Basic Edits After Recording

After applying the desired look, layout, and effects in Camtasia Rev, click the Edit in Camtasia button to continue editing your recording in Camtasia Editor.

Rev offers two options for displaying media on the timeline in Camtasia Editor.

Editing Options

Select how you want to edit media in Camtasia:

• Rev Media (Recommended): Combines the recorded streams (screen, camera, and audio) into a single media package. This option allows you to quickly apply automated enhancements, layouts, and basic edits. See Introduction to Rev Media.
  
  
• Unpacked Media: Edit the recorded streams (screen, camera, and audio) as separate tracks. This option provides more editing control.
  

Basic Edits to Rev Media

Try these quick edits after recording to remove mistakes or to enhance your video.

Change Looks & Effects

Camtasia’s flexible recording allows you to change the layout or effects anytime.

Click the Modify button on the Rev media to reopen Camtasia Rev to quickly edit the look, layout, or effects.

Apply Different Looks & Effects to a Video Section

To apply different looks and effects to a section in your video, split the Rev media into separate clips on the timeline. For example, if you want one section of your recording to focus on the screen content and another section to focus on the camera.

1. Click to select the Rev media on the timeline.
2. Drag the playhead to the desired position on the timeline.
   
3. Click the Split button.
   
4. Camtasia splits the Rev media into two separate media clips. Click the Modify button to open the media in Camtasia Rev.
   
5. Make the desired changes to the layout and effects selections in Rev.
6. Click the Save button.
   The video section is updated on the timeline with the latest changes.

Position Media within a Layout

To make adjustments to your content within a layout in Camtasia Editor, select the media stream (screen, camera, or background) in the Properties pane or edit its position directly on the canvas.

See Position Media on the Canvas.

For example, center the speaker within the frame.

Or, adjust the layout if the camera covers important areas of the screen recording.

Trim
Remove any extra content at the beginning or end of a recording.

1. Click to select the media on the timeline.
2. Drag the end of the clip in.
3. To restore content that was trimmed too far, drag the end of the clip back out.
   Trimming does not affect the original recording in the media bin.

Add an Annotation
Annotations are visual elements and text to emphasize, direct viewers’ attention, provide additional information, or cover up areas in your video.

See Add Arrows, Shapes, or Callouts.

Add a Transition
Create a smooth visual transition between media. See Add a Transition.

View Steps

1. Select the Transitions tab.
2. To find a transition, complete any of the following:
• Browse the list of transitions.
• To filter the list of transitions, select an option from the Type dropdown.
• Enter a type or transition name in the Search field.
  
3. Drag your cursor across the transition thumbnail to preview it.
   
4. Drag the transition onto media on the timeline.
   
5. The drop location on the media impacts where the transition is applied:
   • Drag to the left end of the media to apply the transition to the beginning.
     
   • Drag to the right end of the media to apply the transition to the end.
     
   • Drag between media to apply the transition to both the beginning and the end.
     
6. To change the duration of the transition, drag the end of the transition in or out.
   
   Tip: Drag the Timeline slider to make it easier to select and edit the transition.
7. Some transitions have additional properties you can customize. Click to select the transition on the timeline and click the Properties button to view the properties available.

Remove Mistakes in Camtasia Audiate
Click the Edit as Text button to quickly remove mistakes with AI and text-based editing.

See Speed Up Editing with Camtasia Audiate.

Add a Title
Add a title or lower-third from Camtasia assets to introduce your video, a speaker, or scene.

See Add Text to Your Video.

Export & Share

When you are ready to export or share your video, click the Export button in the upper-right corner of Camtasia Editor, then select a destination. See Export & Share Your Video.

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