TechSmith
| Industry | Computer software |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Okemos, Michigan, US |
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Key people
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William Hamilton |
| Products | Screen capture, recording, and editing software |
| Website | www.techsmith.com |
TechSmith Corporation is a software company developing screencasting tools, including screen capture, recording and editing software, for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS such as Camtasia and Snagit. The company provides software for office professionals worldwide through corporations, educational institutions, government agencies and small businesses. The company was founded in Okemos, Michigan in 1987 by William Hamilton. In 1990 they created Snagit, their most popular and best-selling product.
From their main corporate offices within Okemos, Michigan, and Tokyo, Japan; they run and operate all products including Snagit, Camtasia, Jing,Screencast.com, Camtasia Relay, Morae and, most recently, Coach's Eye. TechSmith made video instruction tools for ordinary people like Camtasia Studio for video creation and editing. Many of their products are seen as education-based tools used to teach or instruct others with video and screen recording, voice instruction and on-screen drawing and effects editing capabilities.
Jing allows the user to record video, capture images, edit, and send to various websites or e-mail. Possible uses for Jing include sharing a screen snapshot, narrating vacation photos, capturing a computer bug in action, and in the case of a teacher, showing students how to do a task and commenting verbally on a students homework. Jing's interface is a sun-shaped icon with three spires that hides on the edge of the computer screen. The spires include the capture icon, the capture history and the additional options. The main goal of this product is to share images and short videos with people quickly while IM chatting or emailing. Jing is free and contains a watermark on its images.
Screencast.com is TechSmith's private video and image hosting site. A person can store their content on the servers for personal or commercial usage at no charge. After installing most TechSmith software, the user will be prompted to set up a Screencast.com account. The free site offers control over privacy levels, links for content URL's and embed code, content view numbers and allows other users to comment on videos among other features. Screencast.com is not only used for uploading content created by TechSmith's products. Photos and videos from other sources can also be sent to Screencast.com for hosting, embedding and sharing.
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