You can import the following file formats into Camtasia for editing:
| Camtasia 2020 | Camtasia 2019 | Camtasia 2018 | Camtasia 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BMP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CAMREC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GIF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| M4A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MOV (ProRes) | ✓ | |||
| MOV (H.264, PNG codecs only) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MP3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MP4 (AVC, and H.264 codecs only) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MPEG-1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTS and M2TS (AC-3 Filter required for Windows 8 and Windows 7). For more information, see this article. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF (single page) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| PNG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PPT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (9.1.0 and later) |
| PPTX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (9.1.0 and later) |
| TREC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WAV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WMA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WMV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
For Unsupported File Formats:
- If you have an H265 (HEVC) encoded video and are on Windows 10, you can try to download and install this Microsoft Extension. Once installed, restart the computer and try your file in Camtasia again.
- Open the file in a desktop media player or web browser and record the playback with Camtasia Recorder. The TREC recording file opens in Camtasia and can be imported into other projects.
- You can convert some video formats to the MP4 file format. Download Handbrake and watch the tutorial below to learn how to convert the file to MP4.
