Camtasia Studio 4

Companion CD includes a trial version of Camtasia Studio 4!With the latest release of Camtasia Studio, TechSmith continues to enhance its industry-leading screen video recording and editing tool. Camtasia Studio 4: The Definitive Guide describes the newest features and takes the user through the entire process of creating top-notch software tutorials, marketing spots, and demonstrations. This book provides a practical guide to getting the most out of Camtasia Studio, with topics ranging from developing goals, determining the audience, and storyboarding to recording, editing, and producing.

Companion CD includes a 30-day trial version of Camtasia Studio 5!Camtasia Studio 5: The Definitive Guide introduces readers to the latest features of Camtasia Studio, including the revamped Recorder application, automated zooming and panning with SmartFocus, and upload via FTP. Readers learn the entire process of creating top-notch software tutorials, marketing spots, and demonstrations, beginning with developing goals and determining the audience to scripting, recording, editing, producing, and sharing the video. Appropriate for users at all levels, this book provides a practical guide to getting the most out of Camtasia Studio.Learn how to record audio and video streams and add special effects with Camtasia Recorder; extend and split media clips, add callouts and Flash hotspots, and create quizzes and surveys; enhance your videos with a picture-in-picture track; convert your PowerPoint presentations to Camtasia Studio recordings; produce your videos for distribution via CD, DVD, the web, and portable media players

Including v.8, this text covers all of the skills for building effective multimedia presentations for creating screen-captured, software based tutorials, demonstrations, and lectures using Camtasia Studio (and prior versions). It uses the complete line of TechSmith products for both Windows and Mac OS and a companion DVD with support files that includes over 30 tutorial video clips, project practice files, all text images in color, and sample video creations. The strategy for this text is to introduce concepts from the ground up to include development milestones, planning the presentation based on the targeted audience, story boarding, screen captures, editing and production based on the desired project. The text also covers Snagit to create sophisticated training documents using advanced image editing features and it uses Jing to make fast video presentations that can quickly be loaded on the Web. Completing the text will provide the reader with all the skills needed towards developing an array of rich multimedia based curriculum in any educational setting. FEATURES: * Companion DVD with support files including over 30 tutorial video clips, project practice files, all text images in color, and sample video creations * Shows tips and notes on creating a professional presentation, a screencast, and a video project * Includes a step-by-step Quick Reference List, outlining important recording and producing procedures in their entirety * Provides chapters detailing the support programs, Snagit and Jing. eBook Customers: Companion files are available for downloading with order number/proof of purchase by writing to the publisher at [email protected].

Camtasia Studio 6 is the latest version of TechSmith's industry-leading screen video recording and editing tool. Camtasia Studio 6: The Definitive Guide leads the user through the entire process of creating top-notch software tutorials, marketing spots, and demonstrations. It starts right at the beginning of the process, with developing goals and figuring out the core audience, and proceeds to storyboarding, on through recording, editing, and production. Camtasia Studio 6 is appropriate for users at all levels. The companion CD-ROM includes a 30-day trial version of Camtasia Studio 6, free and trial versions of other software products that can enhance your videos, and project files to assist in completing the chapter exercises. With this book you'll understand the process of creating a screencast, from developing goals and determining the core audience to recording, editing, producing, and sharing your finished product; discover how to enhance your videos with special effects including zoom-n-pan effects, transitions, and callouts; learn how to record your PowerPoint presentations in Camtasia Studio for later viewing; explore various options for adding interactivity to your videos with clickable hotspots as well as quiz and survey features; test your knowledge and gain hands-on practice with the end-of-chapter exercises.

YouTube For Dummies takes the classic Dummies tact in helping tech novices get a handle on a popular technology that more tech-savvy audiences consider "simple." With so much content on YouTube getting media attention, more first-timers are jumping on the site and they need help. The book also helps the next step audience of users looking to add content to YouTube. Content includes: Watching the Tube - includes getting your PC ready for YouTube viewing, finding video, signing up for an account, and creating favorites. Loading Video to YouTube—covers the nuts and bolts of shooting video, transferring it to a PC, editing it, and sending it up to YouTube. Bringing Along YouTube—covers the various ways you can use YouTube video in places other than on the site. Includes mobile YouTube and adding videos to your MySpace page or another Web site. I Always Wanted To Direct—explores how to use YouTube's directors program to upload longer video, use the site for marketing, or launch your own videoblog.

A practical guide packed with examples that will show you how to implement the different features of Camtasia Studio 8 and create professional looking projects.If you are familiar with Camtasia Studio and you want to experiment with more advanced techniques, then this is the guide you have been looking for!

This practical book introduces readers to the current technology topics and issues facing today’s academic instruction and reference librarians. The book provides up-to-date overviews of cutting edge technologies, offers an insight on current educational uses and applications of these new tools, and discusses common problems and pitfalls librarians may encounter when incorporating current technologies into their instruction services. Chapters are written by experienced practitioners, providing detailed information on best practices and common pitfalls using today’s technologies. Topics include teaching with streaming video, chat-based virtual reference services, wireless networking, weblogs and course management software. Describes concrete applications of technology for todays academic library instruction programs Discusses the academic librarian’s role as both educator and technology innovator Evaluates new technologies from an instructional (rather than a reference or access) services viewpoint