CHANGELOG

What’s new in Camtasia?

Turn on your auto-updates because our team is always cooking up something fresh.

Filter posts

Clear filters

Release Type

Operating System

Tags

November 2025

Text being edited in Audiate and edits being synced on Camtasia Editor timeline.

Edit video by editing text with Camtasia Audiate

Use text-based editing to speed up your video editing. A new button sends your timeline media directly to Camtasia Audiate, which transcribes your audio. You can then edit your video recording by editing the text transcript. This is a fast way to remove mistakes, filler words, or silence. You can also use Audiate’s professional audio effects to clean up your narration.

Ready to try it for yourself?
View Tutorial
Camtasia
MacOSWindows
AudioEditing
2026
A SmartFocus screen effect option in the Camtasia Rev window.

Apply SmartFocus to Rev media for automatic zooms

Use Smart Focus to automatically add zoom and pan animations to your Camtasia Rev recordings. SmartFocus is now available as a screen effect in Rev. Apply it to any Rev recording or media on the timeline to guide viewer attention. This feature analyzes your screen recording and adds motion to follow your cursor or focus on active windows.

Ready to try it for yourself?
View Tutorial
Camtasia
MacOSWindows
Screen RecordingEditing
2026
Dynamic captions on top of a screen recording that include camera recording.

Add dynamic captions directly to Rev media

Make your Rev media more accessible with animated captions. Drag any Dynamic Caption style from the Captions tab directly onto your Rev media clip on the timeline. The captions are applied without needing to unpack the Rev group. This is a fast way to add professional, accessible captions to your Rev recordings.

Ready to try it for yourself?
View Tutorial
Camtasia
MacOSWindows
AudioEditing
2026
Adjusting camera and screen recordings in the Camtasia canvas

Adjust Rev media directly on the canvas

Directly edit the components of your Camtasia Rev media. You can now fine-tune the position, scale, and properties of your screen recording, camera video, and background. Make adjustments on the canvas or in the properties panel. This saves time and simplifies editing, as you no longer need to unpack the Rev media group to make small changes.

Ready to try it for yourself?
View Tutorial
Camtasia
MacOSWindows
Editing
2026

July 2025

One layout of a video with screen and camera recording switching to a different layout.

Rev Media now editable on timeline (Beta)

Instantly make adjustments to Rev recordings right on the timeline. Quickly and effortlessly modify the look, layout, and effects for entire recordings or split sections of your video.

Recording with Rev now creates Rev Media on timeline (user-toggleable in preferences) to provide flexibility in how you shape the look and feel of your video, with easy access to:

  • Modify Rev Media
  • Split Rev Media
  • Unpack Rev Media
  • Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    MacOSWindows
    Screen RecordingEditing
    2025.2
    Computer screen with multiple windows open, but only one is being recorded.

    Single window recording

    Isolate your screen and audio recording to a single window without the distraction of anything else popping in to steal the focus.

    Worried about distracting notifications showing up in your recording? Put the worries aside, Camtasia’s flexible recorder blocks out the noise and only records what you want. Choose a specific window in the Recorder and only record what is related to the window. This includes any window application audio. Able to resize window recordings during editing without any loss of quality.

    Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    MacOSWindows
    Screen Recording
    2025.2
    Image showing the Camtasia editor UI as dark and light versions.

    Light Mode for Camtasia Editor UI (Beta)

    Not a fan of the dark side of Camtasia? Now you can brighten things up with the new Light Mode. Currently only available for Windows.

    Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    Windows
    Editing
    2025.2
    An image showing new video layouts, backgrounds, and effects.

    Updates to Rev editing options

    The Rev editing workflow has been updated to include new looks, backgrounds, and effects. Your video will look better than ever in no time.

    Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    MacOSWindows
    Screen RecordingEditing
    2025.2

    April 2025

    Image showing Torn Edge visual effect settings and adjustments.

    Torn Edge Visual Effect

    Make your video look like it was ripped out of a book with the new Torn Edge visual effect. Easily adjust the depth, roughness, and intensity for a distinctive, handcrafted look.

    Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    MacOSWindows
    Editing
    2025.1.0
    Mouse cursor shown without a background after cursor isolation is applied in Camtasia editor

    Mouse Cursor Isolation

    Isolate your cursor from the background it was recorded on, letting you easily swap out content without having to re-record your mouse actions.

    Ready to try it for yourself?
    View Tutorial
    Camtasia
    MacOSWindows
    Screen RecordingEditing
    2025.1.0