This 68 minute video takes you from an absolute beginner with Camtasia Studio 5 all the way through your first project. You'll learn how to record your screen with the Camtasia Recorder, edit your recording in Camtasia Studio, produce a flash video, and then share it with the world!

Tons of tips and tricks are found all along the way so that by the time you finish, you'll have the skills, knowledge and confidence to create and edit your own screencasts.

Each video in this series is fully indexed with a table of contents so that you can watch it from beginning to end or choose to jump to any topic that you like.

In this video, you'll build upon what you learned in Lesson 1 and use Camtasia's PowerPoint Add-In to turn a PowerPoint presentation into a Flash video for easy sharing on the web. Several recording techniques and tips will be covered that go beyond the basics.

Cool features that are only available with the PowerPoint Add-In will be demonstrated, and you'll learn how to produce your video with a clickable table of contents for easy navigation by your viewers.

In Lesson 3 you'll go a bit beyond the fundamentals by learning how to incorporate full motion video into your Camtasia projects. You'll see how to bring in that video, several options for using it in your projects, and even how to record Picture-in-Picture content during the editing phase of your project.

By using these techniques, you'll open yourself up to a whole new world of possibilities for Camtasia in your training and marketing videos. You'll be able make a more personal connection with your audience by showing the presenter, or provide helpful supporting visuals with traditional video snippets.

In lesson 4 you'll learn about the additional media types supported by Camtasia that have not been covered earlier in the series. You'll work with still pictures and sound and see how to add voice narration to your project during editing.

You'll also see how to make adjustments to your sound to eliminate mistakes, remove noise, or just adjust the volume. By this time you reach this video in the series, you'll be able to create fairly complex, high quality Camtasia videos that incorporate screen capture video, PowerPoint recordings, on-screen annotation, still pictures, full motion video, quality narration and music!

In lesson 5, you'll go deeper into the production and sharing process so that you can learn how to create a video that looks and sounds great but still maintains a small file size for easier viewing by your audience. You'll learn about Camtasia Studio 5's three major flavors of Flash output including the new ExpressShow format and when to use each one. You'll see what settings to adjust and choices to make so that your videos look and sound like you want them to without endless guessing, trial and error.

After you see step-by-step how to produce your video, you'll then learn how to share it with the world in several ways, including two methods for embedding your video into an existing web page or blog. Finally, you'll learn how to upload your video to YouTube including some special guidance on sizing and production settings to use for maximum clarity once it's visible on YouTube.