Import Camtasia:mac Recordings into Professional Video Tooling
Posted by brooks in Screencasting, Tutorials, video on Apr 27th, 2010 | 6 commentsLots of folks use Camtasia Studio and Camtasia:mac to record their screen, but want to edit / composite the recording inside professional tools such as Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, or Vegas. The rub has always been that in order to get the footage into these tools you first needed to transcode the video from the proprietary recording format to a supported container / codec. Oh and by the way, you’d like to retain the lossless quality and small file sizes found in the original, but proprietary codec. Fat chance, right?
Not so fast. I’m here to tell you that its not just possible, but downright simple to directly import and edit screen recordings made by Camtasia:mac in the video tooling of your choice on the mac. You heard that right – direct import without transcoding the video. No long wait times. No bloated file sizes. Lossless footage. For realz. It’s the shiznit. Check it out.
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Brooks,
Fantastic. Your screencasts are the best! Keep it up. I’m loving Camtasia For Mac and this makes it that much better.
@Matt – Thanks, you’re too kind. ;-) One thing to keep an eye out for is that the audio is actually recorded in a separate MOV container which you need to import in along with the video. Hope all is well in the Pacific Northwest.
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Brooks,
Your tutorials are very helpful and totally awesome. Is there a way to do this using Camtasia Studio 7 and Windows 7?
Keep them tutorials coming and thanks for taking time to share them with others. I would like to see some more on After Effects on the PC if you are taking tutorial suggestions.
Fred G.
[Fred] – Thanks for kind words. I’m glad you enjoy the tutorials.
Yes, you can do this with Camtasia Studio 7. You’ll need to set up the Camtasia Recorder to create an .avi file rather than a .camrec and then you’re good to go.
After Effects on the PC is slightly problematic for me given that I don’t have a license for it on that platform and my Windows computers are pretty long in tooth. That said, you shouldn’t have any problem applying watching my AE tutorials and doing the same thing on the PC. AE’s interface is consistent across platforms. The only thing that’s sometimes different are the keyboard shortcuts.
Requests for tutorials are always welcome, though it may take me awhile to get them cranked out–I’ve got a day job after all. ;-)