There’s a shortcut that allows you to zoom the timeline so you can make more precise edits. So my bigest complaint actually is: too many animations.Īnother thing where ScreenFlow is more than annoying is zooming. This is what it looks like when you attempt to select this many clips. And I always have hundreds after editing a rough cut. No problem with few or just one clip, but a huge problem when you got hundreds. Selecting a clip in ScreenFlow starts a little animation. When you start editing a video you end up with a ton of clips. The way animations are used in ScreenFlow annoys me ever since I started to edit my screencasts. ScreenFlow just felt better.Īlso new in version 3 are export presets and annotations. Because of this long history and the polish and attention to detail Vara put into ScreenFlow. Originally written by Vara Software, which has been acquired by Telestream. Until version 2 of Camtasia, ScreenFlow was the defacto tool to use for screencasts on a Mac. Version 3 added Lion’s Versions, Resume, Auto-Save for instance, which are not currently in the app (as of version 3.0.1 3). ScreenFlow has more Mac specific features. They keep improving the app, they add tons of features, but in the end they are not as passionate as TechSmith is. For TeleStream though, it sometimes feels like it’s just a project. They own and have over 10 years experience in this business. To speak in “Apple terms”: Screencasting is in their DNA. Screencasting for TechSmitch is not a hobby. You complain loudly (which is what I did 2) about their app, but they still try to listen and improve their app. But their usage, the vast choice of annotations, and customization of annotations makes this point clearly go to Camtasia.įor me one of the most unique selling points for Camtasia is actually the company who makes it. They are better in Camtasia, even though ScreenFlow added annotations in verion 3 too. And adding these is also easier than in ScreenFlow. (Zoom up an area, rather than the entire interface of an app.)Ĭlick highlights have finally made it to Camtasia. I think the editing part is just a thing of getting used to, rather than being a relevant judgement point for quality of a software.Ĭamtasia also allows you to crop screencasts. ScreenFlow tries to add it’s own “smart” quirks to the world of video editing. In Camtasia you can just click a clip and start dragging to create a selection. Like you can’t move the playhead frame by frame with ← and →, but editing is actually easier once you get used to it. My biggest complaint (a typical first world problem): When you press ⌘E to export, the export dialog shows a Flash logo, which means you’re going to export a Flash video, which means you never want ⌘E, you always want ⇧⌘E.Ĭamtasia breaks with some conventions other editors have. There are still some minor annoyances in the app though. Camtasia 1 felt like an app that was written, or at least the person who made all final decisions, by a Windows person. Camtasia 2 for Macįirst, Camtasia 2 still doesn’t feel like a 100% Mac-only app 1, but TechSmith is on a good way. Every app has its advantages and disadvantages. Camtasia now has some unique features its competitor hasn’t and the other way around. In the past this used to be a 100% recommendation for ScreenFlow. I think to most of my readers and people who know me as professionell screencast it’s most interesting to read how I think Camtasia compares to ScreenFlow. Useful to hide personal information like email addresses.
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