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I am looking for a suitable tool for creating and editing video
documentation. I am working for software company which is rather small and I
am the only techwrite person there, so the tool must be affordable with a
small budget.
We purchased Camtasia in 2018 and I have used in in a few occasions. Maybe
itâs a good choice, maybe itâs worth updating it to the latest version. But
perhaps there are better tools. What is the state of the art?
I would like to create a series of small modular instruction videos for our
new product, composed of screen recordings and perhaps recordings from a
camera because I also have to show tasks to be done on a printer and
scanner. Subtitles may be easier and quicker to create, edit and translate
than voiceover. I imagine that I can create a video project with multiple
subtitle tracks, each for a different language (two or three only) and then
produce the video in each language.
Ideally, there would be a library with material required frequently across
all video projects, such as intros and outros, company and product logos and
perhaps some general tasks or text snippets.
I imagine that it would be extremely helpful if I could easily reformat the
text snippets (in the subtitle tracks and in the libraries) with a few
clicks, e.g. by selecting a style that applies a font, font size, text color
and so on. I may have chosen a certain style in the beginning, but then our
marketing department may decide that another font should be used and I do
not want to edit each and every callout on every subtitle track. However,
this does not seem to be possible with Camtasia. Do other tools support
this?
Freundliche GrÃÃe | Best regards
Frank Dissinger
Documentation Manager
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CGS ORIS GmbH
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