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Record

Camtasia records all activity on the screen within the selected recording area. To record complete the following:

Record the screen

1

Click the Record button or press Command-Shift-2.
Camtasia recorder

2

Select the screen area to record:

  • Record the full screen (select your monitor if you have multiple monitors)
    Screen dropdown
  • Record a region (preset, custom, or recently recorded region)
  • Disable the Screen button to record audio or camera only.
    Disable screen recording
3

Select the audio and camera options:

  • Click to enable camera video. Select the camera (such as the built-in iSight or a USB camera) from the dropdown. A preview of the camera appears.
    Camera preview
  • Click to enable system audio recording (the sound from your computer such as mouse click sounds, audio playing from your speakers, etc.) . If SoundFlower is not currently installed, Camtasia prompts you to install the device.
    Record system audio option
  • Microphone audio is recorded by default. Click the down arrow to select the microphone device.
    Microphone source dropdown
4

If recording a region, click the Select Area button to select the area on your screen to record. Make sure to resize windows and set up the location for the recording content before clicking the Select Area button. See Select area to record.
Select Area button

5

Click the Rec button or press Command-Shift-2.
Rec button

6

Press Command-Shift-2 to pause the recording or Command-Option-2 to stop recording.

Camtasia adds the Camtasia recording file (.cmrec) into Media Bin and on the timeline. By default, full screen recordings appear at 50% of their original size on the canvas and region recordings appear at their original size on the canvas.

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