Add a Cursor Effect While Recording

This option is only available when recording to the AVI file format.
With these options, the cursor is permanently burned into the recording and cannot be changed or removed. To make the cursor effects editable, choose TREC as the recording file format and add cursor effects during the editing process.

Highlight the Cursor or Mouse Clicks

The Highlight Cursor effect focuses the viewer’s attention on the movement of the mouse cursor and ensures the cursor does not blend into the background. The Highlight Clicks effect adds animated emphasis to mouse clicks during recording.

  1. Select Effects > Options > Cursor tab .
  2. In the Highlight cursor group box, choose the shape, size, color, and opacity.
  3. In the Highlight mouse clicks group box, choose the shape, size, and color for the left and right mouse clicks.
  4. Click OK.
    • To enable effects before recording, select Effects > Cursor > Highlight Clicks, Highlight Cursor, or Highlight Cursor & Clicks.
    • To enable effects during recording, click Cursor Effects on the Recording toolbar to expand the options. Select Highlight Cursor, Highlight Clicks, or both options.

Record with a Custom Cursor

  1. Select Effects > Options > Cursor tab.
  2. In the Cursor group box, select the Use custom cursor or Use cursor from file option.

    Camtasia Recorder supports cursor (CUR) or icon (ICO) files for the custom cursor. C:\Windows\Cursors includes several icons you can use as the custom cursor.

  3. Click OK.
    • To enable effects before recording, select Effects > Cursor > Highlight Clicks, Highlight Cursor, or Highlight Cursor & Clicks.
    • To enable effects during recording, click Cursor Effects on the Recording toolbar to expand the options. Select Highlight Cursor, Highlight Clicks, or both options.

    During recording, the system default cursor shows. The custom cursor is burned into the recording file and appears during the recording preview.

Show or Hide the Cursor

To not record the cursor, select Effects > Cursor > Hide Cursor. During the recording, the cursor appears on the screen. However, the cursor does not appear in the recording preview or recording file.

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