Guest post by Ben Rhodes and Christina Melton of TechSmith
Have you been keeping up with the recent internet meme sensation, Harlem Shake videos? We have been. And not only that, we created our own (scroll down to see them)!
Then we made a guide showing how to make your own Harlem Shake video with Camtasia, because we’re not so good at keeping secrets. The steps reference Camtasia for Mac, but the process is really similar on Camtasia Studio. And if you don’t already own Camtasia, don’t worry, you can use the free trial to create a Harlem Shake video, too. Enjoy!
How to make a Harlem Shake video
To begin making your video, you need to gather your media. This includes the song Harlem Shake by Baauer and your video clips.
Step 1: You need to import your media into Camtasia for Mac. Right click on left side of the screen and select “Import Media”. Then select your audio and video clips.
Step 2: Drag the audio and first video clip to the timeline.
Step 3: You will want to remove the original audio from the video clip.
Step 4: Trim any excess video footage at the beginning of the clip and move the video to the beginning of the timeline.
Step 5: Drop in the crazy fun clip onto the timeline and remove the original audio as you did with the last video clip.
Step 6: You will want to align your “Fun” clip to the part of audio that says “Harlem Shake”. This is around 15 seconds.
Step 7: Trim off excess video and audio you are not using.
Step 8: Move your playhead to around 28 seconds. Split the “Fun” video at the playhead.
Step 8: Right click on right video segment and select “Add Clip Speed”.
Step 9: Drag out the Clip Speed to the right to slow down the clip. Around 40% worked for us.
Step 10: Trim all excess video and audio and then share to it the world!
And here she is… the final product. Ladies and gentlemen, the Harlem Shake (TechSmith Edition):
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And our executives and managers responded with the video below. Turns out, they like to shake it too:
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