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August 2024

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!

    Camtasia
    MacOS
    Editing
    2024.0.4
    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!

    Camtasia
    MacOS
    EditingAI
    2024.0.4

    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.
  • Camtasia
    MacOS
    Screen RecordingEditingCollaboration
    2024.0.4

    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.
  • Camtasia
    Windows
    Screen RecordingAudioEditingIT and Security
    2024.0.2

    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.
  • Camtasia
    MacOS
    Editing
    2024.0.3

    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.
  • Camtasia
    MacOS
    Screen RecordingAudio
    2024.0.2
    A close up view of the Camtasia editor timeline with media selected on a track.

    Take Control with New Editing Features in Camtasia

    Manually set playhead time and paste images from the clipboard directly into the camtasia editor for faster, more precise editing.

    Camtasia’s editor now gives you more flexibility and control with two powerful updates:

  • Set the playhead time manually: Click the current time value beneath the canvas and enter a specific time to jump precisely to where you need to edit.
  • Paste images directly from the clipboard: Easily paste images from the Windows clipboard into the camtasia editor to streamline your workflow.
  • 💚  Why you’ll love these features:

  • Edit faster with precise playhead positioning.
  • Simplify your workflow by pasting images without extra steps.
  • Save time and stay focused on creating polished content.
  • Explore these new editor updates and make your editing process smoother than ever!

    Camtasia
    Windows
    Editing
    2024.0.1

    Enhanced IT Control with Dynamic Captions Access Restrictions

    Added support in the TechSmith deployment tool to restrict users from accessing dynamic captions.

    Camtasia
    Windows
    EditingIT and Security
    2024.0.1

    Enhanced Dynamic Captions and Accessibility Improvements

  • Users are now prompted to name their preset when creating a dynamic captions preset.
  • Added dynamic captions to the tools submenu within the view menu.
  • The dynamic captions transcript now displays the name of the transcript’s source media.
  • dynamic captions styles will now be shown immediately in the captions tool panel after being imported from a Camtasia package.
  • Improved text contrast for empty states in tool panels.
  • Improved tool-tips for the captions tool panel.
  • Added keyboard shortcut for accessing the dynamic captions tool.
  • Fixed a potential performance problem by queuing audio transcriptions when needed.
  • Improve performance of selecting a media with a large dynamic caption transcript.
  • Camtasia
    Windows
    Editing
    2024.0.1

    Fixed Transcription, Media Bin, and Captions Panel Bugs

  • Deleting a word from a dynamic caption transcription no longer leaves a space in the rendered caption.
  • Fixed a startup crash that could occur if a user’s processor does not support instructions used for fast transcription. NOTE: Processors without that support will experience significantly reduced performance when transcribing speech to text.
  • Fixed an issue which caused “Dimensions: 0 x 0” in the Media Bin hover tooltip for image files.
  • Fixed an issue where long recordings could cause the UI to hang for several seconds when the mouse hovered over the clip in the Media Bin.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the Captions tool panel from opening when a Dynamic Captions user preset is created.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent some ProRes MOV files from being decoded properly.
  • Localization fixes.
  • Camtasia
    Windows
    Editing
    2024.0.1