What’s new in Camtasia?

August 2024

Enhanced Account Switching, Shortcuts, and Captions Properties

It is now possible to switch user accounts from the trial dialog.

Added unassigned shortcut for moving playhead to a specific time.

Added a message to background removal effect UI when the selected GPU does not support the effect

Added property to dynamic captions: split captions by sentence

Bug Fixes

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

Fixed Crashes and Enhanced Import Workflow for PowerPoint

Fixed crash where images and audio media in One Drive locations were getting proxied.

Improved dialog when importing from Powerpoint.

Dynamic Captions properties panel showing adjustment options in Camtasia editor.

Edit Dynamic Captions Directly from Audiate

Modify dynamic captions imported from Audiate in Camtasia to perfect timing, accuracy, and accessibility.

Camtasia now lets you modify dynamic captions imported from Audiate, giving you greater control over your video’s accessibility and presentation. Seamlessly adjust captions to align with your content and ensure every word is perfectly timed and displayed.

💚 Why you’ll love this new feature:

Fine-tune captions for improved accuracy and timing.

Enhance accessibility with customized, dynamic text.

Maintain full control over your video’s captions without switching tools.

Make your videos more polished and accessible by editing dynamic captions from Audiate today!

The Captions effect icon from Camtasia with a video containing captions.

Automatically Create Closed Captions with Speech-to-Text

Use Camtasia’s speech-to-text feature to automatically transcribe audio into closed captions, improving accessibility and saving time.

Camtasia now includes a speech-to-text feature that automatically transcribes audio into closed captions. This powerful tool makes it easier than ever to create accessible videos and save time on manual transcription.

💚 Why you’ll love this new feature:

Simplify the process of adding captions to your videos.

Improve accessibility for viewers with hearing impairments.

Save time with accurate, automated transcription.

Enable speech-to-text for closed captions today, and make your videos more inclusive!

Enhanced Background Removal, Captions, and Transcription Tools

Improved thumbnail for background removal visual effect.

In the dynamic captions Tool, the height of the Transcription panel will be persisted across runs of Camtasia.

New dialog shows when Camtasia needs to be periodically connected to the internet.

Improved accuracy of caption transcription.

Merged change to make dynamic captions hover over preview more performant.

Bug Fixes for Panels, Captions, and Startup Delays

Improved error handling on startup when licensing errors occur.

Fixed a bug that could cause unexpected resizing to take place when animating a cropped media.

Fix the project name with double byte characters encoded correctly.

Fix transition preview when hovering over transitions.

Localization fixes.

Fixed bug where the Tool Panel or Properties Panel would remain permanently closed until Camtasia is restarted.

Fix a bug on adding downloaded assets to the timeline which can shift all other media on the track

Cursor click sounds now are audible when applied to any media that click sound effects can be added to.

Fix startup delay in Home window when using a business license key

Improved visual consistency and usability of search bars in the tool panel

Auto-proxying now happens for imports from Mobile Connect, Snagit, asset service and more locations.

Improved an error dialog that appears when importing an invalid file to Camtasia Rev.

Fixed a bug that could cause Scale to Fit to be calculated incorrectly.

Added helper text to alert user when Dynamic Backgrounds are not available in Camtasia Rev.

Fixed a bug that could prevent projects started in Camtasia Rev from being shown in Recent Projects.

Fixed a bug that could cause the playhead region selector to collapse when showing the the context menu.

Dynamic Captions from Audiate now use the properties and options available inside Camtasia when imported.

Fixed a crash that could take place when initializing the recorder.

Customer survey does not appear anymore if the survey has already been taken.

Improved Recording Saves, Video Color Rendering, and Accuracy

Fix an issue with saving recordings from the Rev window.

Fixed an issue where exported frames would render from lower quality proxied video.

Fixed an issue with incorrect color rendering for videos from iOS after proxying.

Improved color accuracy of screen recordings.

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

July 2024

Resolved Proxying, Audio Normalization, and Shortcut Issues

Fixed crash that could happen when proxying files.

Fixed an issue with customizing keyboard shortcuts.

Fixed an issue where some media should be auto-proxied, but were not.

Fixed an issue with audio normalization not applying properly.

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

June 2024

Resolved Audio Normalization and Screen Preview Issues

Fixed an issue with audio not being normalized correctly.

Fixed an issue with the screen preview in the recorder window.

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in Camtasia?

Release Type

Operating System

Tags

Enhanced Account Switching, Shortcuts, and Captions Properties

Bug Fixes

Fixed Crashes and Enhanced Import Workflow for PowerPoint

Edit Dynamic Captions Directly from Audiate

Automatically Create Closed Captions with Speech-to-Text

Enhanced Background Removal, Captions, and Transcription Tools

Bug Fixes for Panels, Captions, and Startup Delays

Improved Recording Saves, Video Color Rendering, and Accuracy

Resolved Proxying, Audio Normalization, and Shortcut Issues

Resolved Audio Normalization and Screen Preview Issues