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Selecting a file format

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Selecting a file format

Let's take a minute and talk about the video formats that we can record in with Camtasia Recorder. I've got to Camtasia Recorder already opened up and there are two places where we can choose what file format we want to use. The first place is we go into the Tools menu and select Options on the General tab you'll find the Saving section that allows us to choose whether or not we want the .camrec or the .avi format. You may be wondering what is a CAMREC file? A CAMREC file is the default file type that's created as part of Camtasia Recorder. The CAMREC file includes the AVI and some additional information that can be captured by Camtasia Recorder. And it's the primary file format that you'll use if you are going to be doing your editing inside of the Camtasia Studio application. If you are going to be doing your editing in another application, such as Adobe Premiere, Avid or even Final Cut Pro, you may want to go ahead and select the AVI format here inside of the Options window, so…

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