1 00:00:00,005 --> 00:00:02,004 - [Instructor] I'm going to show you how to export 2 00:00:02,004 --> 00:00:05,002 just a section of your project. 3 00:00:05,002 --> 00:00:07,002 A couple of reasons I do this: 4 00:00:07,002 --> 00:00:09,007 One, I may need just this section to send 5 00:00:09,007 --> 00:00:12,006 for review or to use in another project. 6 00:00:12,006 --> 00:00:14,007 Two, if it's a complicated section 7 00:00:14,007 --> 00:00:17,003 that's causing Camtasia to drag, 8 00:00:17,003 --> 00:00:21,002 I can replace just that section with a rendered video, 9 00:00:21,002 --> 00:00:25,001 freeing up my CPU and obtaining smooth playback. 10 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:26,009 Okay, so let's walk through that. 11 00:00:26,009 --> 00:00:29,002 First thing I need to do is select the area 12 00:00:29,002 --> 00:00:30,008 that I want to export. 13 00:00:30,008 --> 00:00:33,009 I'm going to drag the playhead to exactly where I want it, 14 00:00:33,009 --> 00:00:36,007 and if I need to, I can use the period to go forward 15 00:00:36,007 --> 00:00:38,008 and the comma to go back frame by frame, 16 00:00:38,008 --> 00:00:41,008 and get it exactly where I want. 17 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:44,001 Next, I'm going to use the handles to select 18 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:47,007 that entire section, and in the blue area, 19 00:00:47,007 --> 00:00:52,008 right-Click and choose Produce Timeline Selection As. 20 00:00:52,008 --> 00:00:56,007 From the dropdown, I'm going to choose MP4 only up to 1080P. 21 00:00:56,007 --> 00:01:00,003 This should work great for most projects. 22 00:01:00,003 --> 00:01:04,007 Next, name it something that makes sense to me. 23 00:01:04,007 --> 00:01:06,002 Browse to my working folder. 24 00:01:06,002 --> 00:01:09,002 It looks like I'm already there. I'm going to uncheck this box. 25 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:13,002 It's just a personal preference and click Finish. 26 00:01:13,002 --> 00:01:15,004 How long this export takes will of course depend 27 00:01:15,004 --> 00:01:18,000 on the length and complexity of the section, 28 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,008 as well as your computing power, 29 00:01:22,008 --> 00:01:25,006 and when it's finished, I can Open Production Folder, 30 00:01:25,006 --> 00:01:28,004 and here is my rendered section. 31 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:29,007 Click Finish to get rid of that, 32 00:01:29,007 --> 00:01:33,002 and Camtasia is going to make me go fishing for that file. 33 00:01:33,002 --> 00:01:34,000 I'm going to go ahead 34 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:39,007 and drag that video right on top of this section. 35 00:01:39,007 --> 00:01:42,006 Line it up 36 00:01:42,006 --> 00:01:47,005 and now basically you can see here, if I AB this, 37 00:01:47,005 --> 00:01:49,008 I have a duplicate video. 38 00:01:49,008 --> 00:01:51,004 I'm going to keep this one. 39 00:01:51,004 --> 00:01:53,004 I don't need this whole section anymore. 40 00:01:53,004 --> 00:01:55,000 So I'm going to get it out of the way 41 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,003 but I don't want to delete it. 42 00:01:56,003 --> 00:01:58,002 I may need it later. 43 00:01:58,002 --> 00:02:00,009 So to do that, I'm going to show you a little trick here. 44 00:02:00,009 --> 00:02:03,009 I'm going to right-click Track 1. 45 00:02:03,009 --> 00:02:11,001 Choose Insert Track Below and I'm going to call this Hidden. 46 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:15,004 Now I'm going to select all of the clips in that section. 47 00:02:15,004 --> 00:02:17,006 Right-click 'em and choose Group, 48 00:02:17,006 --> 00:02:20,001 just to keep 'em all together. 49 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:25,000 Going to drag that to my Hidden track and disable it. 50 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,006 Now it's still there if I need it 51 00:02:26,006 --> 00:02:30,000 but it's not sucking up any CPU power, 52 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,008 and I'll just replace that with my rendered video, 53 00:02:33,008 --> 00:02:36,000 and it should play back smoothly now. 54 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,008 - [Playback] Throughout the course, we'll be deconstruct- 55 00:02:38,008 --> 00:02:39,009 - [Instructor] So there you go. 56 00:02:39,009 --> 00:02:43,004 That's how you export just a section of your project.