Camtasia cursor effect to simulate and indicate a mouse click

This post describes how to add a Camtasia cursor effect to simulate and indicate a mouse click by making the mouse size change, similar to the effect seen in the Camtasia Tutorials.

The effect can easily be created by using a simple animation.

1. Change the default cursor size to 150% across the entire clip

2. Add a Custom animation where you want to indicate a mouse click.  Shorten the animation length to about 0.1 seconds.

3. Set the cursor size to 100% after the animation

4. Add a second Custom animation and place this directly after the first animation

5. Set the cursor size back to 150% after the second animation

6. Fine tune the position of the animations if required.  The middle of the animation should be lined up with where you want to simulate a mouse click.

Double click

To simulate a double click, simply copy and paste the two animations above and put them all next to each other.

Quickly apply elsewhere

Once created, you can easily use the cursor effect in other parts of your video by ctrl selecting then copying and pasting the animations.

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