Comments on: Camtasia vs. Captivate

By: POOKIE

POOKIE — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:39:24 +0000

I PREFER CAMTASIA 4 OVER ADOBE’S OVER PRICED CAPTIVATE…ANY SOFTWARE PRICED OVER $299 IS SUBJECT TO BEING CRACKED AND IT BETTER BE ABLE TO DO MAGIC TRICKS AND PERFORM AT MY KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES… CAMTASIA IS PERFECT FOR ME… I CAPTURE SCREEN WITH CAMTASIA AND ADD ANY AFTER EFFECTS BY EDITING THE .AVI FILE IN ADOBE PREMIERE… LARGE FILES I SIMPLY BREAK UP INTO PARTS VIA FLASH FLV ENCODER… DESPITE THE SKYROCKET PRICES, i AM AN ADOBE FAN BUT CAMTASIA 4 IS THE BETTER SCREEN CAPTURE SOFTWARE… mf’s BLOG ENTRY IS A RATING OF CAMTASIA 1… PERHAPS SHE SHOULD UPDATE HER ENTRY SEEING THAT 2 ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER PEOPLE ARE STILL COMMENTING.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:25:54 +0000

We had trouble using Captivate because it couldn’t synchronize the audio and video while recording. Everything was off.

At least Camtasia is allowing us to record without having to synchronize the audio and video.

(Latest versions used — Captivate 3.0 trial, Camtasia 4.0)

By: Dooch

Dooch — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:37:55 +0000

Try Captivate 3 too.

By: Meredith Farkas

Meredith Farkas — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:48:24 +0000

Ummm… Rob, did you see the date of the review? It’s from 2005.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:50:09 +0000

I think it’s just awful that you’re basing your opinion off of an ancient version of Camtaisa. All of the “gripes” that you had years ago have been resolved, and Camtasia 4 is a far better tool than Captivate.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:05:41 +0000

I’ve not found any way to export captures out of captivate to movie formats, only swf’s, unless i have an Adobe Connect server, in which case i can export to FLV (or that’s how i’ve interpretted that). Camtasia not only exports to FLV or SWF, but also quicktime, wmv, avi, even animated GIF’s if you desire that type of thing.

i personally prefer camtasia for the type of work that i do, and i’m a little shocked that adobe wouldn’t have implemented an export to FLV seeing as they’re the “owners” of that format.

By: geedie

geedie — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:59:51 +0000

my view is one sided as i have only ever used Camtasia.
i use it for 15fps screen recording.
the TSCC codec is beautiful and crisp without creating huge files that ‘uncompressed codec’ would.
I need thin lines and text to appear clean and without jaggies or colours bleeding (usually anything hitting red) and Camtasia can do that.
as for after editing, the Producer may be low on features but its fast.

i dont know why you have a problem with the help files. i know they are very bare but i’m no genius and i didnt have a problem.

By: Rupa

Rupa — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:14 +0000

I am a die-hard Captivate fan. Your article is very good. I have also written an article on Captivate : here:http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/top-8-reasons-why-captivate-rocks/

Cheers!

By: Peter Gillberg - Camtasia Reseller

Peter Gillberg - Camtasia Reseller — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:18:37 +0000

Dear Meredith,

Thank you for your review.

I believe the current version of Camtasia when this review was written was 3.1 and several of the Camtasia “Cons” are not correct for that version.

The current version of Camtasia Studio is 4.0 and now I believe you would be convinced of another outcome.

Please visit us and download a copy to try it out.

By: Einführung in das Screencasting - Screencasting.de

Einführung in das Screencasting - Screencasting.de — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:38:22 +0000

[...] Adobe Captivate. Früher Macromedia Captivate und noch früher als RoboDemo bekannt, liefert Captivate Screencasts als Flash-Applikationen. Mit €450 ist es sehr teuer. Einen Vergleich zwischen Camtasia und Captivate liefert dieser Beitrag. [...]