Making videos with OBS and Camtasia

After many years of trying, I think I’ve finally found a decent workflow for making videos. I’ve always loved Camtasia for making screencasts but I really like the flexibility of OBS for getting video onto my computer. So now I use both. The only thing I needed to do for it all to work was to go into File>Settings in OBS and change the video recording format to mp4:

Once I made that change I could import my recording files into Camtasia. It asks me if I want to use 60Hz video for the project (oh yes I do) and then lets me get on with formatting the video, adding captions, sorting out the audio and finally uploading it straight to YouTube. OBS is free and Camtasia has a really generous free trial period. If you are thinking about making some videos these two tools are a great way to get started.

Full disclosure: Tecksmith were kind enough to give me a copy of Camtasia to play with as part of my Microsoft MVP award. But I’d been using Camtasia and liking it in my day job for a good while before I got the freebie.