Camtasia Studio -> Version History

This is the version history page for Camtasia Studio. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

Index:

• Version 7.1.0 (Oct 13, 2010)
• Version 7.0.1 (Jul 6, 2010)
• Version 7.0 (Mar 31, 2010)
• Version 5.1.0 (Apr 16, 2008)
• Version 5.0.2 (Jan 24, 2008)
• Version 5.0.1 (Jan 9, 2008)
• Version 5.0.0 (Oct 10, 2007)
• Version 4.0.2 (Jul 19, 2007)
• Version 4.0 (Oct 18, 2006)
• Version 3.1.1 (May 10, 2006)

• Release Date: Oct 13, 2010
• General
  • Added the ability to have your content searchable when produced and uploaded to Screencast.com including screen text from PowerPoint, Caption text or Table of Contents text
  • Added improved support for files coming from Camtasia Relay
  • Added TUDI (TechSmith User Design Initiative) functionality
  • Added support to the TSCC video codec for 64-bit operating systems
• Camtasia Studio
  • Added the ability to import and export caption files including SRT, SMI formats
  • Added automatic captioning capability with speech to text ability
  • Updated the capabilities of captions to function more like callouts
  • Improved the manual caption workflow to allow sequentially appended captions
  • Improved the callout and caption interaction so that callouts will no longer block captions in produced video
  • Added the ability to customize the font size, color and type within captioning as well as the background color and basic text editing capabilities
  • Improved and fixed many items related to adjusting clip speed on the timeline
  • Added a new Flash controller in production options
  • Updated the Flash options page for Flash format productions
  • Added a new iPad production and editing preset
  • Addressed some memory leaks that could cause Camtasia Studio to become unresponsive or crash
  • Addressed an issue that could cause projects with many callouts to not produce or crash Camtasia Studio
  • Fixed an issue with Keystroke Callouts not working properly when the product language version doesn't match with the keyboard input language
  • Fixed an issue with large MP4 files creating a blank thumbnail in the clip bin and a "No codec" error when added to timeline
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a Table of Contents error when uploading to Screencast.com even when no Table of Contents is used
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Camtasia Studio to crash when signing into YouTube.com through the production wizard and no Internet connection is available
  • Fixed an issue with batch production of camrec files with system audio to MP4 could result in no audio in produced file
  • Addressed an issue that could cause video artifacting when producing to the MOV format with the EnSharpen video codec
  • Addressed an issue that would cause markers for PPT slides to be a few frames later than they should be on the timeline
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the transparency setting for callouts to be reset incorrectly between projects
• Camtasia Recorder
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Camtasia Recorder to crash when stopping the recording
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an incorrect "Not enough disk space" error message in Recorder when starting the recording process
  • Addressed an issue that could cause a cursor to not get recorded when choosing to record to the AVI file format instead of a camrec file
  • Added the Hide Recorder command line option back into Recorder

• Release Date: Jul 6, 2010
• General:
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the silent uninstall option to hang at the point of uninstalling the Library
  • Fixed an issue that would cause an Error: "The procedure entry pointCamSetAudioLoopback could not be located message during installation
  • Added links in the Help file to related videos hosted on Screencast.com
  • Added links in the Help file to related PDF documents hosted on Screencast.com
  • Updated the Get help with Camtasia Studio 7 help page
• Camtasia Studio:
  • Fixed an issue with the background color selected during production not showing up properly in the produced output
  • Fixed an issue that would cause different results in Voice Narration from audio track 1 to audio track 2
  • Fixed an issue with shorter duration recordings with the same name that could cause a corrupt .camproj file
  • Fixed an issue that would cause a Produce Selection As... action to not have correct Table of Contents locations in the produced video
  • Fixed an issue that would cause premature ending of clips when using the split at markers option and producing to the FLV file format
  • Fixed an issue that would cause productions to Screencast.com to have incorrect dimensions
  • Fixed an issue that could cause productions to fail before completion or cause Camtasia Studio to crash during production
  • Fixed an issue that would cause problems with Cursor Effects sound effects and multiple files based on markers in production
  • Fixed an issue with Cursor Effects that would cause strange artifacts in the user interface or cause Camtasia Studio to crash
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the cursor to be out of sync with the video when using the Clip Speed effect
  • Fixed an issue that would cause an incorrect cursor to be displayed when using a color depth setting lower than 32-bit
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a "No Codec" error message when some DirectShow filters are not properly registered on the system
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a clip to be moved on the timeline when selecting multiple clips with the shift key
  • Fixed an issue that could cause audio clips to overlap on the timeline when adjusting the duration of a title clip
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the audio playback to not properly show the correct timeline information from the Voice Narration view
  • Fixed an issue in batch production that would indicate that files do not have audio even though they do
  • Improved some error messaging about unnecessary characters when uploading to Screencast.com during production
  • Fixed an issue that would cause produced file sizes to be larger in version 7 than they were in previous versions when using the MP4 file format
  • Fixed an issue that would cause non-admin users get a No Codec error when using MP3 files from the Library
  • Fixed an issue that would cause projects with many callouts to fail during production
• Camtasia Recorder:
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the incorrect help topic to be displayed for the hotkeys and program options in the Tools window
  • Fixed an issue that would cause Camtasia Recorder to crash when stopping a recording
  • Fixed an issue that would cause a Resource Allocation Failed message
  • Fixed an issue that would cause an Audio file open failed message when ending a recording

