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TechSmith Brings DVD-Like Experience to Screen Recording and Viewing with Camtasia Studio 1.1.


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OKEMOS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003

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TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions for consumers and business professionals, today introduced Camtasia Studio This article or section is written like an .
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 1.1 with advanced editing and playback capabilities for Macromedia Flash presentations that users create by recording screen activity from any Windows desktop.

Other key enhancements in Camtasia Studio 1.1 include Theater for Camtasia Studio and Converter for Camtasia Studio.

Unlike applications that simply animate by slideshow, Camtasia Studio records screen activity in real-time, making it possible to record complex and subtle activity, such as Flash-based Web sites and intricate software maneuvers. This approach enables users to create naturally flowing demonstrations, tutorials and training material.

New playback controls embedded Inserted into. See embedded system.  in the Flash movies provide viewers with the DVD-like ability to watch selected parts of a movie. In addition, Theater for Camtasia allows viewers to select from among multiple movies using an integrated menu. The combination of these two capabilities enables simple navigation to the most relevant content in the movie of the viewer's choice.

"Camtasia Studio is the best screen recording software on the market," said Troy Stein, Camtasia Studio marketing manager at TechSmith. "It can record perfect quality screen videos that users can edit, narrate, and produce in all popular formats. With Camtasia Studio 1.1, users can make multiple Flash videos accessible in a single interface, as well as add digital video, such as 'talking head' footage of a presenter, to make the movies more engaging for customers, employees or students."

Theater for Camtasia Studio displays a Web-based menu of the Flash (SWF See Flash.

(filename extension) swf - /S W F/ The filename extension for Adobe Shockwave Flash animated vector graphics files, common on the World-Wide Web.

A rarely used alternative expansion is "Small Web Format".
) movies that can be viewed online or on CD. Theater is able to sequence individual movies so viewers can watch the complete series from start to finish or move between the movies.

Converter for Camtasia Studio is a video conversion tool that allows users to turn personal video footage of a trainer, expert or educator into standard AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples.  files that can be spliced with Camtasia Studio videos for more dynamic presentations.

"Camtasia Studio is a valuable application for engineers, designers and anyone who wants to share content whether it be for marketing and training purposes or professional quality project walkthroughs over the Web," said Marie Planchard, author of Engineering Design with SolidWorks for SDC SDC Silver Dollar City
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 Publications. "With Camtasia Studio I am able to quickly record, edit and produce professional quality video tutorials showing the most intricate maneuvers of SolidWork's 3D software. With Camtasia Studio's new advanced playback controls and Theater for Camtasia Studio to organize several videos into one interactive menu, I was able to make navigating between and within videos very easy for viewers."

About Camtasia Studio

Camtasia Studio creates Macromedia Flash output of screen activity, generating small files that can be viewed in any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Business professionals use Camtasia Studio for a variety of applications, including software demonstrations, tutorials, and training.

Developers and consultants use Camtasia Studio for projects ranging from quick prototypes to more complex projects that include voice-overs, annotations, text boxes, and other production effects.

Because Camtasia Studio is easy to learn and use Easy to learn refers to software that is well designed and capable of being used right away without having to wade through documentation. If you make the program work with little effort, it is easy to learn. , it is an invaluable tool for Macromedia Flash developers and consultants to accelerate their time-to-market with software demonstrations and tours, and supplement their capabilities portfolio. It is ideal for other content developers as well.

System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule.  and Availability

Camtasia Studio 1.1 supports Microsoft Windows See Windows.

(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then.
 XP, Windows ME (Windows Millennium Edition) An upgrade to Windows 98 introduced in 2000. Windows ME added more support for digital cameras, multi-player Internet games and home networking. , Windows 2000, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , and Windows 98. Camtasia Studio 1.1 with Converter and Theater for Camtasia Studio is available immediately with a suggested retail price of $349.00. The software can be purchased at http://www.techsmith.com. Converter and Theater for Camtasia Studio are available by download only at www.techsmith.com.

About TechSmith Corporation

TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 and is located in Okemos, Michigan Okemos (IPA: /ˈoʊkəmɨs/) is an unincorporated community in Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. . TechSmith provides practical business software tools to capture and manipulate images, voice and video from Windows desktops. The company's flagship software packages, SnagIt and Camtasia Studio, enable customers to create visually enhanced content for Internet broadcasts, Web sites and business presentations.

For additional information, visit www.techsmith.com.

TechSmith, Camtasia, and SnagIt are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation, and Camtasia Studio is a trademark. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies.
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