Camtasia 2022 Version History – TechSmith Support

What's New in 2022.5.7 (04 November 2024)

Updates for IT Administrators

Updated FFmpeg to version 6.0 which addresses CVE 2024-7272, in which a remote attacker could potentially exploit a heap-based buffer overflow.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a startup crash that could occur due to Camtasia launching with low process integrity.

What's New in 2022.5.6 (23 July 2024)

Updates for IT Administrators

Updated WiX to version 3.14.1 which addresses CVE 2024-24810 and CVE 2024-29187, where a local attacker could elevate privileges when the Camtasia installer is running, and CVE 2024-29188, where a local attacker could elevate privileges to delete files when the Camtasia installer is running.

What's New in 2022.5.5 (16 January 2024)

Updates for IT Administrators

Fixed a security issue where user interaction with a maliciously crafted project file could result in arbitrary code execution. Thanks to Renwa Hiwa (@RenwaX23) for reporting this issue.
Fixed a security issue with the custom file handler protocol, which could result in arbitrary file downloads. Thanks to Renwa Hiwa (@RenwaX23) for reporting this issue.
Users are now prompted to confirm the opening of project files containing network paths, addressing a potential security risk. Thanks to @gokuKaioKen_ for reporting this issue.

What's New in 2022.5.4 (2 May 2023)

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that could cause Camtasia to incorrectly show maintenance expiration date as 1/1/2001.

What's New in 2022.5.3 (11 April 2023)

Updates for IT Administrators

Fixed a folder permissions issue that prevented some enterprise end-users from accessing Camtasia.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that prevented accessing Camtasia with a Windows username containing non-Latin characters.

What's New in 2022.5.2 (23 March 2023)

Feature Updates

Cursors

Added option to Preferences: Show timeline cursor indicators.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur when starting a new project when at 60fps and editing a cursor path.
Fixed a crash that could occur when editing the clip speed of a stitched media.

What's New in 2022.5.1 (7 March 2023)

Feature Updates

Lottie

Added Update Media support for Lottie files. This is only available if they have the same properties.
Lotties now save custom colors when saved back to the Library.

Cursors

Double-clicking a cursor keyframe while editing now moves the playhead to that keyframe.

Visual Effects

Added Search Bar to Visual Effects Tool Panel.
Added the ability to swap colors on Visual Effects with two colors.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a problem that could occur when dragging Audio Fade In or Fade Out.
Fixed a bug that allowed m4a export to proceed when no audio was present.
Fixed a bug that could occur when undoing a color change to the Color Tint effect.
Fixed a crash that could occur when replacing media on a Quick Property Asset.
Fixed a UI alignment bug for Visual Effects with blending ranges.
Google access tokens are now stored in Windows Credential Manager. Thanks to Zekv4n for reporting.
Google access tokens are now revoked during sign out. Thanks to Zekv4n for reporting this issue.
Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect keyframes to be highlighted when editing the cursor path.
Timeline thumbnails are now properly updated after a Lottie color is changed.
Fixed a bug that could fail to show a timeline thumbnail after extending a media frame.
Fixed a crash in DEU when adding an asset to the Library using Use Visible Size.
Fixed a bug that affected the Line Type selection while editing the cursor path.

What's New in 2022.5.0 (7 February 2023)

New Features

Transitions

Added six new heart themed transitions with configurable properties just in time to show your viewers the love.

Recorder

In addition to quickly launching Camtasia’s Recorder, now Auditate and Snagit Recorders can be launched directly from the Camtasia Editor.

Feature Updates

Recorder

Dimension Presets

Revamped Recorder Dimension presets to support horizontal, vertical and square video resolutions. Choose a preset by selecting the dropdown menu in the Screen Recording toggle switch.

Lottie

Added ability to adjust solid color fills and strokes of Lottie Media on the Timeline

Canvas

Added “Center Anchor” context menu option to reset the position of a media’s anchor point to its default.
Added ability to constrain media along a vertical or horizontal axis when dragging on the Canvas by holding down“shift” while performing the drag operation.
Completely revamped Project Dimension presets to support horizontal, vertical and square video resolutions. Context-click anywhere on the Canvas and choose Project Settings, then use the Dimensions dropdown to choose desired video dimensions.

Cursors

Custom Cursor Images

Added the ability to import custom cursor images that can replace cursors in a Camtasia screen recording, or when using the Cursor Path Creator visual effect.
Added the ability to set a custom cursors’ anchor point position using the Properties Panel cursor crosshairs UI, or input fields.
Added ability to edit previously imported cursors via the Properties Panel.
Added ability to delete previously imported cursors via the Properties Panel.
Added the ability to replace an existing cursor with a blank cursor. No need to add an animation and adjust opacity in order to hide a cursor–just use the Cursor Image Replace Panel and choose the blank cursor.
Enhanced Cursor Path Simplification algorithm to account for the position of recorded click events.

