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With Camtasia Studio, even those who have no programming or multimedia experience whatsoever can create screencasts for software demonstrations, interactive training, online marketing content and PowerPoint video presentations. “Camtasia Studio is ideally suited for organizations and companies that want to create online multimedia training and presentations for their employees and partners to accompany a rollout of Windows Vista”, says Troy Stein, Project Manager Camtasia Studio at TechSmith.
With Camtasia Studio, the user can record exactly what he sees on the computer monitor, what he says and how the interactions with PowerPoint and every other Windows-based application or Internet page proceed. This interactive content can be edited and made available online to Others. All common streaming media formats can be used, including Flash (SWF, FLV), Portable Media Player formats or Fixed Media (CD, DVE). One can also import videos from digital camcorders and then improve these recordings. It has been shown that multimedia content, which can be created within only a few minutes with Camtasia Studio, the impact in the areas of training and instruction. Sales presentations and marketing campaigns can increase; and costs for technical support and help desks can be reduced. With Camtasia Studio, Anyone can create interesting and effective learning videos that can replace documentation and websites that are all too technical and overloaded with specialist gibberish.
System requirements and availability: Camtasia Studio 4.0.1 supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP with DirectX 9.0. Additional video formats can be imported, including AVI, MPEG, MPG and WMV. Webcams and microphones for audio and video recordings can be purchased separately. Camtasia Studio 4.0 can be ordered directly from the TechSmith homepage. About TechSmith: TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 in East Lansing, Michigan/USA and develops user-friendly software programs with which images, text and video can be recorded and edited from the Windows screen. Information and knowledge can thus be communicated in appealing multimedia formats, so that others too can observe and analyze and can learn from the experiences. TechSmith solutions are used by 98 percent of all Fortune 500 companies.
