 Link | ActivePresenter | Camtasia Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Website | atomisystems.com | techsmith.com/... |
| Latest version | 5 | 8.0.2 |
| Release date | Oct. 18th 2012 | Jul. 24th 2012 |
| Distribution | Proprietary software | Proprietary software |
| Price | $ 0 - $349.95 - $449.95 | $ 299.000 |
| Languages | English | English, Français, Deutsch, Korean, Japanese |
| Tutorial |  |  |
| Last update | Nov. 24th 2016 9:50:34 AM | Dec. 5th 2020 4:22:54 PM |
| Platforms | ||
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | No | No |
| Features | ||
| Webcam recording | No | Yes With PC |
| Record microphone audio | Yes | Yes |
| Record system audio | Yes | Yes |
| Video Editing | Yes | Yes For pros, lots of features. |
| Type of generated files | AVI, MP4, WMV, WebM, FLV, HTML, PDF, JPEG, PNG, DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, AJAX, and SWF | H.264, Windows Media, AVI, SWF, FLV |
| Other features | ||
| Screen annotations | ||
| Pause/Resume | Yes | Yes |
| Follow Mouse | Yes | |
| Mouse highlighting | Yes | |
| Custom presets | Yes | |
| Custom backgrounds | Yes | |
| Upload to web | ||
| Embed watermarks | ||
| Record Keystrokes | Yes | |
| Zooming | Yes | |
| Pen or highlighter tool | ||
| Panning | Yes | |
| Record fullscreen | ||
| Your reviews | ||
| Images quality rating | 5.0/5 2 ratings | 5.0/5 1 rating |
| Sound quality rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | 3.0/5 1 rating |
| Overall rating | 5.0/5 4 ratings | 4.3/5 3 ratings |
| X (Twitter) | ||
| Price | $ 299 | |
| Availability | Individual License | |
| Free trial period | Yes 30 days | |
| Free plan | No | |
| Creator's comments | Great tool, but encountered lots of bugs - lost sync on the videos / audio / webcam and took me a lot of time to recover from it. | |
| PC | Yes | |
| Mobile | No | |
| Take screen capture (videos) | Yes | |
| Webcam synchronization | - The video, audio and pip (webcam) are not locked - might easily loose sync. | |
| System requirements | Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Microsoft DirectX 9 or later version Microsoft .NET 4.0 Client Profile (included, except with MSI installer) Dual-Core Processor minimum, Quad-Core Processor or better recommended 2GB RAM minimum, 4GB RAM or greater recommended 2GB of hard-disk space for program installation Display dimensions of 1024x768 or greater Dedicated Windows-compatible sound card, microphone and speakers recommended Camtasia Studio Add-in for PowerPoint requires PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 (32 bit) Import of .mov and production to .mov and .m4v requires Apple QuickTime 7.2 or later Camera video recording requires a USB Web camera. Recording live from a DV camera is not supported Integration with Camtasia Relay requires Camtasia Relay Client Recorder GPU acceleration requires DirectX 9 compatible video adapter with 128 MB of video memory or greater and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later | |
| Screen sharing (other computers) | No May use it along with google hangouts | |
| Live Streaming | No Must use outside service to broadcast | |
| Learning Analytics | Yes Screencast.com or Google Analytics | |
| Sharing Permissions | Yes Thru Screencast.com | |
| LDAP Authentication | No | |
| Shibboleth | No | |
| LMS Integration | No Can Manually Add Files | |
| Downloadable Option | Yes Thru Screencast.com | |
| Searchable Media Meta-Data | No | |
| Automatic Captions | Yes | |
| Content Sharing | Yes Link from Screencast.com | |
| Student Video dropbox | No | |
| Batch Upload | No | |
| View Video on Mobile Device | Yes Screencast.com or App for Interaction | |
| Institution Channel/Share | No Screencast.com Playlist | |
| Directory Upload | No | |
| Automatic Upload | No | |
| Control Availability | Yes | |
| Video Upload | Yes To External Service | |
| Audio Upload | Yes To External Service | |
| iTunes/iTunes U compatible RSS feed | Yes From Screencast.com | |
| Include Attachments and Links | No | |
| Lecture/Screen Capture | Yes |