Camtasia

Whether you are a YouTuber, create online courses or manage online content creation on a regular basis, chances are that you heard of Camtasia. A well known name in the video content niche, it provides an easy-to-use screen recording features and powerful video editing tools. The app puts a high emphasis on creating quality content that can serve as tutorials, demos and presentations that can be used by businesses and institutions.

The program comes with an intuitive dashboard-like interface, so you can get started by uploading a file. In case you want to start from scratch, then you should check out the screen recorder embedded with the app.

The advanced screen recording enables you to capture the entire screen, specific windows or areas that may be relevant to your content. You will be happy to learn that you can add your webcam, microphone or the computer’s audio to the mix. If you are providing instructions, you can enhance the cursor or add various effects.

Once you are done with the recording, you can review the content and further edit the video by making precise adjustments in the timeline. The editing is impressive and enables you to add effects and audio, trimming, splitting, adjust and correct the volume, include animations, effects as well as quizzes and other interactive elements suitable for your content.

If you really don’t know where to start, then you can browse through the dozens of available templates for inspiration. The templates are customizable and include numerous callouts that you can use to highlight information that is critical for the viewers, a great feature for when you create instructional videos.

Other noteworthy types of templates are pre-built assets such as icons, images, backgrounds, music, sound effects, transitions and animations. Moreover, the all includes title slides that you can employ as intro or outro for your content.

Despite its numerous amazing features, take note that the app is not built for detailed customization, and you can’t personalize it for very specific tasks. Other reported issues include the lack of keyframe tracking, poor keyboard command and various issues with the export. Then again, considering that they release regular updates, most of the reported issues with Camtasia get solved.