Export

Added automatic “remember last used settings” to the modern export experience. Settings are saved across sessions.
Added ability to create and save presets to the modern export experience.

Tools

Changed the order tools appear in the left-hand Tools Panel and removed the Interactivity item from tools. Interactive elements can still be added using the timeline Quiz track or via menus.

Bug Fixes

Improved audio decoding for WebEx recordings.
Improved handling when audio devices on the system change.
Fixed a bug that could cause the caption editor to erroneously cycle backwards through captions.
Fixed a bug in the modern export dialog that allowed too many characters to be entered for frame rate.
Fixed a user-reported startup crash.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using Batch Production.
Fixed a crash that could occur when failing to initialize a recording device.
Fixed a bug that prevented source files with double-byte characters from being proxied.
Fixed the macOS I-beam replacement cursor on Windows.

What's New in 2022.4.1 (13 December 2022)

Feature Updates

Exporter

Back by popular demand, the Legacy Exporter is once again available as an export option for encoding and packaging videos. The Legacy Exporter is expected to fully retire in the next 12 months, but based on feedback we have decided the modern export experience needs a few more options available before it can fully assume the role.
Added the ability to export timeline selection into the modern exporter.

Bug Fixes

Improved performance when trimming media with cursor metadata.
Fixed a bug that could cause Undo to undo more than expected after dragging media to the canvas.

What's New in 2022.4.0 (6 December 2022)

Feature Updates

Media Replace

Added ability to drag and drop replace media on Canvas.
- Placeholders can be replaced on Canvas using drag and drop.
- Designated media inside Quick Property Assets can be replaced on Canvas using drag and drop.

Exporter

Updated the Screencast exporter.

Bug Fixes

Added a scrollbar to the Timeline context menu for users with smaller screen resolutions.
Retired option to "Extract Recording Contents..." from the Media Bin.
Retired option to extract recording contents using the Windows Shell.
Improved error message when licensing fails because servers are busy.
Improved error messages that can occur if an upload fails after exporting.
Fixed a bug that could cause the recorder to silently exit in the middle of a recording.
Fixed a startup crash that could occur for DE customers that changed their Timeline height to fractional pixel dimensions.
Fixed a bug that would cause export validation steps to be skipped when using the keyboard shortcut.
Fixed a bug that prevented PowerPoint files from being imported if the extension was not lowercase.
Fixed a bug that could cause pasted media to move to an unexpected position when pasted inside a Group.
Fixed a bug that could cause Camtasia 2021 Library Assets to display with incorrect crop rectangles on the Canvas.
Fixed a bug that could cause crop properties to be lost when replacing media in a Quick Properties Asset.
Fixed a bug that could allow too many quiz answers to be supplied by manually editing the project file.

What's New in 2022.3.0 (15 November 2022)

New Features

Rulers & Guides

Added ability to show / hide Rulers to the Canvas.
Added ability to add vertical and horizontal guides to the Canvas by dragging from a ruler.
Added ability to remove guides from Canvas by dragging guide back to ruler.
Added ability to remove guides using context menu.
Added ability to snap media to guides.

Feature Updates

Cursors

Added Smooth Across Edits toggle option to cursor properties.

When selected, the cursor position is automatically animated between the final cursor position keyframe of selected media and first cursor position keyframe of next media on the same track.
When selected, cursor position is automatically animated across stitches in selected media.

Added Cursor Image keyframe indicator glyph to Timeline media.

Displays current cursor image at time.
Current Cursor Image keyframe highlighted at time.
Highlights all instances using current cursor at time when the Similar segment control is selected in the Properties Panel.

Transitions

Added user configurable attributes to 72 Transitions.

Canvas

Zoom Level

Increased the scale range of Canvas Zoom to 2000%.

DPI Aware Adjustable Canvas

Canvas UI detects high DPI systems and monitors and chooses appropriate scale of UI elements.
User configurable DPI scaling options allow users to adjust the scale of Canvas UI controls (1x, 1.5x, 2x).

Reverse Video

Added ability to reverse audio streams within video media.

Media Replace

Added ability to drag and drop from Media Bin and Library to Quick Properties of Assets in the Properties Panel.

Export

Exposed export option to allow GPU encoding for MP4 output in modern exporter.

