Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage?...

In an article on the PrPro forum, Dan Isaacs offered some tips on workflow for editing Camtasia, or Camstudio footage. Some of the steps involve using other programs, both freeware and from Adobe, but might be of use, should one need to do the work on the Techsmith CODEC footage in Premiere.

LINK to article.

Hunt

Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage?...

I would like to import Camtasia 3 video files into Premier Pro CS4 for editing.聽 Two questions:聽 1) what is the best file format to export from Camtasia for editing in CS4, and 2) what codec should be used in creating files for export from Camtasia for best results in editing with PPCS4?聽 I tried exporting the files as .swf's (swf object) and that format was not recognized by CS4 when I tried to import.聽 After editing, I will be posting the files on the web as demo/instructional videos.

I'm not sure the platform/computer specs come into play much related to this question, here they are just in case:

Windows Vista OS:

Intel core i 7 processor (64 bit)

3.06 GHz processor

8MB Level 2 Cache

9GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM

1 TB SATA Hard Drive

Labelflash SuperMulti Double Layer 18x DVD+- RW Drive

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 video card

High Definition Audio Chipset

7.1 Channel Surround Sound

10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Network

Expansion bays:聽 2 (1 free) External 5.25'' bays; 2 (2 free) External 3.5'' bays;聽聽 2 (1 free) Internal 3.5'' bays

Expansion slots:聽 2 (1 free) PCI Express x16 Graphic Interface slot; 1 (0 free) PCI Express x1 Interface slot; 1 (1 free) PCI Express x4 interface slot

Thanks.

cello-bella

Editing Camtasia or Camstuido Footage?...

Jeff Bellune just posted some great comments and a link to his tutorial in your post in the CS4 forum.

Hope that his instructions will help you. See why I suggested posting?

Good luck,

Hunt

Yes, very helpful. Great suggestion, thanks! But I didn鈥檛 know how to search for that link you gave me (for example: /thread/508808?tstart=0). I put it into the search box on the forum, and it said ''nothing found''. What did I do wrong?

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From a browser, you should just be able to click on the link, as it's HTML. That will open the article in either a window, or a tab, depending on the setup of your browser.

Good luck,

Hunt

Ahhh. Ok.

Thx.

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