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Preparing to record

Preparing to record - Camtasia Tutorial

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Preparing to record

- [Instructor] When you're preparing to record a screencast, there's no one right or wrong way to prepare. It's going to really depend on your particular situation. Now the most basic way to prepare is to open up the application that you're going to be recording with and step through all of the actions that you're going to be doing throughout the movie. Make sure that you're familiar with where all of the items are and what they're called. Everything on screen has a specific name, so make sure you learn what the names are and how to describe them. Next, if you're creating a series of episodes, then draft out a rough plan for your series by creating a table of contents. Now the plan will likely evolve over time, but sketch out a rough idea of where you think the series is going to go. For example, if you're recording a series of movies about how to roast coffee at home, then you'd want to break that larger topic up into…

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