- As I add high resolution media affects transitions
and all that kind of fun stuff to my project.
Camtasia can begin to struggle to process
all of that in real time.
Making editing a tedious and hair-pulling experience.
So let's check out a few ways to handle troublesome tracks
and keep editing fun.
My first tactic for dealing with this
is to get my foundation editing done
before I begin adding the shiny stuff.
For this project that meant trimming up
my live action video first.
That's my bottom track here.
My talking head video, my live action video
whatever you want to call it.
So I recommend starting there.
Get your screencap, your talking head, your voiceover,
whatever is your foundation track.
Get that looking and sounding the way you want
before adding call-outs, effects, graphics
and all that kind of stuff.
Because these can suck up a lot of processing power.
Next trick is to simply disable a track.
If my 4K video track is slowing things down,
I can just click this little eyeball icon here
and temporarily disable it.
That way I can focus on these other tracks here.
And I can, of course, reenable it at any time
by clicking on the eyeball once again.
Alternatively, I can solo a track
by holding Alt on the keyboard
while clicking the eyeball icon.
If I want a solo track two,
Alt on the keyboard, click the eyeball icon
and now I can focus on just this one track.
I can even solo multiple tracks
while this sounds a tad counter-intuitive,
you can do it.
I can solo both this track.
And if I repeat the process,
Alt on the keyboard, eyeball icon,
now just these two tracks are enabled.
And when I'm ready, I can unsolo tracks
by repeating the process,
Alt on the keyboard, eyeball icon
same deal with this track.
You will of course want to make sure
all of your tracks are enabled
before rendering out your final project.
So there are a couple of simple ways
to handle troublesome tracks
while you edit your project.