Camtasia Tips: Camtasia Lower Thirds
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Camtasia Tips: Camtasia Lower Thirds
Creating lower thirds motion graphics from scratch can be a lot of work. With Camtasia 9 there are a bunch of motion graphic - lower thirds library assets. In this video, I show you how to take one of those and re-brand it for yourself in minutes!
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(This tutorial is done with Camtasia 9 for Windows.)
This tip video looks at lower thirds in the context of motion graphics - animations, library asset re-use, and a bunch of features in Camtasia 9, some of which include: visual properties, begin and end animation keyframes, and transitions.
I share with you a 5 step approach to looking at the lower thirds asset to help you systematically examine what’s there; determine what you want to change; what you want to add, and how to restore it in the library.
You will also see how to make the animation start and end sequences execute faster, as well as how to shorten / adjust the overall time for the motion graphic.
This tip is all about gaining productivity!
Please note that if you are running on the Mac, you don't have a library section as media assets are managed a little differently. See this article from TechSmith to help you out: support.techsm... )
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Sir your tips are just amazing great tutorials, you don't have an idea but you are making me a graphics designer :) thank you so much gord
Hey Pak, thanks for your kind words. I love hearing that your passionate about doing this work and enjoying it so much.
You are a great teacher! I just started a new TV show and I need to create promotion material about guest, behind the scenes, events on social media. Thank you for ways to polish my posted videos! You are the BEST at teaching Camtasia 9!
Wow, Pamela, thank you! Congrats on starting your show and I wish you good luck with it. Please feel free to suggest any content ideas that will help you further your skills to succeed on the show.
Thanks for the video, I was able to put together all my social media lower 3rds and brand lower. I drop in 2x lowers randomly, mix it up with several choices through the week.
Wow, David! That's great. I love to hear how people are using Camtasia and it looks like you are really doing well. Congrats!
Gord, I must admit this was challenging for me, thank you for your help.
Hey, I've just logged in to give you my comment. This is the best camtasia lower third tutorial anyone will find on youtube. Thank you so much for your time to produce such content. Love it! Sophisticated and profesional. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks so much for your kind words. I think I need to make more of the lower thirds videos as they are quite popular!
Hi Gord, Thanks for the Video still trying to figure it out, but I think I'll get it.
One very little tip, but a huge difference in working with animation. I always had to change the color of an element on both sides. And thanks to your tip to turn it on, so it affects all the keyframe in the element. Wow, that for me did my day. Thanks and keep on the good job.
Hey AloniTuts, I know! That one little trick saves so much time. I think it's a weird one to understand too.
Thank you Gord. Very well explained as always.
Thank you, Paul.
Gord - You are the man!! Love your style brother.
Hey Scott, thanks! I try...
Thanks for sharing this video. I'll have to check out more of your videos.
Hey Salvatore, you're welcome! I have lots of tutorials for you to explore. Here's a kind of master playlist for Camtasia-specific tutorials: ruclips.net/video/0FF_TvuDLc0/видео.html
Not only do I use lower thirds in my videos but also use them during my live streams. Thanks for the tips!
That's great BV! Lots of opportunities to use a lower-third to help keep the engagement level up!
mr gord i was in out sign, when i saw your videos i become reallyv appeiciate . take big river of my thanks.. you help really,.. u are most expierienced person in camtasia.. thank u ancle.
Such kind words Rasmi. Thank-you!
Thanks Gord! I hope to upgrade soon to Camtasia 9 but I find most of your demos are really helpful as I learn to do more with Camtasia Studio 8! In my latest video I did some color-changing magic from what I learned here from you. Thanks for the secret sauce, next up for me is "lower thirds!" YEAHHHHH!!!!!!
I created a lower third made of the preloaded techsmith icons in the media bin. Looks pretty cool, I put clouds above in the intro because we are a cloud based company.
That's great!
Great Training Video. One of the best I've seen on Camtasia 9's lower thirds. I really appreciate the detailed instruction. Keep up the good work.
Thank-you Philip! My specialization has been deep dive Camtasia videos. So, more to come!
A great help, Gord. Saved hours of frustration! :-)
Thank-you Bruce. Are there any other video ideas that may be of help to you? I'm always interested in discovering what will be most useful?
Thank you Gord Isman it helped us a lot the Lower Third is great, your videos are fantastic.
Thank-you Mohammed. I publish videos weekly on video creator skills and I have a large playlist for Camtasia too!
Fantastic! Worth learning how to STORE my own creations in the library! What a great time saver!
Glad that this was helpful. I think a separate video about using the library is a good idea!
The corporate brand page - working on it now! The Camtasia templates are all so complex to demo the capability of the software when all you want is a nice background, your logo and a few seconds of music.
I get that. I try to make my videos practical. If you take a peak, I have a video on putting Sound Effects in Camtasia (ruclips.net/video/rpbjTZw_BWo/видео.html ), that might be helpful to you. As for backgrounds, I have acquired a few asset packs over time that have nice backgrounds. I find it a hairy mess to search for "what to use" many times. Thanks for sharing!
