Get Camtasia 3 for free and make your own video demos

Posted by Stephen Pratley in Tuesday, November 27th 2007   
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First off, thanks to Jason Dale for pointing this neat little tool out to me.

Camtasia records video of what’s happening on your computer screen, and allows you to record voice-overs with it. Where it beats other screen capture tools is in its ability to zoom in on areas of the screen, making tiny Youtube video sizes suitable for demo’s of much bigger screen areas.

The video demo’s of my Affilistore tutorial are made with it, so have a look at what it can do with just a few minutes of playing around.

I’ve just discovered how you can get a free copy of the old, but still excellent version 3.

1) Download the program here

2) Fill out this form for a license key by email
3) Install the software and when you are asked, put in your license key

That’s it!

Happy Vlogging.

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Lee McCoy said in November 27th, 2007 at 12:57 pm    

Perfect timing Stephen!

My ugly mug will soon be plastered all over the net! :-)

Thanks for the resource.

Stephen Pratley said in November 27th, 2007 at 1:05 pm    

Looking forward to it Lee

If you don’t feel the world is ready to feel the pain of inadequacy at the sight of your adonis-like features, you could always stick to screen capture :-)

David Fiske said in November 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm    

Excellent tip. I’ve been trying other free tools but I’ve found it very difficult to find a good video editor. Hopefully this will solve all my problems :-)

Stephen Pratley said in November 28th, 2007 at 9:23 am    

Hi David, have a look at part 4 of the Affilistore tutorials, that was all done with Camtasia 3.

The only other thing I used was a Plantronics USB headset & microphone for recording the audio.

I recorded the whole thing in one take, then went back and cut out the rubbish, put in the ‘Zoom’ effects where it wasn’t clear enough what I was doing, then exported the whole thing to an AVI format video and put it on Youtube.

The whole thing took less than an hour. Now I’m used to it it’ll take even less.

I’ve not tried the web cam functions yet, that’ll be my next job, I’ve a few ideas for demonstrating some sports gadgets on another site.

Gifts & Experience Days said in July 4th, 2008 at 10:13 am    

Unfortunately, I found this too late … the offer is now pulled as it was only ever intended to be free via a magazine offer that leaked out.

The software looks good, but I am too tight to buy for occasional use.

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