And for the rest of this course, I'll have this option selected so you'll start to see the custom save dialogue box after I complete a recording. Now, this is by far the easiest way to create custom names for your clips inside of Camtasia. That way, you can name your recordings as you make them. Now, I would suggest clicking on the file options button here and then changing this first setting to ask for file name.

trec format, unless you're shipping your screen capture recording over to another editor, such as Premiere Pro CC, DaVinci Resolve, Avid, or Final Cut Pro, in which case you may want to choose the AVI format. Now, in general, you'll want to always record in the. trec, which is the native Camtasia file format, and. Under the Saving section, you have two file formats that you can choose from. Disabling the screensaver during capture prevents your screensaver from accidentally turning on in the middle of a recording. The next option here is really nice to leave on, since Camtasia will track your key presses and you can later use the keystrokes callout to automatically show your keyboard shortcuts to your viewers.

If you uncheck the option, then only the active window that you're working in will be recorded. In the Capture section, the option for capturing layered windows means that if this option is checked, all open windows on your screen will be captured.

Here on the General tab, these first two options are really helpful when you're just getting started, but you'll likely want to uncheck both of these options as you get more comfortable using the recorder. Let's have a quick look at the most common setting changes that you're likely going to want to make. Now, that's pretty straightforward, but if you click on Tools and then select Options, there is a whole set of hidden settings that you can customize. The most basic customization is turning on or off the various types of content that will be recorded, such as clicking the option for audio on to turn your microphone off, or clicking it again to turn the recording of the microphone back on. You can customize the Camtasia Recorder settings to work the way that you need them to work.

Camtasia recording settings templates