Camtasia (Mac) Version History

14 August, 2018: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.6

• Fixed a bug where renaming media with special characters could result in the media being deleted from the project.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

3 April, 2018: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.5

• Bug fixes and improvements.

15 March, 2018: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.4

• Fixed an issue with fonts not displaying correctly on the canvas.

13 March, 2018: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.3

• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting projects with behaviors.
• Fixed an issue where the playhead would sometimes jump to zero.
• Fixed issue with freeze region not respecting video rotation information.
• Fixed an importing issue regarding utf8 encoded SRT files.
• Fixed an issue with pdf files not rendering correctly during transitions.
• Fixed an issue with temporary files being deleted when in a standalone or zipped project.
• Added shift qualifier for restricting translations to horizontal and vertical motion.
• Improved the cleanup of unused media when closing projects.
• Fix a crash that could occur when closing a project while text editing is in progress.
• Fixed cursor capture with 3rd party cursors.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when pasting an empty string from the clipboard.
• Fixed an issue where viewing percentage was automatically set to 100% complete even if the quiz/video was not completed.
• Fixed an issue where a message would appear when saving that the project was changed by another application.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

16 November, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.2

• Fixed a crash that could occur when importing MOV files.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when splitting a track on a stitch.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent Camtasia from closing.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

4 October, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.1

• Added support for macOS 10.13
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using non-English keyboards
• Fixed a bug where canceling an export prevented movement of media on the timeline
• Fixed the ability to use Tab and Shift+Tab to cycle between visual media on the timeline
• Other bug fixes and improvements

19 September, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.1.0

• Added ability to import PowerPoint files
• Added new device frames
• Added quick properties
• Fixed a bug where audio effects would not work on videos exported at frame rates other than 30 fps
• Fixed a bug that caused panning on the canvas to pan in an inconsistent behavior
• Other bug fixes and improvements

23 May, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.6

• Fixed a crash that could occur when sharing to YouTube and Google Drive
• Fixed a snapping to the center of the canvas when media is cropped
• Other bug fixes and improvements

18 April, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.5

• Added a display of playhead time and project duration
• Added support for media with PNG codec to allow MOV files with transparency
• Addressed an issue with YouTube sign in and Google Drive Sign in due to Google’s change to OAuth support
• Fixed an issue that could occur when updating projects from Camtasia for Mac 2
• Fixed a bug where the wrong cursor color could be captured in a recording
• Removed OneDrive and O365 SharePoint sharing destinations (known as ‘My Places’) due to security vulnerability
• Other bug fixes and improvements

24 January, 2017: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.4

• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player
• Fixed a bug where videos could export with black frames
• Fixed a bug where right-to-left character sets disappear when behaviors are applied
• Other bug fixes and improvements

15 November, 2016: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.3

• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player
• Bug fixes and improvements

1 November, 2016: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.2

• Fixed a bug where quiz scores were not being displayed in SCORM packages
• Bug fixes and improvements

11 October, 2016: Camtasia (Mac) 3.0.0

• New Behaviors as way to quickly animate images, video, or text
• New callouts
• New Recorder UI
• New grouping of images and videos
• New Voice narration
• Quizzing (SCORM, per question feedback)
• UI updates (more similarities with Windows)
• Ability to share projects with Windows

1 November, 2016: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.8

• Fixed a crash that could occur when applying noise reduction to media

20 September, 2016: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.7

• Added support for macOS 10.12
• Fixed a crash that could occur when recording
• 64-bit PowerPoint presentations

21 June, 2016: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.6

• Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting

08 March, 2016: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.5

• Addressed Sparkle security vulnerability during update processes

01 October, 2015: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.4

• Added support for OS X 10.11
• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player
• Fixed crash that could occur when exporting to MOV
• Other minor bug fixes

25 August, 2015: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.3

• Fixed a bug that could prevent audio playback while previewing in editor and in exported projects
• Improvements and bug fixes for the TechSmith Smart Player
• Encoding settings added
• Other minor bugs fixes

12 May, 2015: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.2

• Fix for Color Picker not selecting accurate color
• Bug fixes and improvements

17 March, 2015: Camtasia for Mac v2.10.1

• Bug fixes and improvements

24 February, 2015: Camtasia for Mac v2.10

• You can now sign in to your TechSmith account in-product and on the website
• Added My Places, which includes OneDrive for Business integration, and import and export from OneDrive for Business
• Removed support for Mac OS X 10.8
• Bug fixes

