TechSmith Releases Camtasia Studio 3 with Picture-in-Picture and Quizzing to Create On-Demand and Interactive e-Learning; New Video Capture Capability Aids Institutions in Complying with Standards for Sign Language for Online Course Content

Business Wire, June 27, 2005

PHILADELPHIA -- TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, today announced the availability of Camtasia Studio 3 with Picture-in-Picture (PIP), quizzing, and other interactive features designed to help create robust, on-demand e-Learning content. The product is being showcased in TechSmith's booth (#1831) at NECC 2005, which runs June 27-30 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Used by thousands of educators around the world, Camtasia Studio provides professors, teachers, and instructional designers with a professional and easy-to-use solution for recording lectures and online coursework without the need for multimedia or programming expertise.

"As colleges and universities continue to move more courses online, incorporating and preserving the educator in that content becomes more important," said Tanya Reynolds, Academic Marketing Manager, TechSmith Corporation. "Camtasia Studio is powerful, simple software that allows educators to put their voices, their personalities, and video of themselves into the online materials they create."

Camtasia Studio's full-motion recording allows educators to record live in-room lectures when using a PC, Tablet PC, Wacom(R), or interactive whiteboard. All inking and marking is recorded, even when using PowerPoint, along with the educator's audio and camera feed. This content can be posted online as Flash (SWF) or streaming media files for students and colleagues to view at their convenience or for distance-learning courses.

In addition to video capture and PIP other new features in Camtasia Studio 3 include:

--Quizzing - Allows organizations to assess learning with multiple-choice quizzes. Answers can be reported back to SCORM-compliant Learning Management Systems.

--Interactive Callouts - Gives users one-click control to make any Callout a HotSpot for interactive navigation.

--30 days of free Web hosting - Camtasia Studio 3 users receive 30 days of free third-party Web hosting for their videos, with additional monthly contract options.

--JPEG compression for Flash (SWF) - Users can significantly reduce SWF file size for graphically intensive recordings such as photographs, CAD drawings, or any complex graphic.

--Automated publishing - New production wizard aids educators in publishing and sharing videos; it is optimized for email or DVD sharing.

--Additional audio and video tracks - With richer video production capabilities, such as PIP, additional audio and video tracks are provided.

--Faster audio editing - A new audio-editing toolbar has been added to help educators quickly adjust audio levels.

System Requirements and Availability

Camtasia Studio 3 supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP with DirectX 9.0 or later. Popular digital video formats, including AVI, MPEG, MPG or WMV, can be imported into Camtasia Studio videos. Web cameras for capturing live video, and microphones for capturing audio, are available for purchase separately. Camtasia Studio 3 is available immediately with a suggested retail price of $299; it is available to educational institutions for $149. The software and recommended hardware can be purchased at http://www.techsmith.com.

About TechSmith Corporation

TechSmith Corporation was founded in 1987 and is located in Okemos, Michigan. TechSmith provides practical software tools to capture and manipulate images, voice and video from Windows desktops. The company's flagship software packages, SnagIt and Camtasia Studio, enable customers to create visually enhanced content for teaching, training, Web sites, documentation, and business presentations. Morae is the first and only all-digital solution for recording and analyzing human-computer interaction. TechSmith products are used by 98 percent of the Fortune 500. For additional information, visit www.techsmith.com.

TechSmith, Camtasia, SnagIt, Rich Recording Technology (RRT), Morae, EnSharpen, Dubit, and Camtasia Studio are trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies.