Camtasia
This all-in-one solution offers screen and webcam recording, video editing, and chroma key features, producing stunning HD-quality content easily shareable on platforms like YouTube and Screencast.com. Designed for training, presentations, and more, it supports H.264 format and compact file sizes.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
Features
- Screen Recording
- Built-in Screen Capture
- Built-in editor
- Capture Video
- Image Annotations
- Interface Overlay
- Video Converter
- Support for HD videos
- Swiping from all window edges
- Graphical component
- Chroma Key / Green Screen
- Live Streaming
- Dark Mode
- Ad-free
Camtasia News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Snagit
New AI-powered upgrades for Snagit and Camtasia 2025TechSmith has announced the 2025 editions of Snagit and Camtasia, introducing several AI-driven fea...
Recent activities
- digitalhobbit reviewed Camtasia
I wanted to like Camtasia, because it's a well rounded package that handles recording and editing. But in the end, it was way too unreliable, and performance with long multi-track videos was extremely slow. There were even recordings where the different channels (screen and camera) were completely out of sync or one side was missing. So way too unreliable for my needs. I ended up moving to a combination of Bandicam for recording and DaVinci Resolve for editing, which works well for me.
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What is Camtasia?
Produce videos for the web using the industry-leading H.264 format. No tweaks or technospeak, just sparkling HD-quality video with compact file sizes...every single time. Two existing production presets (blog and web) and three new presets (YouTube, HD display, and Screencast.com) take advantage of the new format.
Create eye-catching training, presentation and demo videos…the easy way. Camtasia screen recording software is streamlined, intuitive and makes you look like a pro. Easily record onscreen activity, Keynote slides, camera video, microphone or system audio – all with sparkling clarity. Record in front of a live audience or at your desk. Edit to perfection. Turn it into a stunning, HD-quality video at the perfect size to share on popular video sites, Apple devices, your website, blog or anywhere you like.
Camtasia information
Developed by
TechSmith Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $17 and $47 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 3Alternatives
313 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
I started using the latest version 9 recently and I guess I may have gotten too used to the older one but I gotta say I feel like it was a lot simpler and easier to use. Anyways...Great software in general but a little expensive for me personally.
When still in grade school, I saved $200 over the course of a year to buy a copy of Camtasia in 2018.
The program worked well enough, but always seemed to be lacking features for what I wanted to do. It's a decent program for what it does, but that's really just cutting clips together.
Since I bought it, I've been constantly pestered to upgrade to the "new" Camtasia, which is entirely priced on subscription models, with no option to buy it. After opening my copy today for this review, I found that it had entirely locked me out of the "lifetime" copy I bought. Not worth it. Use an alternative.
I wanted to like Camtasia, because it's a well rounded package that handles recording and editing. But in the end, it was way too unreliable, and performance with long multi-track videos was extremely slow. There were even recordings where the different channels (screen and camera) were completely out of sync or one side was missing. So way too unreliable for my needs. I ended up moving to a combination of Bandicam for recording and DaVinci Resolve for editing, which works well for me.
It was always absolutely overpriced, but they're getting greedier: Currently, they're only promoting their subscription plans, which are totally insane. There are far more capable video recorders and editors out there which are reasonably priced and some of them are actually free: Don't feed this greedy company.
Non-free software
I rate it 3.6, not great not terrible! Yea, don't bother running this on a <600 PC, it's helluva resource intensive. The GUI could have been better. But from what I've tried, It hangs a LOT. Sometimes rendering it unusable
It fells great! I use it many years and totally happy with the software!