Comments on: Camtasia for Mac: Professional Screen Recording made easy

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:41 +0000

how do you turn of the camera once it has been turned on?
still no answers from TechSmith’s support on this.

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Screencast Software - MacTalk Forums — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:03:55 +0000

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Presenting, they who make it happen… | Smoking Apples — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:55:03 +0000

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By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:21:39 +0000

Hi Nobody has mentioned quality and file sizes. I invite you check out my movies made with Camtasia for Mac and Snapz Pro X. They were made with Photoshop CS4 on an Eizo ColorEdge CE210W flat screen designed for graphics.
http://www.screencast.com/t/zsM0RC98CHx9
Snapz Pro was made with a record size of 1280×720 set manually on a screen size of 1680×1025. High Quality Media setting was used with Sorenson Video 3 codec – Key Frame Rate 10 – Bit Rate 6400kbits.
File Size 20.4 MB for 3 mins.49 secs

Camtasia for Mac was made at full screen (1680×1025) on the same monitor. RECORD PREFERENCES 100%. RENDER PREFERENCES – Advance Export – Export to QuickTime Movie. OPTIONS – High Quality Media setting. Sorenson Video 3 codec. Key Frame Rate 10. PRESET DIMENTION 1280×720
File Size a whopping 83.6MB for 3 mins 56 secs. I have cut this to 20 secs for you to download or view at screencast. I would like to point out that the preset size of 1280×720 was slightly smaller than the Snapz Pro 1280×720 manually set.

I use Sorenson Video 3 codec because the color of the movies match my screen and the file size is not that much bigger. I use the QuickTime .mov file format for quality. MPG4 or any of the other codec’s are not as good as the Sorenson Video 3.

I have spent many hours on Camtasia for Mac since purchasing it to try and get similar quality and file sizes to Snapz Pro X and I have not been able to achieve this. When you watch the movies you will see just how good Snapz Pro is and the files sizes are so small. I have been very loyal to Camtasia on the PC, starting with version 5 and buying version 6 but the quality aint up to Snapx Pro

KEN

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The Wait is Over: Camtasia for Mac! : E-merge-ENG Ed. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:35:05 +0000

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By: 5 hidden features in MacOSX Snow Leopard | MacFlaunt

5 hidden features in MacOSX Snow Leopard | MacFlaunt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:45:08 +0000

[...] Yet another little mentioned feature in Snow Leopard is the screen recording capability in the new QuickTime X — it captures the activity on your screen and saves it as a movie file — simple as that. Screen recording in QuickTime X should save you some money if you don’t really need a professional screen-casting tool such as the new Camtasia for Mac. [...]