Is there any way Camtasia can brighten a video? I have some videos recorded with my dash cam at early morning that I'd like to brighten a bit.
I'd ready this is not possible with Camtasia. Is that true? Is it something that will be added?
I'd ready this is not possible with Camtasia. Is that true? Is it something that will be added?
Posted 7 years ago
kurrykid, Champion
Fred Grover, Champion
Fred Grover, Champion
I found a way to do this! You make a simple rectangle (fill white) covering the entire canvas, put it under the layer where the dark video is, set the dark video's opacity to a lower value. Done! Video is now brightened. A good value of opacity is between 90-95%. It is just enough for the video to not look too gray, or too dark.
Or you could just do the windows movie maker thing, but it increases contrast too much.
Or you could just do the windows movie maker thing, but it increases contrast too much.
Another way is to change your canvas to white and then adjust opacity.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Brighten Videos.
It would make things a lot simpler if Camtasia had an option to make videos brighter and lighter. It makes things very difficult for us video editors that are constantly going from program to program just to make our videos lighter or darker. Adding this option would add a lot of value back into the Camtasia Studio Program.
Brighten Videos.
It would make things a lot simpler if Camtasia had an option to make videos brighter and lighter. It makes things very difficult for us video editors that are constantly going from program to program just to make our videos lighter or darker. Adding this option would add a lot of value back into the Camtasia Studio Program.
I was writing a letter in Word the other day and needed to crunch some numbers. What a pain it was to have to use Excel instead of Word. You would think that Word should be able to do everything that Excel can do. Same thing with Access. I don't understand why one piece of software that does one thing really well can't do everything. A great screen recorder like Camtasia should be able to do all sorts of video editing functions--3-D motion graphics too. Come on, Techsmith! Maybe someday someone will write a computer program that will do everything we could possibly ever want in a mediocre fashion. That would be so much better than multiple pieces of software that do one thing extremely well.
That's not what I was asking - this is a basic video editing function. I don't think I'm asking for the world here.
This is basic, Mr. Tom. You do want to be able to edit tables in Word, don't you?
David Patton, Employee
Dave O'Rourke, Senior Software Engineer
Thanks for the requests. Camtasia Studio has grown up as a screen recorder. When the source footage comes from the screen, you get exactly what is shown on the screen. It's no lighter or darker than what you saw on screen during recording. But as cameras have become more and more common, the mixture of screen video with camera video has become the norm, and the need for brightness and other color adjustments has increased.
We are listening, and we'd like to hear from you. Please make sure to +1 this thread as David suggested if you'd like to see this feature. Bonus points if you tell us why this feature be valuable to you. We're always weighing the requests against our available time, and trying to add the features you'd find most valuable.
Thanks again for your continued feedback.
We are listening, and we'd like to hear from you. Please make sure to +1 this thread as David suggested if you'd like to see this feature. Bonus points if you tell us why this feature be valuable to you. We're always weighing the requests against our available time, and trying to add the features you'd find most valuable.
Thanks again for your continued feedback.
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notice that such a feature appears in far lower end multimedia
management programs such as Serif MoviePlus X6. Such video enhancement
capabilities, as with the integrated audio enhancement capabilities are a
competitive liability for Camtasia Studio v8.2. I believe that integration of some simple video controls such as is currently available with audio equalization and adjustment in Camtasia v8.2 are worth the time to integrate.
This is one area that pushes people to the much higher cost Adobe Premiere product and their "Creative Cloud". 95% of our work is doable with Camtasia Studio at the large computer company I work for. The audio and integrated Flash controller output enhancements in CS v8 were VERY well received and spurred at least 15 licenses purchased from our part of the company last year. I suspect that a similar implementation of video contrast control and perhaps histogram based brightness enhancement as in many simple digital cameras would be very well received and result in at least half again that increase this year.
notice that such a feature appears in far lower end multimedia
management programs such as Serif MoviePlus X6. Such video enhancement
capabilities, as with the integrated audio enhancement capabilities are a
competitive liability for Camtasia Studio v8.2. I believe that integration of some simple video controls such as is currently available with audio equalization and adjustment in Camtasia v8.2 are worth the time to integrate.
