Top 5 Uses for Camtasia Studio

TechSmith Camtasia Studio is user-friendly video screen capture software. I’ve tried it out for myself, and it’s pretty great. If you haven’t yet, you can read and watch my review on Camtasia Studio 7. In it, I show the basics of how to record your screen and make a few simple edits to it. You may be asking yourself, “Ok, so I can record my computer screen. What would I use this for?” Well, I’ve compiled a short list of the top 5 uses for Camtasia Studio. After reading this list, you may realize you’ve been in one of these situations and having screen recorder software would’ve saved you time and headaches.

1. Step-by-Step for the Not-so-Computer-Literate

Your parents just got back from their cruise in the Bahamas and have hundreds of digital photos on their camera. Problem is, they have no idea how to upload them on to their computer and you live across the country so you can’t just drive over and do it yourself. Instead of spending hours on the phone explaining how to do it (remember trying to explain how to check their email? yikes.), create a video in Camtasia Studio going through the step-by-step process and email it to them. And when they forget how again, they can just re-watch the video. Problem solved!

2. Share Tips and Tutorials on YouTube

You’re creating an animated .gif using Adobe Illustrator’s bones tool and stumble across a fantastic new way to simplify the process. You feel the entire graphic design community should be made aware of this great discovery. How do you make this knowledge public? You decide to record your computer screen with Camtasia and make a tutorial to upload on YouTube. Within a month the video goes viral and you are hailed Design King of the Day. Problem solved!

3. Record Complex Functions for Easy Review Later

You bought a second 23-inch monitor to match your current one for some sweet dual-monitor action. However, you want each monitor to display a separate background image. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t make this easy. After spending some time searching forums you get some tips and figure it out. Instead of having to find the same forums and tips to remember how to do it again, you create a Camtasia Studio 7 how-to video and keep it as a future reminder. Time passes and you decide to change up the images. After watching your video, you have the images changed in no time. Problem solved!

4. Create Video Walkthroughs for Live Presentations

Your web design team has finished the new website and it’s time to present it to some of your top clients. You create a Camtasia video of you demonstrating a walkthrough of all the site’s features and vital areas of interest for your clients. During the recording you have some difficulties with the site links. You team fixes them and you edit a re-take. This video is then presented in a video conference call. The clients praise you for a professional and functional site, and one of them comments he was expecting to have to sit through some technical difficulties midway through the presentation (as is always the case). Problem solved!

5. Provide Vital Assistance to a Remote Client or Co-Worker

Your company recently acquired a new branch and they are experiencing trouble with one of their servers. The IT manager there isn’t fully familiar with the new system yet, and needs some help. You are across the state and are in the middle of a data migration and cannot make a drive over there today. You open up Camtasia Studio and whip-up a troubleshooting solution and upload it on company’s FTP. The new manager watches the video and gets the server back online by the end of the day. Problem solved!

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