13 January, 2015: Camtasia for Mac 2.9.2

• Fixed a crash that could occur when unplugging USB headsets and mics
• Other bug fixes

18 November, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.9.1

• Bug fixes

05 November, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.9.0

• Camtasia for Mac is now a 64-bit app
• Added GIF export
• Added the ability to record iOS devices
• Added gesture effects
• Added ability to convert unsupported file formats used in older projects
• Added the ability to export a selected region of the timeline
• Introduced in-product tips and tricks
• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player
• Fixed a crash that could occur when renaming media
• Fixed a crash that could occur when pausing a recording
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting at the maximum canvas dimensions
• Other minor bug fixes

09 September, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.8.3

• Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting a custom region to record in OS X 10.10
• Fixed a crash that could occur when adding hotspots to media in OS X 10.10
• Fixed a crash that could occur when canceling out of the advanced export options menu in OS X 10.10
• Fixed a bug that did not preserve mask rotations

29 July, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.8.2

• Fixed a bug that set the default image duration to one frame

24 June, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.8.1

• Fixed a crash that could occur after copying effects
• Fixed a crash that could occur while retrying a share to YouTube
• Fixed a crash that could occur when ripple deleting a range with captions
• Fixed a bug that prevented sketch motion callouts from being saved without drop shadows
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the use of TREC files when recorded with external webcams
• Fixed a bug where the user could not log into Screencast.com if an incorrect username/password was stored in the keychain
• Fixed a bug on 10.6 where the cursor was not displayed in recordings

20 May, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.8.0

• Added a cross platform Techsmith Recording format (.trec) that allows users to record on Camtasia (Mac) and edit in Camtasia (Win), or vice-versa.
• Added a timeline context menu option to remove all empty tracks
• Fixed a bug that changes callout stroke width when scaling shape callouts
• Fixed a bug that prevented Camtasia for Mac from closing after modifying the getting started project
• Fixed a bug that prevented sharing to Screencast.com if login information was not saved in the keychain
• Fixed a bug that caused a hang when dragging files with .cmrec in the filename or path
• Fixed a bug that would prevent multiple items from being selected in the clip bin
• Fixed a bug where markers on the timeline would not update
• Fixed a bug that failed to display the title in the share history window when sharing to Relay
• Fixed a bug that created extra space between media when multiple sources were added to the timeline at once
• Fixed a bug where adding multiple media to the timeline at once results in multiple undos
• Fixed a bug that allowed media to be forced onto a locked track
• Fixed a bug that deleted the share history from the disk
• Fixed a bug that prevented the retry function from working in the share history window
• Fixed a bug where closing a project without saving can cause any media deleted from the project to be removed from the project when reopening it again
• Fixed a bug that creates an empty entry in the share history window
• Fixed a bug that appends .mp4 to files uploaded to Google Drive that already have the .mp4 extension
• Fixed a bug that scaled shape callouts instead of resizing them after cropping
• Fixed a crash that could occur when doing an advanced export as a Quicktime MPEG-4 or Quicktime Movie

15 April, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.7.2

• Fixed a crash when sharing to Screencast.com when only 1 folder exists
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the marker track
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a large number of media are placed in the bin

02 February, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.7.1

• Fixed a bug that caused blur and highlight annotations to appear in the wrong location after export
• Fixed a bug that was causing flashing video in the editor and exported projects
• Fixed a bug where a crash could occur when sharing to YouTube
• Fixed a bug where a crash could occur when opening a project

28 January, 2014: Camtasia for Mac 2.7.0

• Made improvements to the Relay plugin
• Added the ability to crop annotations
• Made improvements to the TechSmith Smart Player
• Fixed an issue with files imported from Fuse do not have thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where images are imported sideways from Fuse
• Fixed a crash when resizing an annotation while pressing Command
• Fixed an issue where double-clicking a .cmproj opens an untitled project also
• Fixed an issue where the playhead does not move on a ripple delete when using the context menu on a selected region
• Fixed an issue with media scaling while dragging control points
• Added the ability that when a track is hidden associated markers are also hidden

19 December, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.6.2

• Fixed a crash when sharing to Camtasia Relay
• Fixed a hang when the media path contained the characters 'cmrec' or 'trec' anywhere in the path
• Fixed a bug where the play head sometimes jumps back to time zero when clicking or dragging it

