How to create OUTLINE text in Camtasia Natively | Camtasia Outline Text Tutorial

How to add text with outline in Camtasia and without fill? This tutorial shows a workaround to a problem that is not yet solved in Camtasia: creating text with outline effect, and no fill so that you can see through it, use it on top of other assets and allow them to be visible inside the text. The method shown here is a little workaround, but it is native to Camtasia and you don't need to import any text from outside, no transparent PNGs or other files are needed.

The text you create with this method can also be customised, you can create quick properties from it, save it to your library and reuse it in your projects without changes. You can also customise the font, the colour, the size, etc.

This effect involves using a new feature added in Camtasia 2021: Media Mattes. If you have Camtasia 2020, you can still achieve this using Track Mattes, pretty much the same way, so instead of adding the Media Matte effect to the main text, you add it to the track that contains the main text. That is the only difference.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Preparing the text
01:59 How to achieve the effect
03:35 Duplicating the text
06:34 Filling the corners
09:35 Creating the outline effect
12:16 Creating a customisable asset
14:20 Customising the font

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