This is one area that pushes people to the much higher cost Adobe Premiere product and their "Creative Cloud". 95% of our work is doable with Camtasia Studio at the large computer company I work for. The audio and integrated Flash controller output enhancements in CS v8 were VERY well received and spurred at least 15 licenses purchased from our part of the company last year. I suspect that a similar implementation of video contrast control and perhaps histogram based brightness enhancement as in many simple digital cameras would be very well received and result in at least half again that increase this year.
After I posted this I was just reminded today that many staff are moving to HP laptops which have integrated a version of the Cyberlink products for several years. For them the upgrade path is inexpensive and erodes some of the interest in Camtasia Studio for HP laptop owners. However, our team positions Camtasia Studio as a very effective tool for creating enhanced educational videos especially using the Adobe Flash output, closed captioning, quizzes, and table of contents with marker pages not available in the lower end video editing suites, and a much more cost effective solution where multiple cameras and very high definition video (4K) is managed.
Whenever possible, if the source is a PowerPoint presentation plus screen capture, we seek to run the integrated PPT capture add-in program for the hours of time it saves in later creating those marker pages! It would be VERY helpful to have pointers to any presentations that positions Techsmith Camtasia Studio with the entry level video editing such as Cyberlink and high end integrated video management software such as Adobe Premiere.
Whenever possible, if the source is a PowerPoint presentation plus screen capture, we seek to run the integrated PPT capture add-in program for the hours of time it saves in later creating those marker pages! It would be VERY helpful to have pointers to any presentations that positions Techsmith Camtasia Studio with the entry level video editing such as Cyberlink and high end integrated video management software such as Adobe Premiere.
I agree with Mark S that Camtasia's lack of
video correction capabilities is a big downside. I purchased CS v8 because the
lower-end products, while more than ample for video editing, do not
do screen capture. I was hoping CS v8 would be my one-stop-shop for both
screen capture and video editing. At first glance, it appeared so, but
having worked with the clips from my HD camera, I now desperately want to add
color correction. Something as basic as brightness would be great. Even the
free Windows Live Movie Maker does that! Now I’m struggling to find a suitable stand-alone
color correction program that doesn’t break my budget. Any recommendations?
video correction capabilities is a big downside. I purchased CS v8 because the
lower-end products, while more than ample for video editing, do not
do screen capture. I was hoping CS v8 would be my one-stop-shop for both
screen capture and video editing. At first glance, it appeared so, but
having worked with the clips from my HD camera, I now desperately want to add
color correction. Something as basic as brightness would be great. Even the
free Windows Live Movie Maker does that! Now I’m struggling to find a suitable stand-alone
color correction program that doesn’t break my budget. Any recommendations?
David Patton, Employee
Hey Mark,
Our presentation materials typically don't position Camtasia amongst other video editors (something for us to consider possibly...) Our new website www.techsmith.com provides lots of great new material that you can bring to your colleagues. I would also recommend downloading the free trial, because nothing speaks better than the software trial itself! Hope this helps!
All my best,
David Patton, Online Community Specialist
Our presentation materials typically don't position Camtasia amongst other video editors (something for us to consider possibly...) Our new website www.techsmith.com provides lots of great new material that you can bring to your colleagues. I would also recommend downloading the free trial, because nothing speaks better than the software trial itself! Hope this helps!
All my best,
David Patton, Online Community Specialist
Hi Dave and David, It's been 10-11 months since you guys responded and I was hoping to ask for an update from TechSmith on the status of this as a new feature - ability to change video color/brightness. Or are you guys waiting for more users to request this before putting it into development?
David Patton, Employee
Hi, I currently do not have any updates on this particular feature request. However, I can let you know that we are hard at work on upcoming updates to Camtasia. We appreciate the feedback and continued support surrounding this feature request.
All my best,
David Patton, Media Coordinator
All my best,
David Patton, Media Coordinator
Hello, I recently bought and began using Camtasia studio program but still, i cannot find anywhere to adjust brightness of the videos i am editing. Is this a still unavailable feature in your product?
Still unavailable. It will be available in Camtasia 9 when it's released.
Regards, Joe
Regards, Joe
Any idea when it will be released??
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