Camtasia Reviews

The best thing I like about Camtasia is that it always stays up to date with video creation trends, so that you can always create relevant videos.

If there's a failing, it's simply the learning curve. But really, that's not a failing. It's only because there are so many cool features that it can take a while before you get into the swing of video creation. Once learnt though, it becomes a breeze.

Can produce videos on your PC. Easy to import audio and video files.

Poor technical support. Software is not backward compatible. Projects created in versions before 2020 (*.camproj) will not open with newer versions. The technical support group is not there on Fridays and the telephone hotline doesn't work. If you buy a Techsmith product, you will need to figure it out on your own.

It's optimized for creating videos in which screen recordings of software usage predominate.

Little things, like the inability to reverse a clip (i.e. play it backwards on the timeline). The ability to export the audio to an external program, edit it there, then bring it back in, would be amazing too.

The more you use it the easier it becomes!

Sometimes moving items around on the timeline isn’t easy.

I like Premiere, but it's just too much mojo for the average project and the more intuitive user.

I don't have any complaints, honestly. Just wish I could get a list of best peripherals to use to set up my home studio. I do a lot of trial and error.

It was pretty easy to learn and could do the basics with no problem.

The additions of Proxy and other editing features made it cumbersome to get the normal editing completed that 2022 had.

Camtasia is easy to use and gives me what I need. Easy to make screen capture videos, edit and publish.

None - I don't need anything else. It is perfect the way it is.

Camtasia has been improving a lot over the years and is still offered at a reasonable price. For me, this is a very good mark of quality in a company. I want to be able to trust and rely on a company when I invest time and money to learn their product and get comfortable with. Camtasia is a company that offers me that.
Some online tools might have become more intuitive and easy to use but they don't offer reliable technical support and other services so critical to my work. I like working with Camtasia and I trust the product.

A few years ago, the software was not so stable and was crashing on a regular basis. This very rarely happens now and I never loose anything. So again, they have invested effort in improvement and they listen to their customers' needs.

The ability to edit video was a total game-changer. Otherwise, I may as well just post videos recorded with a phone camera. It allows my videos to be infinitely better than they would be otherwise. The timeline-style editing is great and I now think in those terms when recording.

The 2023 version is not as stable as the old version I had. The old version NEVER crashed (okay, maybe once in five years). 2023… has been known to choke when I try to use and edit large recordings. Have also had some problems with the license key sometimes just… going away and the system not accepting my license key when I re-enter it. Extremely annoying. I’ve had the new version since Nov. and this problem happens about every two months so far.

It just works for capturing screen recordings and custom zones. I also love that I can select to record the system audio if I want to also capture that.

Having to install plugins or other things to record system audio on my Mac.

It's a fairly easy video creation tool. It doesn't have too many frills so it isn't too challenging to learn.

The UI is a little clunky and having "Favorites" are not all in one place. You have to go to each individual tab and find your favorites whether starred or a library you created.

Camtasia is the perfect tool for those who need to make high-quality videos, yet are not video production/editors by trade. Ramp-up is quick and production is straightforward allowing you to go from install to satisfied product in short order.

The layering of tracks can get confusing if you are working on a big project or one that has a lot of data/content.

Easy to use and full-featured video editor. It is full package for creating learning videos.
I especially liked the ability to export full HTML page with video player, that can be hosted easily on any webserver and it works great.

Insufficient video export setting - missing mostly HEVC in constant quality (automatic 2-pass)

Lower quality of MacOS version of Camtasia. Should be on par with Windows version.

I like being able to set up a video shoot in seconds and edit it on the fly. It's made a big difference in getting my content from the printed page to quick-hitting videos. Big fan.

I have not been able to add every effect available. But I attribute a lot of that to my not getting every bit of training you offer. As a trainer myself, I know I need to go back and learn a few more "tricks" and effects.

Editing software works well. The easy of editing a clip is fairly simple.

Previous version of camtasia recording were fine. Latest version have issues with sound quality matching the video

I love the use of it. very easy to edit. wish there was an easy way to communicate changes when they are made to your clients

the changes without notification. it is alarming to go on the site and find that things have changed in the editing