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TechSmith Camtasia: Reducing the Size of Video Output

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

I received an email from someone who recently attended my TechSmith Camtasia virtual classes. She wanted to know some best practices for reducing the size of exported Camtasia projects. To begin, TechSmith says that "larger videos (in resolution) will dramatically increase file size.

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How To Reduce Video File Size

TechSmith Camtasia

And, just when you think you’re finally done, Google says ‘video file too large to email’ UGH! There […] The post How To Reduce Video File Size appeared first on The TechSmith Blog. Then, your video takes forever to render, leaving you twiddling your thumbs.

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How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size

TechSmith Camtasia

Video file size can be tricky and the concept of reducing video file size has many technical variables associated with it. You may want to reduce file size to more easily send to your co-workers, or complete your upload to YouTube quicker. Takeaway: Use the MP4 file type to keep quality and reduce file size.

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The new Camtasia Studio 8, the Flipped Classroom and Mobile Learning [Review]

mLearning Revolution

This is precisely where I see TechSmith bringing a lot to the table, especially with the new release of Camtasia Studio 8. I have been a Camtasia fan for a long time, as well as a SnagIt and Jing fan and I’m also very impressed with the work TechSmith is doing on Mobile. All the interactivity works on multiple screens.

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A Complete Guide to Image File Formats

TechSmith Camtasia

Understanding image file types is essential for selecting the format that best fits your needs, as each has unique strengths and weaknesses in terms of image quality, file size, and […] The post A Complete Guide to Image File Formats appeared first on The TechSmith Blog.

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Something new under the hood

TechSmith Camtasia

" What, in fact, happened is that our development team rewrote the TechSmith Capture Codec, a core element of our recording engine. Normally when you boost video quality or framerate, the file size also increases. The graph shows comparative recording file sizes for various types of content we tested.

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Not All PNG Compressors Are Created Equal

TechSmith Camtasia

Optimizing the PNG's in the Camtasia Relay PC recorder resulted in a ~7% (302KB) file-size reduction. But know that file size isn't the only thing affected. Sprites are still awesome at reducing file size and network requests. Not just for the web. big-whoop, people have big hard drives now-a-days".

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