Very informative Gord...just subscribed to your channel!
Thank you! This video is one of the most watched. Just to let you know, my channel also features a full playlist on Camtasia and so there are lots of videos for you to explore. Enjoy!
Thank you Gord.
I am Brazilian.
Fantastic.
Hey Adriano, it's great to hear that you enjoyed the video... I'm Canadian :)
I'm just learning, so I have no tips...But I sure like yours! Thanks for such wonderful content!
Oh.. thank you! Good luck with your learning!
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Great stuff thanks!
THANK YOU!
You are welcome Gary! Good luck with your new channel!
Great video!, it helped me a lot. thumbs up :)
Nice sir
Gord, you are the best. Yesssss!
Thank you kindly Mark!
🔴 *For your 4.000 goal I am watching your entire playlist.* • For me it is brilliant, because I am building my OBS a bit like camtasia so I can learn a lot! ... 🙂🌍🙂
Gord, how about making a video on customizing the shortcut keys in Camtasia? Some of the shortcuts seems uncomfortable to me. For examples, Shift-Ctrl-7 to see the whole timeline, Ctrl-Home instead of Home to get to the beginning, Ctrl-End to get to the end of the timeline instead of just End. What shortcuts do you use the most?
Hi Dale, this seems like a great idea! Thank you.
Thanks so much
You are welcome. I'm glad you found the video of value. You can find a lot more videos on Camtasia in the Playlist: ruclips.net/video/0FF_TvuDLc0/видео.html . Cheers!
think i got it
Gord, I just learned about (And love) your videos...one quick question: what do you use for backgrounds? I do not see any option for importing a background except for animated backgrounds. Is there a video on this?
Gord
That is you create the lower third add download file in description please.
I don't have one created yet, I will once it's available!
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Your all videos are awesome
Really you did that perfect.
And voice also.
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You can send me your lower third that you created
I will change name and everything pls.
Just wanted to say, love the content!
Hey, much appreciated! Feel free to suggest and ideas for more content.
hi. thanks. how can i add transparent videos to camtasia? is there any transparent gif files or sth else? what is the name of transparent videos? thanks
I get transparent gif and asset files from some asset packs I purchase where they were made with an alpha codec that works in Camtasia for Windows. If you are using Windows, it's hard to find assets that are created in the right alpha codec. If you are on a Mac then most of the alpha transparent MOV file codecs work. This video by Lon will also help you out: ruclips.net/video/1pCfH4TVFlo/видео.html
Gord, do you have a video that shows how you made the "remember to subscribe" lower 3rd? Been searching for it on your channel and haven't seen it. Thanks
Hi Bill, you are right, I don't have a video for that. I will add this to my list for the future tutorials. In the meantime, I have done many "lower thirds" videos and you'll see that many of them show me adapting a TechSmith Library Asset. Many of the assets are FREE. I suggest looking into those on the TechSmith site, and then trying to adapt one to be one that might work for you.
Thanks
You're welcome!
Informative videos but need more explanation & clarifications for beginners.
Nice videos sir
Thank you!
how can I get to a specific time of the video using, let's say I want to cut a part of the video that begins from 00:01:48 ?
If you are talking about trimming out pieces in Camtasia, check out my video called "Cut, cut, cut": ruclips.net/video/oACiLAp2OvA/видео.html .
Thanks for sharing, but it may be good for advance users like me.
Hey, there are many other tutorials that may be easier for you to learn from. Here's a link to one of my Camtasia Playlists: ruclips.net/video/0FF_TvuDLc0/видео.html . There are others to explore if that's not enough 😎
Hi
How to make transparent or semi-transparent lower thirds motion ?
Hey Wadi, can you share a link to a sample video so I can see a good example? You can always play with the "opacity" parameter to add transparency. Again, seeing a better example will help me know exactly what you have in mind.
this is a sample did in powerpoint check it in 1:45 that what i want in camtasia
ruclips.net/video/vRsFw54SRgA/видео.html
Can i use your lowerthird template or other template for my youtube channel videos?
Here's my playlist with the videos where I give away templates: ruclips.net/video/JHCQth0IYZ0/видео.html . I haven't created any lowerthirds templates but you can replicate your own design by following this video. But given you're suggestion I may just make a future video with a lowerthirds template - but I would have to design my own first instead of basing it on the library asset as I did in this video.
@@GordIsman Good luck
1st step isn't shown until 100 seconds into this upload, and even then, it starts by saying 1st you want to analyze the asset?
yea, im sure a beginner would really understand what youre talking about...lol.
how do you set the duration on a lower third?
Hey Thundertone, that's fully explained in the video. See this time spot and watch to the end: ruclips.net/video/0FF_TvuDLc0/видео.html
. Unless you are asking about "length" of the text and boxes - that's another story. Please confirm.
@@GordIsman yeah gourd I was actually referring to the length of the entire lower third how long it's stayed visible on the screen how do you adjust duration time of the entire lower third?
@@GordIsman you showed how to shorten it but not how to lengthen it how do you lengthen it?