• Release Date: Mar 31, 2010
• General:
  • Added support for some Windows 7 features
  • Updated tool tips and messages within the application with more informative information
• Camtasia Studio:
  • Added the Library and included some Library assets provided by DigitalJuice
  • Added Cursor Effects
  • Added Sketch Motion callouts
  • Added some new callout shapes
  • Added the ability to rotate callouts to any angle
  • Added Keystroke Callouts
  • Updated the workflow when producing to Screencast.com through the Production Wizard
  • Added the ability to copy and paste items on the timeline
  • Removed the Task List and replaced it with tabs for each feature area removing the “OK” and “Cancel” options on each feature area view
  • Modified the Project Settings window with more descriptive options
  • Modified the SmartFocus option to allow the option to be applied to a single clip or the entire timeline
  • Updated SmartFocus to have more accuracy when creating a zoom or pan keyframe
  • Added the ability to adjust audio levels directly on the timeline
  • Improved the ability to record system audio on many computers
  • Addressed an issue with Voice Narration being unavailable on some systems with Realtek audio hardware
  • Added the ability to make more precise adjustments to audio on the timeline
  • Added a Getting Started sample project
  • Improved the handling of various source files, especially .MP4, that would give a “No codec available” message
  • Improved the performance of the timeline after many cuts and edits were completed
  • Changed the playhead and added a different way to set in and out points for editing and making selections on the timeline
  • Improved the reliability of hotspots in a produced video
  • Made some adjustments in the Title Clip view
  • Added the ability to upload .MP4 files with the FTP option
  • Addressed an issue that would cause a flicker to appear after adding a zoom and pan key frame and then creating a split in the video sometime after that keyframe
  • Addressed an issue that would cause audio to be cut off or distorted in longer recordings
  • Addressed an issue that would a “file has changed on disk” message to
  • show when moving a project from one computer to another
  • Addressed an issue with production settings not being remembered from production to production
  • Addressed an issue that would cause the video to jump back a few
  • frames when reaching the end of playback in the Flash format
  • Addressed an issue that would cause audio enhancements to not be applied to .FLV format productions
  • Improved memory handling to avoid the “Out of memory” error message when adding many items to the timeline
  • Improved the “Go to frame” behavior of Flash hotspot formatted productions
• Camtasia Recorder:
  • Made some UI adjustments to help indicate camera and microphone states
  • Improved the recording efficiency to achieve higher frame rates
  • Added a program task bar item while Recorder is recording
  • Improved the post recording work flow to make it easier to edit a recording
  • Fixed an issue with .camrec files recorded without audio would contain a blank audio clip
  • Removed the Recovery.exe tool and added recording recovery directly into Camtasia Recorder

• Release Date: Apr 16, 2008
• Please refer to this page for a list of what's new in version 5

• Release Date: Jan 24, 2008
• Fixed a production crash that could occur at the end of production when producing to SWF with MP3 audio in version 5.0.1.

• Release Date: Jan 9, 2008
• Please refer to this page for a list of what's new in version 5.0.1

• Release Date: Oct 10, 2007
• Please refer to this page for a list of what's new in version 5

• Release Date: Jul 19, 2007
• Fixed a crash during the initialization of the Screencast.com plug-in which prevents the automatic updating of the plug-in on some systems.
• Improved detection of sound cards capable of recording speaker audio.
• Fixed an issue where side-by-side PIP may stop playing unexpectedly.
• Fixed a timeline update issue which could cause project corruption when transitions were used on the timeline.
• Fixed a problem on Vista where a CAMREC on the timeline may report a framerate of 0fps.

• Release Date: Oct 18, 2006
• Please refer to the What's New page for details of what has been updated

• Release Date: May 10, 2006
• Option to Split Long Timelines into Multiple Movies
• Support for SCORM 2004
• More Flash Playback Bars
• XHTML-Compliant Production Files