Camtasia Tutorial
Produce Video As
So, your ready to produce your video !!!
Reminder (Arrow): Before you produce your video, don't forget to save your project. This will allow you to come back another day and make edits, add or delete clips.
1. Click on "File", then scroll down to "Produce Video As"
Now you have come upon the production wizard. This will help you produce your video. It will give you various options on production.
2. First you will need to choose the video format you want.
Remeber, if you decide to save your video as a flash file and you publish it to the web, users will need a flash plugin to view your video. Most user should have this already installed on there computers.
Also you can use Impatica to publish your video. Users will only need to have java installed to view the video. Click here to learn more.
If you dont understand what a particular video format does. Select "Recommend my production settings".
If you already know what format you want to use, select "Custom Production Settings".
3.Choose the format you desire.
4.Next the wizard will walk you through choosing your audio and video settings. The default settings will currently be selected. The settings may be different depending on how you choose to produce your video.
If you chose to produce your video as a flash file you will come upon the current screen. Here you can choose the dimensions of the video and also choose different flash options. Click on" flash options" and you can choose from a SWF or a FLV file.
SWF - good for short and low motion screen videos.
FLV - good for longer or high motion videos. Creates smaller file size.
If you decide to use FLV users can only view the HTML file that it outputs.
If you decide to use the SWF file users can view the SWF file and the HTML file that it outputs.
4. Next is naming and finding a place on your computer to save your new video. You also have post production options to choose from.
5. After pressing Finish, Camtaisa will go away and little box (figure 1.1) will appear. This will let you know that your production is being prepared. Once the box goes away Camtaia Studio will reappear or a preview of your production will appear. Now your done, thats it. Your ready view your video or link it to the web.