This is a beta feature, and will be tagged as such in the UI.
For certain hardware configurations, enabling this feature can potentially result in a modest increase in performance when exporting a video.
The supported configurations will be pretty narrow at first, and hopefully expand over time as we learn more and develop the feature. Removed Production Wizard.
All export options now flow through the modern export experience.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting after canceling an export.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Pan tool while editing the cursor path.
Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging media to and from the Library.
Fixed a crash that could occur when adding trec files with stitches from the Library.
Improved license cache performance to reduce intermittent licensing errors.
Fixed a bug that could cause the cursor to leave the edited cursor path.
Fixed a bug that could cause the wrong Favorites category to be shown on application start.
Fixed a bug that allowed trimming of media past the beginning of the project.
Fixed a bug that could change the undo stack when selecting media.
Fixed a bug that could cause a performance slowdown when reopening a project.
Fixed a bug that could prevent Jump to Marker from working within quizzes.
Fixed a bug that could cause quizzes and tables of contents to show at an incorrect time.
Fixed a bug that could cause Library assets smaller than the Canvas to be saved with incorrect dimensions.
Fixed a bug that could prevent OBS from showing as an available camera.
Fixed a bug that could cause erratic behavior when editing captions.
Fixed a bug that could cause frame rates other than 30fps to be changed to 30fps when sharing to some destinations.
Improved mouse cursor behavior when editing effects on the Canvas.
Fixed a bug that could occur when replacing cropped media.

What's New in 2022.2.1 (28 September 2022)

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur in the background during shutdown.

What's New in 2022.2.0 (27 September 2022)

New Features

Cursor Image Replace

Added the ability to navigate between cursor image changes to the Properties Panel.
Added ability to replace the recorded cursor image with a different cursor image from the recording.
Added ability to replace the recorded cursor image with a vector system cursor image.
Added the ability to choose the cursor image used with the Cursor Path Creator effect.
Added Recorded Cursors Set to the Cursor Image Replace combo box in the Properties Panel.
Added Mac and Windows System Cursors Sets to the Cursor Image Replace options in the Properties Panel.
Added the ability to insert a new cursor image at the Playhead position of a Camtasia Recording.
Added the ability to insert a new cursor image at the Playhead position when using the Cursor Path Creator effect.
Added Current Cursor Indicator Element.
Added Cursor Image Keyframe Indicator.
Delete Cursor Image Keyframes.
Add New Cursor Image Keyframes.
Added Cursor Replace Operations.
Replace Current Cursor.
Replace All Similar Cursors.
Replace All Cursors.

Feature Updates

Transitions

Added Search Bar to Transitions Tool Panel.

Audiate Sync

Added Edit in Audiate options to properties panel when media is selected on the Timeline.

Editing

Added Remove All Stitches to menu bar and media context menus.
Set WAV as default format for Audio Narration.

Shortcuts

Added Customizable Shortcuts:

Remove All Stitches

Deprecated / Removed

Removed Vimeo Output.

Bug Fixes

Updated crash reporting dialog to include a hyperlink to TechSmith tech support.
Updated the End User License Agreement with new TechSmith physical address.
Changed the mouse cursor opacity in the Camtasia 2022 Default Template to 100%.
Fixed audio / video sync issues with OBS and Reincubate Camo virtual cameras.
Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting properties after deleting a Marker.
Fixed a crash that could occur when using mp4s with very large dimensions.
Fixed a crash that could occur when changing project frame rates.
Fixed a bug that could prevent users from modifying the Extend Frame duration.
Fixed a bug that could prevent users from renaming quizzes on the timeline.
Fixed a bug that could create apparent gaps in the timeline when combining Clip Speed with Magnetic Tracks.
Fixed a bug that prevented Audiate-generated captions from being trimmed out.
Fixed a hang that could occur when adding a marker to Audiate-generated captions.

What's New in 2022.1.1 (25 August 2022)

Feature Updates

Video Support

Improved support for HEVC-encoded video files.

Visual FX

Added canvas snapping for Visual FX with corner and center handles.

Cursors

Cursor path line types now show as disabled when they are unavailable.
When generating cursor paths, the last keyframe will now be selected first.
Esc key will now exit Cursor Path Editing.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur when reversing a TREC file without screen media.
Fixed a startup crash for Japanese users.
Fixed an issue that could cause Transitions to be listed out of alpha order.
Fixed an issue that could cause Copy Selected Effects to be shown when it should not be.
Fixed an error that could occur when extending a media.
Fixed a bug that could prevent Behaviors from showing in the Favorites dropdown on startup.
Fixed a bug that could cause a cursor point to be deselected when clicking with a modifier key.
Fixed a bug that cause effects to be removed when replacing a media.

