Camtasia for Mac Expert Reviews

The newest entrant in the screen recording market introduces some new features, but also comes with a few bugs and limitations.

Excellent editing interface; easy-to-use actions and filters; easy zoom-and-pan on video; Smart Focus works well for some captures

Audio may not capture in all apps; only captures main screen; limited customization of transitions; choppy capture of high-CPU-usage activities; can't align text; no cursor control

Once captured, you can edit your production directly in Camtasia, theoretically taking your project from start to finish using just one application. So how well does reality match up with theory? Pretty well, although this first release of Camtasia ...

Screen grabbing applications have been around for a while now and even the ability to record video isn't new - Snapz Pro has been doing that for years. But Camtasia, which is now available on the Mac, goes much further than anything we've seen before. ...

On any recent iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook or MacBook Pro, it will run well. The purchase price comes with an account on TechSmith's Screencast.com sharing site, including 2GB of storage and 2GB per month bandwidth