How to Install and Run Camtasia Screen Recorder

This post will show you how to install and run Camtasia Screen Recorder. We will also see how to perform screen recording once we are able to install and run Camtasia successfully on our system. But that will come in the later part of the tutorial.

The best thing about using Camtasia Screen Recorder is that it provides you with its very own Video Editor. Thus, editing a video becomes really easy once you have recorded it.

Not only that but Camtasia Screen Recording software is one of the easiest to handle as well. The simplicity that it brings to the table is beyond compare. You don’t even need an editor if you have this with you. If you are trying to record stuff you do on your system, you know like playing a game, or making tutorials, Camtasia will come handy.

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Now the first question would be – how to install it?

Steps to Install Camtasia Screen Recorder

We will guide you with a step by step tutorial on how to install this easy to use screen recording software. Just follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Click on the following url:

https://filehippo.com/download_camtasia_studio/

This will take you to the Filehippo website from where you can download the software.

Step 2: Just click on Download Latest Version.

downloading software

Step 3: Open the downloaded software. You can just click on the software directly or navigate to the software and double click.

setup

Step 4: When you open the setup, the first screen that you would see would be that of Language selection.

english language

Step 5: Click on Ok. Du-uh!

Step 6: Click on I accept the License Terms. Then on the Install button to start the installation procedure.

installation

With that, the installation would begin.

installing camtasia

Stay put.

Step 7: Click on Finish once the installation concludes.

finishing installation

How to Run Camtasia

Once Camtasia has been installed, it is time to run it.

Step 8: Just open Camtasia. This is how it might look like once it starts to load.

opening screen camtasia

NOTE: Once Camtasia opens, it might prompt you to sign in or register.

If you don’t have a product key with you, you can always go for the trial version.

The drawback of using a trial is that there will be a nagging watermark right at the center of the videos that you will end up making.

I will show you how to sign in for a trial version.

Step 9: Click on Sign In to Start Trial.

sign in to start trial message in how to install and run Camtasia Screen Recorder tutorial

Step 10: In the next screen that opens. Click on Create a new account.

sign in account how to install and run Camtasia Screen Recorder

Step 11: Enter your email id when prompted. Then the password.

Once done, click on Create Account.

create account camtasia

Step 12: In the next screen, there might come a survey. Just click on the relevant information and then on Submit.

how to install Camtasia Screen Recorder survey

The next screen will show a message that the sign-in process has been completed. That you are free to use the trial version of the software.

Step 13: Simply close the browser.

Navigate back to Camtasia, where a default Camtasia Tour video might have already started playing.

how to install and run Camtasia Screen Recorder final output

You could easily pause or play using the spacebar key on your keyboard.

It is advisable to go through the video so that it helps you understand how videos get recorded on Camtasia.

Hope you liked how to install and run Camtasia Screen Recorder tutorial. If you want to learn how to create a video using Camtasia check out our next tutorial.

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