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3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Simple, Easy To Use and Doesnt Render Forever, 2007-04-18
I have tried a lot of video editing software over the years, but so many of them are so annoying and frustrating to use and then take forever to save the video to the file you want.
Camtasia however is simple to use, and does not take long at all to save your exported video. If you are like me and just wanted to take a simple video with your digital camera and then maybe just trim off the start and finish and maybe cut a little but out, then camtasia is perfect for doing that.
You simply just import your video file, or record the screen where you want it to, and then drop the video into a time line and highlight the parts you want to edit and simply cut them out. You can also use jpegs, gifs and other pics, and the gifs do animate.
The effects are not much tho, there is a zoom in, picture in picture layer, and transition effects between scenes.
It would be nice to see some more filters and effects in future to change colors, tint, black and white ect... but for now, this is the #1 program i recommend for a simple little edit to add a quick movie to you tube or something without having to have one of those confusing programs that take forever like Premiere.
This program lets you easily save in various formats, mpeg, avi, rm, swf, mov, flv, camv and even an animated gif file!
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Snag It is also a useful tool for those who want to record video games and roms or some kind of running application on the screen. Tho both camtasia and this program will both record DVD movies on the screen, Snag is the one that will also record just about any game or application running where as Camtasia wont record it. I usually record my roms with Snag It then open the saved movie into camtasia and edit it.
Neither program will record media playing on the screen tho in media player or anything in whatever those codec things are called. Use a program called Fraps for that.
So if you are just after a simple editing program then look no further then this. It might not have a hell of a lot of effects and filters, but they are simple enough for what most people do anyway. You can import multiple files of all kinds, mix them together, add your own audio tracks or commentary, delete the ones with the video, adjust the volumes and write text on it (in its own frame with a pic if you choose, but not subtitles)
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent Software for Creating Training Videos, 2006-10-26
I needed some software to create online training videos. I tried a few other products that were cheaper, one even being open source. However, I found that the quality with those cheap products just isn't the same. After downloading the free trial of Camtasia Studio, I was hooked. It is very easy to use, and they have built in a great help system that will take you step by step if you need it. What really impressed me was the quality of video and sound even when it compresses so well. I can do a 5 minute training session with excellent video and stereo audio, and it is still under 500k. I was blown away because the other software I tried was always 2-3mb at best. The software also allows you to export the video in a dozen different formats, but of most interest to me was flash for the web. So, I give Camtasia Studio 5 stars, and I am very happy with my purchase! Yes, it's $300, but worth every penny!
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