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Record Your Screen

Learn three different ways to make a screen recording of your computer screen.

Record, Edit, Share in Camtasia

Learn how to set up a recording, complete basic video edits, and share your video.

Record Your Screen

Camtasia Recorder captures your screen, webcam, and audio.

Set Up Your Recording

  1. Select the recording area:
  • Click the toggle to turn screen recording on or off.
  • Click the dropdown and select a recording area option.

  1. Camtasia highlights the selected recording area on the screen. To edit the recording area:
  • Drag the handles to adjust the selection.

     
  • To enter a specific size, type the dimensions in pixels into the Width and Height fields.

     
  • To move the selected area on the screen, click the center handle (Windows) or within the selected area (Mac) and drag to the desired location.

     
  • If your computer is connected to multiple displays, you can drag the selected area from one screen to another.
     
  1. To record webcam video from a built-in or connected camera device, click the toggle to turn webcam recording on or off and select a camera device from the dropdown.

     
  2. To record audio from your computer’s built-in microphone or from a connected USB microphone:
  • Click the toggle to turn microphone recording on or off and select an audio device from the dropdown.
  • Drag the slider to increase or decrease the audio level.
     
  1. Turn system audio on or off. System audio captures the sound from your computer such as application alerts or audio playing from your computer speakers.

     
  2. Start recording:
  • Windows: Click the Record button or press F9 on the keyboard.
  • Mac: Click the Start Recording button or press Command+Shift+2 on the keyboard.
     
  1. Stop recording:
  • Windows:
    • Click the Stop button on the recording toolbar.
    • Or, press F10 on the keyboard.
    • Or, click the Camtasia Recorder icon in the taskbar and then click the Stop button.
  • Mac:
    • Click Stop Recording on the recording toolbar.
    • Or, press Command+Option+2 on the keyboard.
    • Or, click the Camtasia icon in the menu bar and select Stop Recording.


The TREC recording file appears in the Media Bin.

Your first recording is automatically added to the timeline. For subsequent recordings, drag the file from the Media Bin onto the timeline to include in your video.

Export & Share

When you are ready to export or share your video, click the Export button in the upper right corner of the Editor, then select Local File (MP4/GIF/M4A).