Making title clips more animated / interesting

[Minka]

Hey...can anyone suggest how I can make my title clips more animated / interesting? At present all I know how to do is change the font and background colour to my company's brand and add their logo. How can I utilize the the Image option to my advantage? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Also, TechSmith support suggested I download the logo in 100 x 100 pixel size, but it seem very small...when I increase its size, it looks blurry. Do you know if a larger size would work?

Thanks much....

[DMastri]

I've only been using this software for about 3 weeks, so someone else may be able to give you better tips, but I've found that I prefer to record my title sequences using Powerpoint.

If you have any Powerpoint experience, you may consider trying that.

[wisemx]

I've been getting nice feedback on the way I decided to do mine.
Using Microsoft Expression Studio I create animation and sound...
Then I record the sequence in Camtasia, edit and save for use in projects.
Once I create the animated parts I easily add them into projects as Media.
That's a very nice feature in Camtasia. Kudos to the team.

I'm willing to do this sort of thing for anyone who needs it, small Paypal donations work for me, and my kids. ;)
http://blogcastrepository.com/photos/marks_shots/default.aspx
Salute,
Mark Wisecarver

[Helmut Heindel]

TechSmith support suggested I download the logo in 100 x 100 pixel size, but it seems very small...when I increase its size, it looks blurry. Do you know if a larger size would work?

Minka, I have no idea why TS would recommend that, but you can make your logo any size you want (within the confines of your screen area). Make it a Custom Callout (see the Techsmith video (http://video.techsmith.com/camtasia/5/edu/newfeatures/enu/customcallouts/customcallouts.html)), then fade it in and out over the title slide for effect.

Also consider making two or three copies of your title slide, then use transition effects between them.

[danielrpark]

Camtasia Studio doesn't do any kind of animation. Here are a few tools that do:

1. PowerPoint (you'll need to capture the result with Camtasia Recorder).
2. Adobe Flash Authoring tool.
3. Adobe After Effects.
4. BluffTitler (a $70 shareware solution that can actually produce some nice effects).

cheers, d.