Adding Your Webcam Videos To Your Camtasia Screencasts

By Steve Anderson On March 29, 2009 Under Camtasia Tips, Video Marketing

Recently I had a question about how to add a webcam video to a screencast. Lately I have been doing a lot of screencasts but I also like to add a personal introduction before I actually get into the topic for the video. I feel this just adds a personal touch.

Also I’ve been adding my webcam videos in the lower corner of my screencasts to give them a little more of a personal feel as well.

In order to do this you will need to be using the Tech Smith software, Camtasia (I wish it was an affiliate product because it’s an awesome tool). At $299 USD I feel it’s reasonably priced but if it’s outside of your budget then I would just use the 30 day trial and make videos like a madman (and hopefully make that in affiliate commissions).

The other option is to use the free software Camstudio (I’m not sure if you can have screencasts and webcam videos together though).

I decided to make a video of exactly how I create my Camtasia videos with my webcam video included. It’s about 16 minutes long, so I hope you’ve got a cuppa ready for this one!

If anything is unclear, feel free to ask a question in the comments section, I’m more than happy to make another video.

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  • http://www.Rat-Race-Escape-Artists.com/ Bolaji – Rat-Race-Escape-Artis

    Steve – you’re the man!

    Very generous of you to create this video. Very detailed and instructional. I’m sure many of your other followers will gain a lot from this vid.

    Thanks a mill!

  • http://www.Rat-Race-Escape-Artists.com Bolaji – Rat-Race-Escape-Artists.com

    Steve – you’re the man!

    Very generous of you to create this video. Very detailed and instructional. I’m sure many of your other followers will gain a lot from this vid.

    Thanks a mill!

  • http://jchickey.com/blog Jim Hickey

    Hi Steve,

    Great video and fantastic information. So if I followed completely (I’ll have to re-watch), the final product would have had a video lead-in with a PIP video screen-cast for the balance … pretty cool!

    I take it you have the newer version of Camtasia, I happen to have an earlier one and I guess it’s time to upgrade.

    Thanks for all the great content (I liked your ideas on targeting keywords re: the R-Pro launch.

    Best always,

    Jim

  • http://jchickey.com/blog Jim Hickey

    Hi Steve,

    Great video and fantastic information. So if I followed completely (I’ll have to re-watch), the final product would have had a video lead-in with a PIP video screen-cast for the balance … pretty cool!

    I take it you have the newer version of Camtasia, I happen to have an earlier one and I guess it’s time to upgrade.

    Thanks for all the great content (I liked your ideas on targeting keywords re: the R-Pro launch.

    Best always,

    Jim

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