THUNDERTONE , in a nutshell, you do the reverse of what I showed to shorten. First, move all the clip endings to the right - select all together and then move them. After you move them, you'll also need to move all the animation bits as well, again, select all the pieces together and move them to the right as well. Make it look like the one I did, but just longer. Then, after you have everything in place, see how it plays. You may want to tune the lengths of the animations after, but be sure you do them as a selected set. Be sure you adhere to how the animation updates are done when to toggle on/off "Edit All Animations" feature as required and explained in the video.
Gordo, I'm gonna lose it ... RGB ... when I do the eye dropper deal in 8.6 it's kinda all over ... the R goes from 97 to 208 ... I used some green paper sheets for a screen ... could the lighting be causing my webcam image to be wavy and jagged around the edges? When I record using my logitech C920 my image in front of the green looks awite, but as soon as I remove the green and try to replace the background, it goes to sh*t ... my image perimeter is wavy and jagged
Adequate broad lighting coverage may be your issue. I use C920 sometimes and I have no issues, but webcams usually require more light than normal for lighting the green screen. Also, if edges are your problem, consider cropping in on the clip - as long as you don't cut out an relevant action, and that may solve the poor lighting at the edges. I've also done a video to help on green screen lighting: ruclips.net/video/z5qaN0Y9Goc/видео.html
@@GordIsman Just for kicks ... can you send me a vid. you did with camtasia using the C 920? Also, when I say "edges" I am not referring to the edges of the screen or frame or however you want put it, I am talking about my image. All aroung the perimeter of my entire body image. Not the edges of the green screen. Thx. again.
@@freedomwatchdog2495, my C920 is on loan right now to a friend. My Camtasia 2020 Review video on the channel has the Intro recorded with the Logitech Brio camera and green screen - that might give you an idea. But the Brio does a little better with lower light. It's better to do green screen video on a camera that's better than a webcam, if you are able to - for a better outcome.
Its not working in my video .. it work on whole screen instead of lower ..
I'm not sure I fully understand, but I will make a few suggestions. First, the safest approach is to only work on the lower third piece, before you mix it with your other clips where you want to overlay it. If you try to get it working in isolation first, that should help. Second, try to group all the clip components (after selecting them together) that are part of your lower thrids and then move the on-screen piece. It will move as a unit and should be okay. I hope this helps.
Gord, I'm in Camtasia 8.6 ... I have lower third 1 on the timeline in track one ... so how do I put my text in there?
I see you mentioned in another comment that you sorted this. That's great!
@@GordIsman I guess ... the 8.6 only has 2 lower third options? I think the version 9 you were touting has better ones. Do you think upgrading to the 2020 vrs. is worth it? And how much to do so?
@@GordIsman One more ... so I recorded my screen to get some footage from another video. Looks like it came out right. I think the answer is no but I'll ask any ways. Any way to remove a call out or a lower third from an existing video once it is recorded from the screen or maybe the only option would be to put a call out or something over it?
@@freedomwatchdog2495, it's a HUGE leap forward in functional capability for you, especially coming from v8.6.. Well worth it! If you click on my link: gordisman.com/go/camtasia (affiliate link), it will take you to the page, and you can then click on "Upgrade" to see the pricing. The price will depend on your currency.
@@freedomwatchdog2495, well, that depends. If the video has it baked in and you can't edit the original project file, then you can't remove what's there.Yes, putting something over it will work, if you can finesse the new one to be timed perfectly and cover what's there cleanly. Another option... if the background is one color, maybe you can match a box and pick the matching color to cover it for the time the old one is up, and apply the new lower thirds on top. I would have to see it to make the best suggestion.
Oh no, I'm not using lower thirds! I must give it a try. :-)
Great idea! And you get to create your own custom one too!
Ummmm, I do not currently use lower thirds...which means I am sitting on my assets, Gord. :)
Steve, you're a mover and a shaker, your assets are fine! You will really have fun creating. Reach out if you need any help.
I just purchased Camtasia yesterday and it is supposed to be the latest version. But it says Camtasia 3 when I open it. And it doesn't have the Library tab next to Media. I called the company but they are closed today due to the holiday. Can someone tell me where to locate the Library tab? Thanks.
Hi, you bought the Mac version and version 3 is the latest. I am operating with the Windows version. My apologies, I should mention that in the video if I didn't. I will update the description. That said, I think the answer to your question is here: support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/articles/229859268-Camtasia-Mac-Using-Media-Assets-on-Mac
Gord Isman Oh, got it. Ill work from my Windows. Thanks.
You will need to install the Windows version, not the Mac version. I think you can move between but not have both active. The Windows has a few more things but they are more compatible now than ever before.
Gord Isman I can install the Windows version on my Mac?
Hmmm... not sure I would do that because there could be keyboard mapping challenges. You can try, but I would stick with running the Camtasia that's right for the native operating system. If what you wanted to try was "the way to go", Techsmith wouldn't have to bother with creating a Mac version. In my experience with other software, it doesn't typically work out that well. I haven't found any information on trying this.
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