Filed under: Video, Macintosh, Productivity
Camtasia screencasting software now has a Mac version
by Jay Hathaway Aug 26th 2009 at 6:00PM
The recording of your screen, your Mac's audio output, sound from your microphone, and video from your iSight can all be easily arranged in the timeline along with any other elements you might want to import. Combine that with a nice effects library and easy sharing, and you've got a winning screencast app.
It's also currently discounted from $150 to $99.
Mac users have been salivating over Camtasia for a couple of years now, mainly because it tops other Mac screen recording software in terms of post-production and editing. The Mac version of Camtasia isn't exactly the same as the PC version, however.
Aside from the Mac-like UI design, it also has more options for editing the size, position and rotation of your video than its Windows counterpart. The Camtasia team has used their own software to record a screencast of Camtasia, and that's a good place to start getting familiar with the features. Check it out on their homepage, or sneak a peek at a YouTube walkthrough after the break.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jamus said 9:57AM on 8-27-2009
Having used the PC version for years, I grew tired of asking them about a Mac version and received somewhat rude comments from the company about it. Now fast forward a few years and they want to jump on the cash cow. I am dubious to say the least.
I hope that this spurs Ambrosia and others to amp up their own Mac capture apps.
Reply
Eminemdrdre00 said 1:30PM on 8-27-2009
Snow Leopard has built in screencasting capability.
Reply
lookatthepiggy said 11:26PM on 8-27-2009
Camtasia isn't simply a screen recorder. It is a full on video editor. Screenflow and Camtasia shouldn't have much to worry about with Snow Leopard. Even pure screen capture apps like Snapz Pro X are most likely going to offer way more than what snow leopard does.
Scraster said 3:10PM on 9-03-2009
True true, @lookatthepiggy, but I wouldn't be surprised if Apple was working on an OS native screencast editor a la iMovie. If iScreencast could take all the brilliant features and functionality of the new Camtasia for Mac, throw in the mouse effects of ScreenFlow, and sprinkle on a little iDust, screencasters would have their dream app. My review of the new Camtasia for Mac is here: http://bit.ly/1a2zrL
Reply