What's New in 2022.1.0 (16 August 2022)

New Features

Reverse Video

Added ability to reverse video clips in the Media Bin.

Blur Region Effect

Added Blur Region visual effect with configurable blur amount and tint color. Enjoy frosted glass in any shade your heart desires.

Freeze Region Effect

Added Freeze Region visual effect. Select any region of the screen and freeze the selected area, or inverted selection, in place for the duration of the effect. Get rid of those annoying / embarrassing pop-ups with a simple drag and drop effect.

Feature Updates

Favorites

Added labeled expanders to the Favorites Tool.

Cursors

Improved user interface for cursor paths on the timeline.
Added tooltips to the cursor tab in the Properties panel.
Cursor Path Editing state is now remembered when re-selecting a media.

Exporter

The last-used folder is now remembered when using the modern export experience.
Updated the YouTube exporter.

Transitions

Added customizable properties for some transitions.

Installation

Improved error messaging when installation fails.

Licensing

Improved customer experience while using the licensing support tool.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting an image with a Cursor Path Creator applied.
Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing and redoing a Cursor Path Creator effect.
Fixed a bug that could cause unexpected changes in canvas objects' position when ungrouping.
Fixed a bug that could allow invalid characters when renaming a Theme.
Fixed a bug that could cause an incorrect maintenance expiration date to be shown based on the user's time zone.
Fixed a bug that could leave obsolete files in the user's Temp folder in the event of a crash.
Fixed a bug that could cause the Zoom-n-Pan view to be drawn incorrectly when displaying nested groups.
Fixed a bug in drag selection logic when using a magnetic track.
Fixed a bug that could allow placeholder properties to be edited on non-placeholder media.
Fixed a bug that could allow invalid Ease Out values to be entered.
Fixed a bug that could mark a project as modified after opening the Project Settings dialog.
Fixed a bug that could prevent reverting a media's scale.

What's New in 2022.0.4 (26 July 2022)

Added Paste as plain text to callout right-click menu.
Added support for minimizing the exporter dialog while using the modern export experience.
Days remaining in a customer maintenance agreement is now hidden until 30 days are remaining.
Days remaining in a customer maintenance agreement is now hidden for all enterprise customers.
Updated End User License Agreement (EULA).
Improved in-product message banner on high DPI displays.
Fixed crash on startup when proxy.pac file has empty or DIRECT proxy.
Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to paste an image as callout text.
Fixed a crash that could occur if an invalid key was entered into the trial watermark dialog.
Fixed a bug that could cause an error to be thrown when exporting from Audiate to a new project.
Fixed a bug that prevented the caption editor from starting when hitting the Enter key.
Fixed a bug that could cause too many Undo points when moving media on the canvas using arrow keys.

What's New in 2022.0.3 (12 July 2022)

Camtasia editor will now minimize while using the modern export experience.
Export progress is now shown on the taskbar icon while using the modern export experience.
Updated SCORM package templates.
Updated callout text insertion cursor to match the color of the text to increase visibility.
Improved recorder flyout animation in the Camtasia Home screen.
Increased mouse click target size for recorder flyout in the Camtasia Home screen.
Expired trial information is now displayed properly in Camtasia Home.
Improved accessibility of the Camtasia installer.
Fixed a silent crash that could occur when exiting the program.
Fixed a crash that could occur when renaming an effect.
Fixed a crash that could occur when editing a cursor path.
Fixed a bug that could result in a group name being lost when replacing media.
Fixed a bug that could cause error messages to become hidden behind the registration dialog.

What's New in 2022.0.2 (17 June 2022)

Added subscription information to the About Camtasia dialog.
Added Blending Range control to Color Adjustment effect.
Added Blending Range control to Color LUT effect.
Added Blending Range control to Color Tint effect.
Added Blending Range control to Colorize effect.
Renamed Colorize Amount property to Intensity for consistency with other effects.
Added better error handling when media files become unavailable.
Fuse error dialogs now link directly to a relevant help article.
Fixed a crash that could occur during batch production if a .tscproj file was invalid.
Fixed a crash that could occur when a Library asset was missing key information.
Fixed a crash that could occur when grouping stitched media with no visual track.
Fixed a crash that could occur when Camtasia is shutting down.
Fixed a bug that could prevent exporting from Audiate to Camtasia.

