This post is going to be about my experiences on using Camtasia Studio 5.
When I first started screen recording I used something called hypercam. Let me tell you, it sucked like hell.

I then started using camstudio. This was OK but there were 3 problems that I had with it.
1) The quality was not awesome.
2) Sometimes when I tried recording the codec would switch from divx to Microsoft 1.
3) Usually when I finished recording and tried to save it would come up with a stupid error message.

So then I saw a video that was nearly full screen and had amazing quality. I PM'ed that guy and he told me he payed for camtasia 5.

So I got camtasia 5 as well.



Here are some PROS & CONS of camtasia studio 5.

Pros

1) It had a very smooth autopan
2) The recording showed your Mic volume
3) The screen recording was crisp and clear
4) You could change the Mic settings in camtasia while or after recording so it is clear
5) You can set a frame rate for the recording
6) When you import a video you can add transitions for a professional look
7) At full screen there is the zoom-in-pan tool which automatically zooms in an area for you
8) You can add notations to the video
9) With music and audio you can fade in and out
10) Also with music and audio you can remove noise and change volume
12) When producing a movie you can apply it to your settings for high quality or low quality


Cons

1) Sometimes when I stop a recording it will come up with an error message
2) The quality can turn out low
3) At times the pause and play buttons do not work
4) When making title clips and importing onto the time-line they can become very tiny
5) Processing videos can take from 10 - 30 minutes.


Video of camtasia

This video has been speeded up yet it still has amazing quality.



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Abdul Hamid