03 December, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.6.1

• Fixed a bug that was causing Fuse videos larger than 1GB to fail to transfer
• Fixed a bug where special characters in file names sent from Fuse were not handled correctly
• Fixed a bug where deleting media from the bin followed by a save did not delete the media from the project
• Fixed a bug where after dragging a freeze region effect on the timeline, multiple undo operations were required to undo the drag operation
• Fixed a bug where dragging two video effects to the timeline required three undo operations to undo the two changes
• Fixed a bug where a crash would occur when cropping a callout by using the option key while resizing the callout
• Fixed a bug where an error message would occur when the user double clicks a .cmrec file

19 November, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.6.0

• Added import of videos and images from Google Drive
• Added sharing of video to Google Drive
• Added import of videos and images from mobile devices using TechSmith Fuse for iOS and Android
• Added Ctrl+Shift modifier to use snapping while trimming a media with the mouse on the timeline
• Fixed a bug where exporting would continue after the user clicked the cancel button
• Fixed a bug where you could get into a state where changes to audio actions were not applied
• Fixed a bug where a volume adjustment could end up inside a visual action leading to a crash
• Fixed a bug where clicking on the playhead drop line would deselect the media behind it, making editing a media near the playhead more difficult.
• Fixed a bug where the double arrow callout could be clipped when the width is set to 100
• Fixed a bug where the Update File context menu in the clip bin should have been disabled because selecting it would have no effect.
• Fixed a bug where copy and paste of an animation could change the interpolator on the animation
• Fixed a bug where the drop zones don't draw correctly when dragging an effect to a rotated media on the canvas.
• Fixed a bug where it took two undo actions to remove a video effect after adding it
• Fixed a bug where the Mix to mono setting was not saved on a stitched media
• Fixed a bug where you could not tab between input boxes when adjusting the canvas dimensions

30 October, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.5.1

• Fixed a bug that was causing blank recordings on secondary screens on OSX 10.8 and later
• Fixed a crash on OSX 10.9 after 4,110 frames on some systems
• Fixed recording artifacts on OSX 10.9

24 September, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.5.0

• Added a share history window
• Added Facebook and Twitter buttons in the share history window using the built-in social features of OS X 10.8 and later
• Improved capture frame rate by leveraging a new capture method on OS X 10.8 and later
• Added an integrated color picker and a user preference for those who prefer the system color picker
• Added a "Mix to mono" option which is useful when all the audio is in the left or right channel, and you'd like it in both
• Added the ability to lock tracks to prevent edits from affecting the media on the track
• Added the ability to turn tracks off, which hides the visuals and mutes the audio on the track
• Added the option to use linear interpolation for key frame actions
• Fixed an issue where the Media bin thumbnail was black for images larger than 5000x5000
• Allow user to press Shift key after mouse down in order to make a range selection
• Added the ability to use the Shift key with the comma and period keys to fine tune a timeline range selection
• Limit the max width of an arrow to 100 to prevent rendering errors
• Fixed an issue where the timeline didn't auto-scroll when dragging the edge of a media clip to extend its duration
• Disabled context menu items that will not work for offline source files in the media bin
• Fixed an issue where keystrokes are not recorded correctly when the system is configured with JPN language settings
• Fixed an issue where the canvas width could be selected but typing would not change the number in the edit box
• Fixed an issue where a project could get into a corrupt state where it could not be saved or opened
• Fixed an issue where thumbnails in the media bin could appear stretched
• Fixed an issue where a freeze region effect is added to entire media rather than a set duration when added from the context menu
• Fixed an issue where control + click did not bring up the contextual menu for an effect in the asset bin
• Fixed an issue where repeated use of cut and undo could lead to a crash
• Fixed an issue where the zoom slider could get stuck at a particular zoom level
• Fixed performance problems when 2 stacked clips have a freeze region effect at the same time
• Fixed a crash when exporting an annotation that has a device frame applied to it
• Fixed an issue where dragging an action to the end of a media does not move it to the end unless you first zoom in on the timeline
• Fixed a crash when exporting to Screencast.com using a project that contains markers
• Fixed an issue where not all mask properties were red when in global edit mode
• Fixed a crash when entering the captions view on systems where the "Arial" font is disabled
• Fixed an issue where the lock aspect ratio in the Adjust Canvas dialog was not working correctly
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't tab between the input boxes in the Adjust Canvas dialog
• Fixed a crash when trying to split media with multiple actions selected