What's New in 2022.0.1 (8 June 2022)

Added context menu item to Recent Projects in Camtasia Home: Open File Location.
Added context menu item to Recent Projects in Camtasia Home: Remove From List.
Added context menu item to Templates in Camtasia Home: Open Template Manager.
When prompting for a file name, Recorder will now automatically append a date-time stamp.
Changed effect name from "Cursor Path" to "Cursor Path Creator."
Restore Path will now restore cursor paths created by Cursor Path Creator.
Lottie JSON files now show the correct metadata in the Media Bin.
The Ctrl key will now disable canvas snapping while editing the cursor path.
Added "(audio only)" for clarity to the M4A file type in the Exporter dialog.
Updated cursor for Cursor Path Creator effect.
Redoing a Group command now properly selects the group on the timeline.
Fixed a Recorder crash that could occur when selecting a region.
Added vector cursors to improve compatibility with macOS recordings.
Fixed a bug that could prevent Audiate from exporting to Camtasia.
Fixed a bug that caused a tooltip in Audio Properties to display for incorrect menu items.
Fixed a bug that could cause the parent media to be deleted when deleting a cursor point.
Fixed a bug that allowed arrow keys to affect the Canvas when Editor was not in foreground.
Fixed a bug that caused Marker or Quiz to be incorrectly selected when reopening the menu.
Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect height or width properties to be shown after cropping a media.
Fixed a bug that could cause a Cursor Path to be added to a Placeholder before it was dropped.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Ctrl key from disabling snapping during Cursor Path Editing.
Fixed a bug that could allow creation of a corrupt media in the Media Bin.
Fixed a crash that could occur when opening multiple projects in a row.
Fixed a crash that could occur when undoing a change to the project frame rate.
Fixed a crash that could occur when Grouping a stitched media with no visual track.
Fixed a crash that could occur while updating a media if the original path had an invalid filename.
Fixed a bug that could cause Library preview windows to display at the wrong size.
Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect playback progress to be shown when the Canvas is detached.
Error descriptions have been improved when installation fails.
Fixed a bug that could cause restoring items to a tool panel to affect items in other tool panels.
Fixed a bug that could prevent keyboard shortcut changes from being reflected in context menus.

What's New in 2022.0.0 (7 June 2022)

Added support for virtual cameras and camera capture cards.
New and improved multi-stream recording engine (Mac).
New and improved Recorder UI (Mac).
Retired Legacy Recorder (Windows).
Added ability to edit cursor path position based on metadata captured by Camtasia Recorder.
Added ability to add cursor path to any image, video or group via Cursor Path Creator (Mac) Cursor Path (Windows) effect. Cursor Path Creator is available in both the Visual Effects bin and the Cursor Effects bin.
Added robust cursor path editing capabilities.
Added ability for recorded raster operating system cursors to be replaced with vector equivalents.
Added cursor default scale of 225%.
Added increased range of cursor scale slider to 2000%.
Added ability to override cursor scale value up to 10,000%.
Added ability to set cursor default scale in preferences.
Send video directly to Audiate and edit the video by simply deleting, cutting, or pasting automatically transcribed text.
Send edited video from Audiate directly to Camtasia Timeline.
Auto-sync automatically moves objects on the Camtasia Timeline to match edits made in Audiate.
Auto-stitching automatically joins edited video media into a single virtual media to allow easy application of effects, animation and cursor adjustments.
New and improved local export experience (Windows).
Deprecated Production Wizard (Windows).
Added single-click export defaults.
New and improved Camtasia Home experience.
Added ability to access Home at any time, even while editing a project.
Added TechSmith Recorder Flyout menu, providing quick access to Camtasia, Audiate and Snagit Recorders.
Added Templates quick access view to Camtasia Home.
Added Recent Projects hero thumbnails and metadata.
Added Trial and Account status radiator to primary view.
Added Enhanced Learn Tab Experience.
New and improved cross-platform Canvas interaction engine.
Added align–assist guides to bounding box interactions to easily align media.
Added ability to adjust anchor point of any media.
Added anchor point snapping.
Added adjusted anchor points will now be stored when media is added to the Library.
Added 30 new GPU accelerated transitions.
Added Blend Mode effect with hover preview.
Added Blend Range advanced adjustment settings.
Added Outline Edges effect (Windows).
Added Spotlight effect (Windows).
New and improved default Library now ships with over 1000 new custom assets, including callouts, cursor animations, system cursors, emphasis effects, title assets, icons, glyphs, fills, overlays and more.
Added 5 new custom project Templates.
Added spell check to text-based callouts (Windows).
Added Paste as Plain Text option (Windows).
Added Duplicate media shortcut (Windows).
Added audio output gain adjustment control to timeline VU meter.
Added HEVC video decoding support (Windows).
Added Restore Audio context menus and shortcut (Windows).
Added option to range select all media to the left or right of the Playhead.