Camtasia Studio for the Mac
I've been a big fan of Camtasia Studio since I saw it demo'd at the Conference on Instructional Technology four years ago. Camtasia Studio captures screen activity to which you can then add titles, callouts, quizzes, and export the final product to Windows Media, Flash and Quicktime. You can use the same software to create menus for distribution via CD or Web. I've used Camtasia to produce technology tutorials, online lectures and podcasts. Very simple and intuitive (but powerful) software. I presented a workshop on it at the SUNY Training Center last Spring and it was probably the easiest application I've ever had to teach someone else to use.
My only gripe. It's Windows only. Which always amazed me because the interface reminded me so much of iMovie. I've tried SnapzPro for the mac, but it's just not the same. SnapzPro doesn't have any of Camtasia's editting and production features.
Fortunately, Tech Smith has taken note of this and is asking mac users to fill out this survey http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB225KKUB3JMP and let them know how they should go about the development of a mac version. I'd be happy to have access to a bare bones mac version while they're working on a developing the full blown one. I bet it's something Apple would take notice of. If we're lucky it would become part of the iWork suite (Ok, now I'm just daydreaming).
Thanks to Kevin Dangoor on Technology, Business and Everything for getting Tech Smith's attention and getting the ball rolling.
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So what's your problem? Just spend a little more money and get one of those Macs that'll run Windows too and your problem is solved!
Posted by: Luke![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.teradoty.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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September 2, 2006 9:56 AM
Funny you should say that, Luke. I have a 17" MacBook Pro (2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 120 GB Hard drive, CD&DVD burner) on which I've installed Boot Camp and that allows me to dual boot both OSX and Windows XP. Unfortunately, Boot Camp is still in 'beta' and it's been a bit buggy. And it still means that I would have to use SnapzPro to record the MacOSX side and then bring the recordings over to the WindowsXP side for editting. CrossOverMac might be a solution that will let me run Camtasia on the MacOSX, though it hasn't been tested yet and it is still in beta as well. I still need to be able to run both the mac and windows os on this machine since I do training on both. Parallels is also a possibility, and I've heard good things about it. Though I'm curious to see if I could run CrossOverMac and Parellels at the same time without causing the MacBookPro to have a meltdown.
I'll keep you updated.
Posted by: Tera![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.teradoty.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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September 2, 2006 10:44 AM
Tera,
I hope we can help you out. We sent a little survey out to 60 people who'd requested a mac version of Camtasia in the last year. Well, they told two friends and they told to friends and so on... And now we have over a thousand people requesting Camtasia on the mac. :) Amazing.
This kind of feedback is very motivating and useful in marshalling the troops internally for such a development.
So, while Parallels is a quite slick and Camtasia works nicely with it, we're going to help people who don't want to just use Mac OS.
Troy Stein
Camtasia Product Manager
Posted by: Troy Stein | September 20, 2006 9:45 AM
Troy,
Hey There! Thanks for updating me on Techsmith's progress in developing a Mac version of Camtasia Studio.
I actually came across the link to the survey when I did a google search on "Camtasia Studio for the Mac" and Kevin Dangor's Blue Sky On Mars blog was the top hit.
Please let me know if you need any more information and thanks again for stopping by!
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September 20, 2006 9:58 AM