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Audio Visualizers: New in Camtasia 2023
Techsmith just announced a set of pre-built library assets that allow you to create audio visualizers to your projects - assets that react to audio (music or speech) and can be customized.
Cristi Cotovan
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Two Methods to Remove Video Background in Descript
Descript has two different filters or effects to make your video transparent and remove your background. It has a good ol' green screen removal based on chroma key and an AI-based one.
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Descript Acquires SquadCast: Free Online Recording for all Subscribers
15 August, 2023 - Some exciting news from Descript today, it was announced that Descript has acquired SquadCast. So SquadCast is now part of Descript. If you have a Descript account, the great news is you can now link your Descript account to SquadCast and have online recording for free.
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Copy Files Between Projects in Descript
I see this question quite a lot in the Descript communities and I thought I'd make a quick tutorial about it. It is possible to copy files from one project to another in Descript without re-uploading, re-editing or re-transcribing them. What's the problem? Most Descript beginners
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Export Faster in the Cloud with Descript
Did you know you can export your videos or audios much faster from Descript Storyboard by using the cloud? It's very easy. Exporting your finished videos from Descript is quite slow on your local computer. You need disk space and a fast processor and it can take a
Camtasia Articles
Create an Animated Customisable Flipbook with Camtasia (2022+)
I set out to create a realistic, 3D-looking, animated, reusable flipbook only with Camtasia, and I recorded the whole process for you. So here it is, for your viewing pleasure, a minicourse teaching you how to create an animated flipbook in Camtasia from scratch. You will end up with a
Descript Articles
How to Export Markers with Timestamps for YouTube from Descript
If you often need to export the markers from a Descript composition with timestamps, say for YouTube chapters, it's possible get the markers with timestamps from Descript and it only takes a couple clicks. Descript Storyboard doesn't have a specific "Export Markers for Youtube"
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Fix Informal or Slang Spellings in Descript Transcription
Descript's backend transcription service is far from perfect. At the time of writing this, both Descript Classic and Descript Storyboard use the services of Rev.com, which is an online transcription correction service. One of the things that annoy me (and many others) is the fact that Descript
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Unpublishing a Page in Descript
A recent change in Descript made it a little more difficult to unpublish a composition that you've published as a "Web Page" from the "Publish" menu. If you were confused where to find this option, read on: In the Classic version (and until recently,
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Upscaling Compositions from Descript
A recent update to Descript has blocked the ability to export a composition at a higher resolution than it's currently set to. If you had a composition that was created as a 720p for example, you were able to choose 1080p at export and it would upscale and
Camtasia Articles
Cinematic Expanding Text Effect in Camtasia
A cool 'Hollywood' effect in my latest Camtasia video. I demonstrate how to create a cinematic text expanding effect where the distance between the letters of a word increases as time goes on. While Camtasia allows for vertical and horizontal spacing changes for words and letters, it'
Descript Articles
Apply Object Properties to All Scenes in Descript Storyboard
If you have an object you added to your composition and you've created multiple scenes, it can be tedious to apply the same properties to it if you've changed your mind or modified it. Clicking through 20 or so scenes just to change one property can