Camtasia capture into Premiere CS3.

[Noah Beney]

Hi Perry,

Thank you for the adive about using CamStudio to import into Premiere.
I was still having quality issues and I was wondering which settings you are using in CS3.

Thanks for the help!

[Mike Brightman]

Spent a day figuring this out… but I guess it is worth it to make freeware work for you…

When capturing from CamStudio:
Lagarith Lossless Codec (google it and install)
quality 100
playback rate at 30fps

When importing into Premiere:
import footage
right click > interpret footage > ignore alpha channel (I think this is helping…)

When exporting from Premiere:
I had the best compression/quality results using Quicktime HD presets in the Adobe Media Encoder rather than .wma, etc.
I had the best quality export by choosing file > export > movie. under video settings go back to the Lagarith Lossless Codec. this export was flawless for me and just what i needed…

Hope this saves some else’s time!

Mike

[Perry Cheng]

Mike, thanks a lot, I will try your settings. However, recently, I captured a web video, the audio and video is slightly out of sync. Any idea?

Perry

[Mike Brightman]

Hey Perry…

I had the same issue once I got into the details… I just unlinked the video and audio and slid over until it made sense. Was not a major issue with screen capture bc there were no mouths to line up with audio.

I am still finishing this project, so I will post any new revelations in the next day or two..

Mike

[Steve Klos]

Folks,

I read through this thread to get some details and very much appreciate the assistance folks are providing!

I spent some time yesterday setting up a process that works for me. Figured I would post the details of what I did in the case it may help others.

I’m also one for trying to get communities together :-). I’ve posted the details on the TechSmith forum so other Camtasia folks who are not so Google capable might be able to use the info. You can find the thread (with my post under stevek) here –https://forums.techsmith.com/showthread.php?p=43409#post43409.

[Ed Burns]

I too don’t like to edit inside of Camtasia. Here is how I do it.

1) Capture video using Camtasia Recorder and capture as an avi with automatic settings and change the audio settings to PCM, 48kHz, 16 Bit Mono (for voice over) or Stereo if my desktop is playing stereo music.

2) Record and save

3) Next you are going to need a program called MPEG Streamclip (https://squared5.com) plus Quicktime Player Pro.

4) Open up the avi created by Camtasia Recorder in MPEG Streamclip

5) File ==> Export to Quicktime ==> Compression: TechSmith EnSharpen ==> Options…Compression 1 (fastest) ==> Quality 100% ==> Sound: No Sound ==> Frame Size: unscaled ==> Interlaced Scaling off ==> Make Movie (encoding will be quick)

6) Export audio seperately: File ==> Export Audio… ==> Format: AIFF ==> Channels: Mono or stereo (depending on how you recorded it) ==> Sample Rate: 48 kHz ==> OK

7) Open up Premiere Pro CS3 ==> New Project ==> Custom Settings tab ==> Editing Mode: Desktop ==> Timebase: same as your source or you can also bump it up to something else, since the desktop video is now an .MOV it should work. I am using 24p video so I selected 23.976 frames/second ==> Frame size: I edit at 960 x 540 ==> Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0) ==> Fields: No Fields (progressive scan) ==> Video Rendering I change to TechSmith Screen Capture Codec ==> Name and save your new project

8) Import both files .MOV and .AIFF and drop on a timeline and happy editing.

Hope this helps.