editing on the Timeline
      • Zooming In and Out on the Timeline
      • Trimming Content from the Timline: Method 1
      • Trimming Content from the Timline: Method 2
    • Advanced Editing Techniques
      • Splitting a Clip
      • Extending a Video Clip
      • Adjusting Clip Speed
    • Viewing and Locking Your Tracks
      • Turning Your Tracks On and Off
      • Locking Your Tracks
    • Fun with Markers
      • Moving, Deleting, and Synching to Markers
      • Splitting Up Your Timeline Using Markers
  • Saving Your Work
    • Saving a Project
    • AutoSave
    • Creating or Opening a Project
    • Importing or Exporting a Project
    • Saving an Individual Video Frame
    • Saving Just the Audio
  • The Library
    • Using Library Assets in Your Project
    • Adding Timeline Elements to Your Library
    • Managing Your Library
      • Removing Library Assets
      • Exporting and Importing Your Library Assets
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 10: Working with Other Media: Audio, PIP, and Title Clips

  • Adding Title Clips
  • Working with Audio
    • The Voice Narration Tool
    • Basic Editing of Your Audio Tracks
    • The Audio Tab
    • Recording System Sound
      • Technique 1: Using Your Sound Card
      • Technique 2: Total Recorder
      • Technique 3: Creative Cabling
      • Technique 4: Miking the Speaker
    • Testing Out Your Settings
  • Recording Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 11: Editing Effects

  • Zoom-n-Pan Effects
    • Zooming
    • Panning
    • Managing Your Zoom-n-Pan Effects
    • SmartFocus
  • Callouts and Flash Hotspots
    • Defining the Callout’s Shape
    • Callout Shape Tools
    • Adding Text
    • Adjusting the Callout’s Properties
    • Adding a Flash Hotspot
    • Advanced Options
  • Transitions
    • Adding a Transition
    • Changing Your Mind
    • A Few Parting Words about Using Transitions
  • Cursor Effects
  • Captions
    • Paste-n-Sync
      • Synchronizing Your Caption Content
    • Manual Addition and Organization of Caption Points
    • Speech-to-Text
    • Importing Captions
    • Captioning Options
  • Flash Quiz and Survey Creation
    • Multiple-Choice Questions
    • Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
    • Short-Answer Questions
    • Collecting Survey Data
    • The Art of Quiz and Survey Management
  • Picture-in-Picture (PIP) Editing
    • The PIP Preview
    • Editing Your PIP Video
    • Modifying Your PIP Clip
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Unit V: Sharing Your Videos with Others

Chapter 12: The Production Process

  • Common Production Elements
    • File Format and Encoding Options
    • Video Size Options
    • Video Options
      • Video Info
      • SCORM Reporting
      • Watermarks
      • HTML
    • Marker Options
    • Produce Video
    • Production Preview
  • The File Formats
    • File Formats: The Condensed Version
    • Flash Output (MP4/SWF/FLV)
      • Flash Controllers
      • Flash Options
        • Video Options
        • PIP Options
        • Audio Options
        • Quiz Options
        • Table of Contents Options
        • Controls Options – Classic Controller
        • Controls Options – ExpressShow Controller
        • Controls Options – Overlay Controls Controller
        • Quiz and Survey Reporting Options
      • Flash File Structure
    • Windows Media Video (WMV)
      • Windows Media Encoding Options
        • Editing Your Profiles
    • QuickTime Movie (MOV)
      • QuickTime Encoding Options
    • Audio Video Interleave File (AVI)
      • AVI Encoding Options
        • Video Compression
        • Audio Compression
      • Prepping Your Videos for DVD Output
    • iPod, iPhone, iTunes Compatible Video (M4V)
      • iPod Encoding Options
    • Audio Only (MP3)
      • MP3 Audio Encoding Options
    • RealMedia Streaming Video (RM)
      • RealMedia Encoding Options
    • Camtasia for RealPlayer Streaming Video (CAMV)
      • Camtasia RealPlayer Plugin Encoding Options
    • Animation File (GIF)
      • Animated GIF Encoding Options
  • Custom Production Presets
  • Sharing to Online Services
    • Screencast.com
    • YouTube
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 13: CD-based Videos with Camtasia MenuMaker

  • Getting Started with a New Project
  • MenuMaker’s Main User Interface
  • Main Menu Properties
    • General Properties Tab
    • Cursor Properties Tab
    • List Properties Tab
    • Content Properties Tab
    • Button Properties Tab
  • Submenus and the Map View
    • Viewing Your Menus in Map View
    • Adding and Removing Submenus
    • Moving Content Between Menus
  • Project Properties
    • Project Preferences
    • Display Preferences
    • Resources Preferences
  • Project and Template Files
  • The Final Step: Testing and Creating Your Menu
    • Menu Creation
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 14: Web-based Videos with Camtasia Theater

  • Playlist Tab
    • Adding Media Files
    • The Playlist Toolbar
    • Adding and Adjusting TOC Entries
    • Saving and Previewing Your Menu
  • Customize Tab
    • HTML Options
    • Properties Options
    • Table of Contents Options
    • Quiz Options
    • Captions Options
  • Theater Presets
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 15: Other Output Options

  • Batch Production
    • Creating a Production Preset
    • Using Your Presets to Batch Produce
  • Creating Executable Files with Pack and Show
    • Choosing a File
    • Selecting Your Options
  • Camtasia Player
    • The Camtasia Player Interface
    • Camtasia Player’s Command Line Parameters
  • Summary
  • Exercises

Chapter 16: Post-Production Customization

  • Flash Preloader Customization
  • Embedding Your Videos in a Blog or Other Web Page
    • Method 1: Screencast.com
    • Method 2: Transfer Code
    • Method 3: Using Inline Frames
  • Altering the Configuration File
    • Making Project Changes with XML
      • Editing Your XML File
    • Camtasia Studio’s Configuration File
  • Summary

Appendix A: Tips for Reducing Your File Size

  • Keep Your Dimensions Small
  • Monitor Your Content
  • Check Your Audio
  • Break up Your Video into Smaller Chunks
  • Try a Different File Format
  • Try a Different Compression Scheme
  • Reduce the Duration of Your Preload Movie

Appendix B: Recording Alternative Platforms

  • Recording MacOSX Applications
    • Camtasia Mac
    • Screenflow
  • Recording Linux Applications
  • Recording Mobile Devices
    • iPhone
    • Android
    • Windows mobile and Blackberry

Appendix C: Equipment Buyer’s Guide

  • Buying the Right Mic
    • Microphone Type
    • Directionality
    • Buying Tips
    • Microphone Accessories
      • Microphone Cable
      • Microphone Stand
      • Pop Filter
      • Monitors
  • Buying the Right Preamp
    • Analog Preamps
    • Audio Interface Devices
    • USB Microphones
  • The Basics of Acoustic Treatment
  • Buying the Right Video Camera

Appendix D: Getting Additional Help

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