Operation Manual
Camtasia Studio Version 8 Help
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Auto Zoom and Pan with SmartFocus™
Camtasia SmartFocus™ only applies to .camrec files recorded with Camtasia Recorder ver-
sion 5.0 or later. For other recordings, manually add a zoom or pan animation to clips on
the timeline.
TechSmith's exclusive SmartFocus technology keeps track of where the action happens during your record-
ing. Then, zoom and pan animations are automatically added to the CAMRECvideo on the timeline.
Camtasia SmartFocus™ is ideal for videos where the source clip or recording dimensions are large
(ex. full screen recordings) and you want to produce the final video at smaller dimensions (ex. for the
Web or for an iPod).
If you produce the final video with dimensions smaller than the source clip dimensions, without Smart-
Focus the content in the video may appear small and difficult to view.
In Camtasia Recorder, SmartFocus collects data about the actions completed and the cursor move-
ment in the recording. SmartFocus predicts where to add zoom animations, saving you the time it
takes to manually find and insert zoom and pan animations.
By default, SmartFocus is automatically applied when a CAMREC recording is added to the timeline.
SmartFocus animations appear on the CAMREC recording in the visual animations view.
Apply SmartFocus to Selected Timeline CAMREC Recordings
1. In Editor, click the Zoom-n-Pan tab. The Zoom and Pan task page appears.
2. Select the CAMRECrecording on the timeline SmartFocus will be applied to. When selected, the
recording is blue.
3. In the Zoom-n-Pan tab, click the Apply SmartFocus to selected clips button.
4. Zoom and pan animations are added to the CAMREC recordings.
SmartFocus animations are edited just like other animations. See Zoom and Pan.
Zoom animations can also be edited in the Visual Properties tab.
Apply SmartFocus to all CAMREC Recordings on the Timeline
1. In Editor, click the Zoom-n-Pan tab. The Zoom and Pan task page appears.
2. Click the Apply SmartFocus to timeline button.
3. Zoom and pan animations are added to all CAMREC recordings on the timeline.
SmartFocus animations are edited just like other animations. See Zoom and Pan.
Zoom animations can also be edited in the Visual Properties tab.
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