Saving Time with Rolling Edits in Camtasia

Edit faster in Camtasia with Rolling Edits!
After using ScreenFlow intensively for 12 years I switched to Camtasia. The first video I edited in Camtasia I needed a Rolling Edit and it wasn't there which lead to me finding a way to replicate the feature.
Luckily Camtasia's Magnetic Timeline feature added in Camtasia 2020 and used in tandem with a transparent placeholder means Camtasia users can now enjoy the benefits of Rolling Edits too.
Fast Editing: If you're up for saving time in your editing this is a must know trick!
Check out the final edit of the Overview of GTD video used in the demo: • Overview of Getting Th...
As promised below is the link to all the downloads mentioned in the video. The contents include:
- Demo Camtasia file
- PowerPoint file with demo slides
- Keynote file with demo slides
- Demo slides in image format
- Transparent Placeholder Camtasia Library item
🔻 Download at: share.getcloudapp.com/jkuvYjrb
➡️ Timeline ⬅️
00:00 - Welcome
00:13 - What is a Rolling Edit?
00:26 - When is a Rolling Edit most useful?
00:38 - I learnt Rolling Edits in ScreenFlow!
01:48 - Rolling Edits in Camtasia
02:11 - Adding Audio
02:32 - Adding Visuals
03:00 - Changing the default image duration
03:32 - Enabling the Magnetic Track option
04:27 - Are there any gotchas?
04:38 - The Transparent Placeholder Trick
05:26 - Why is a Rolling Edit the best way to work with slides in Camtasia?
06:41 - What a complete final edit looks like
06:56 - FREE downloads!
07:20 - Recap
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[@ElaineGiles]

🔻As promised here's the link to all the downloads mentioned in the video: share.getcloudapp.com/jkuvYjrb
The contents include:
- Demo Camtasia file
- PowerPoint file with demo slides
- Keynote file with demo slides
- Demo slides in image format
- Transparent Placeholder Camtasia Library item

[@MrsYarnold]

Nicely made video Elaine, thank you! So nice to hear you again (been having withdrawal symptoms!)

[@dutchrene]

Wonderful demo Elaine! And I’m an Final Cut Pro user. it’s still great to see Camtasia has adapted to the magnetic timeline, just like FCP

[@djaneb]

Great Elaine. Thanks.

[@ElaineGiles]

Glad you liked it! 👍

[@hentsteph]

Wow! great tutorial. Thanks

[@ElaineGiles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DolphinConsult]

Great tip 👍😃 I use Audacity for recording audio and I wonder, how you added the “time-stamps” ind your audiofile?

[@ElaineGiles]

I use Audio Hijack for the recording but the Markers were added in Camtasia. Camtasia supports 2 different types of Markers:
1) Timeline Markers - these stay in the same position on the Timeline irrespective of you moving the content. Not useful for marking specific places at clip level.
2) Clip Markers - these attach to the actual clips and stay with the clips as they are moved. Perfect for marking specific content within a clip that might change location as you edit
The Markers I added were Clip Markers and I added them to the audio clip itself. This meant after the initial edit of adding the slides and positioning them according to the Markers I was still able to move and add elements to the timeline without losing the sync between the images and the audio.
Hope that helps!

[@DolphinConsult]

@@ElaineGiles Thank you - it helps 😃 I know of the markers in Camtasia - and I hoped, that yours were placed automaticly by your audio editor 😉