14 August, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.4.2

• Fixed a crash that could occur after removing items from the media bin
• Fixed a bug that made pasting in external media fail after copying an animation

25 June, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.4.1

• Fixed a crash in OS X 10.6 when trying to produce with markers on the timeline
• Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking repeatedly in the media bin

04 June, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.4.0

• Added stitching (usability enhancement for editing on the timeline)
• Added the ability to copy and paste properties and animations
• Added spell check for callouts
• Added freeze region video effect
• Added a getting started project
• Updated device frame video effects
• Additional bug fixing and enhancements

23 April, 2013: Camtasia for Mac 2.3.1

• Fixed a crash when closing windows in OS X 10.6
• Fixed a bug with Intel HD 4000 cards on OS X 10.8.3

11 December, 2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.3.0

• Added sketch motion animated callouts
• Added ability to capture hotkeys during recording and display them in your project
• Added ability to copy/paste annotations and media between projects
• Added ability to apply transitions to both the beginning and end of media
• Added a new default rounded rectangle callout with a semitransparent fill
• Added new default lower thirds callouts
• Added a tooltip that shows the start time and duration of media when trimming
• Added indication of where hotspots are added on the timeline
• Added an option to choose 25 FPS recording frame rate
• Added an option to show captions underneath a video shared to Screencast.com or a webpage
• Added ability to ripple extend frames and add space on the timeline
• Added ability to insert new tracks on the timeline
• Added a button that zooms to show everything on the timeline
• Additional bug fixing and enhancements

23 October, 2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.2

• Improved quality of table of contents thumbnail images
• Tutorial viewer offline message is now translated for German locale
• Mask effects now rotate correctly with properties panel controls
• Improved memory usage for media on the timeline
• Reduced delay between finishing a recording and entering a new project
• Additional bug fixing

18 September, 2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.1

• Added German product localization
• Improved system audio capture with new TechSmith Audio Capture Component
• Improved support for Retina display devices
• Added support for OS X 10.8
• Improved support for systems with USB external monitors
• Improved performance and memory usage in the editor
• Additional bug fixing

19 June, 2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.2.0

• Enhanced viewing experience for videos shared to Screencast or embedded in a web page
• Added support for video hotspots
• Added a new spotlight video effect
• Added a new mask video effect
• Added inverted blur annotation
• Added inverted highlight annotation
• Added table of contents points for sharing to YouTube
• Added a button to close the marker track
• Clips that do not have effects on them after a split will no longer show the effects drawer
• Reduced minimum duration for timeline preferences to 0.1 seconds
• Added a timeline duration display
• Added tooltips for filenames of clips on the timeline and media bin
• Added a context menu for deleting all markers

24 April, 2012: Camtasia for Mac 2.1.0

• Added clip speed to allow compressing or expanding the duration of a clip
• Added a video effect to remove a color
• YouTube sharing options now include tags, description, and privacy
• Increased the number of fonts available for text elements
• Added support for .mov files with more than audio channels
• Added keyboard shortcut to show/hide the marker track
• Added keyboard shortcuts to select next and previous media
• Add preference to turn off recording status icon
• Added ability to scroll on the timeline via the keyboard
• Added the option to scale media from the center instead of the corner
• Added an arrow shape with a border
• Added aspect ratio lock in adjust canvas dialog
• Added scale readout while resizing objects on the canvas
• Increased the scale precision in properties panel
• Improved rendering of resized frame effects

06 December, 2011: Camtasia for Mac 2.0.0

• Added annotations – callouts, lines, arrows, highlights, and blur
• Added ability to save custom annotation styles
• Improved organization of effects and media
• Added scale to fit, tilt left, and tilt right animations
• Added new default shapes
• Added a preference for default color presets
• Added cursor and click effects
• Added the ability to edit the duration of effects on media
• Added the ability to extend frames
• Added device frame video effects
• Added the ability to modify the canvas color
• Added additional support for dragging media from other applications
• Redesigned iTunes export dialog
• Updated property panel design
• Improved exporting engine performance
• Improved editor rendering performance
• Improved editor responsiveness
• Improved timeline zooming and scrolling performance