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.

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.

I find Camtasia afordable and overall functional - and having a permanent license is something I enjoy a lot - for short ownership of product is something I like a lot - and I think that is some of the coolest things about Camtasia.

In general, Camtasia is a great software, if it would not be laggy anymore, I think this would take over a lot of other products out there, so if there would be someone on product - defineltly focus on the functionality aspect of things, make it work smooth. If Camtasia would work smooth I think the number of users would start growing, other features I would keep on hold - do small improvements here and there. I would prioritize smoothness of editing - loading of assets and overall day to day operations on it. I would also probalby split the Camtasia Software as a base for editing and I would create a monetizeable library of assets for it - powered by community - with microtransactions where Camtasia keeps a certain percentage and commnunity can make money as well. This way there would be community engagement and new assets or even add-ons for editing different things.

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.

I have used this product for years and love the ease of use. I also enjoy how easy it is to import assets.

I struggled with storage for a while causing Camtasia to quit unexpectedly as well as clipping my recordings to 1 minute without notifying me. It took me awhile to determine what the issue was. It would be nice to have a more clear alert for issues like this.

Very easy to understand how to record and edit basic videos.

The audio recording is terrible, I don't like how the license is tied in with a version so in order to collaborate across teams, everyone has to be on identical versions, I also don't love having to edit an old Camtasia project as a project file has a ton of directories associated and can get corrupted very easily.

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.

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.

Easy to pick up and produce good quality videos. As you progress, it's easy to improve and better utilise the many features.

It's very cheap for what it can do.

The user interface is intuitive, which cannot be said of other video editing software I've used.

It has lots of built-in features, making it ideal for beginners, but sometimes I want to customise more than it will allow.

Cost
Easy of Use
Templates
Basic Features

Lack of assets
Cost of using their assets, better off, buying from another service.

- I do not need to be a professional video editor
- I can jump in 'cold', even if I have no use d the tool in many months
- It's easy to create good quality videos.
- It's stored on my machine, not in the cloud, so I can even use older versions

- license model is getting more expensive

Camtasia is fairly easy to use, with practice and plenty of tutorials online.

A bit more pricey than other software but does a lot for the video or social media editor or producer.

The improved export function. Techsmith’s continuously improving Camtasia where most needed.

Can’t think of anything I didn’t like. Can’t think of anything I didn’t like.