Camtasia Studio 9 is a professional video editing software equipped with robust screen recording capabilities. It provides users with a variety of transition effects, cursor enhancements, and more, elevating the visual appeal of video content.
In this article, Mytour provides a detailed and effective guide on creating a mouse with a bright yellow glow in Camtasia Studio 9.
Guide on Creating a Mouse with a Bright Yellow Glow
Firstly, ensure you have installed Camtasia Studio 9 on your computer. If not, click the link below to download and install.
- Download Camtasia Studio 9 software here: Download Camtasia Studio 9
Step 1: Open Camtasia Studio 9 on your computer.
Step 2: On the workspace interface, click on Import Media and navigate to the path of the video you want to edit and add effects. Left-click on the video and select Open
Step 3: At this point, your chosen video is in the Media Bin. Right-click on it and choose Add to Timeline at Playhead.
Step 4: Click on the Cursor Effect in the function list on the left side of the screen. Here, there are 3 different effect tabs:
- Cursor Effect: Create cursor effect.
- Left Click: Create left mouse click effect.
- Right Click: Create right mouse click effect.
For the purpose of this article, we will select the Cursor Effect tab.
Step 5: Next, Camtasia Studio 9 provides users with 3 effects to choose from.
- Cursor Highlight: Create a glowing effect around the mouse cursor.
Step 6: To fine-tune for a more appealing effect, users click on Properties at the top right of the workspace, select the Cursor Properties tab.
Here, Camtasia Studio 9 provides a diverse set of customization tools for the cursor effect, including:
- Cursor Effects:
+ Scale: Resize the cursor.
+ Opacity: Adjust the transparency of the cursor.
- Effects for the glowing area around the cursor:
+ Color: Customize the glow color.
+ Opacity: Adjust the transparency of the glow.
+ Size: Adjust the size of the glow.
+ Ease in: Time to initiate the effect after movement.
+ Ease out: Time to fade the effect after the cursor stops.
Immediately, the effect will be applied to the video segment. You can click to preview before saving and exporting the file.
Notice how the mouse cursor has a bright yellow area around it, which is quite simple. Hopefully, following Mytour's guide will help you use and apply this effect to your video, making it more beautiful and professional. Also, check out How to Create Running Text Effects for Videos with Camtasia Studio. Wishing you success!