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Changing the Font & Style of Your H1 Tags

QUESTION: (Rhonda) I am having problems changing the font size of my H1text. Is this very important? If so, how do I go about changing it?

Changing the text and/or style of an H1 tag is simple in CSS.  It does not affect anything other than how the visitor sees it though (i.e., if you use a large font, it means nothing more than a smaller font, in SEO terms or how Google sees it).

You can change the H1 tag locally or in the CSS definition file.

If you want to change all of the H1 tag settings in your entire website, you would do this in the CSS file:

h1 {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would use the h1 tag as you normally would:
<h1>This is my H1 tag</h1>

You can define a class in the CSS file which allows you to define your new style whenever you wish anywhere on the site:

.h1style {
font-size: 24px;
}

You would add this class to your h1 tag, when you wish it:

<h1 class=”h1style”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

* Remember to add the “.” when defining it in the CSS to classify it as a class.

Finally, you can do it locally using a style attribute (without the CSS file):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px;”>This is my H1 Tag</h1>

All of the above do the exact same thing.  Their use is based on how often you use the style and how you want it defined (whether globally or locally).

Also, remember you can add other styles to the same definition (like color):

<h1 style=”font-size:24px; color:red;”>This is my H1 Tag that is Red and 24px high</h1>

I find that being able to change the styles of my text for header and other standard tags to be quite invaluable!  Knowing a little bit of CSS can go a long way.  Give this a try!

The easiest thing to try first is the local definition using the style attribute. If this is working for you, consider creating or editing your own CSS file!

Good luck!  cheers…matt


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In a previous post, I made the mistake of saying that you could not render videos from Camtasia 6 into a format that YouTube will recognize as high quality.
This is because Camtasia’s MP4 format does not render in a frame rate greater than 15.
But if we look BEYOND MP4, we still see that we can [...]

In a previous post, I made the mistake of saying that you could not render videos from Camtasia 6 into a format that YouTube will recognize as high quality.

This is because Camtasia’s MP4 format does not render in a frame rate greater than 15.

But if we look BEYOND MP4, we still see that we can render as a h.264 type format using Quicktime (MOV).  To do this on a PC requires you to have Quicktime installed on your computer, but this is a free download at the Quicktime Download Page.

Here, we create a few simple “adjustments” to video and audio options in Camtasia 6 (both pre-recording and post-rendering).

The Result: HIGH DEFINITION in YouTube!

Watch in HD for YouTube

This cannot be missed.  Here are a few screen shots below:

PRE-RECORDING

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img2.gif

img3.gif

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BE SURE TO CHANGE THE PROJECT SETTINGS BEFORE EDITING!…

Camtasia Project Settings

POST-RENDERING

img1b.gif

img2b.gif

movie-settings.gif

img3b.gif

img5b.gif

img6b.gif

Upload to YouTube…Your video will be in HD a few minutes after processing!

Watch in HD for YouTube

cheers…matt

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  3. Excellent tutorial. Love the screenshots! One correction though, you *can* produce to MP4 at 30fps in Camtasia Studio, though I admit this is not obvious. By default, the frame rate for MP4 is “Automatic” which will use the maximum frame rate of all the source clips on the timeline. This setting gives you the smallest file since producing at a higher frame rate would only duplicate frames from your source. Camtasia Recorder defaults to 15fps, which may have led you to the assumption that CS would only render at 15fps.

    If you choose “Custom production settings” on the first page of the Production wizard, then MP4, and go into the Flash Options dialog, you can change the MP4 frame rate. Note: In version 6.0.0, the drop-down should have included the number 30, but it was omitted by mistake. You can manually type the number 30 in the frame rate box for MP4 though and it will produce at 30fps. We’ve corrected the dropdown to include 30fps in version 6.0.1 which should be out very soon.

    Hope this helps,
    Dave O’Rourke
    Camtasia Studio Lead Developer


  4. I did as u said. But i got watch in high quality instead of watch in HD. please help..


  5. Hey Dave,

    Thanks for that feedback about the frame rate for MP4. I tried to find that answer in Techsmith forums but it seemed like (as you say) an update to version 6.0.1. This quicktime work-around is working great for me so far, though.

    And again, Camtasia is perhaps my the most valuable tool that I own. Great product!

    cheers…matt

  6. Hey Adrian,

    Without knowing more about your settings or seeing the video, there is not much I can do. One thing to point out, though, that is not in the video, but IS shown above in the images is to be sure to set your Project Settings to “HD” or some similar setting that keeps the resolution in 1280×720px. The other settings, like “YouTube” will kill your resolution resulting in High Quality, not High Definition.

    cheers…matt

  7. ONE THING FOR SURE, CAMTASIA PRODUCE ONE OF A Hell HD, i have that and I always produce my videos in HD and all are saying to me, how did you do this thing?you have a high,quality video always haha tnx for this camtasia. ive tried those settings and the time just kill me, ive waited for about 4 hours and the rendering is still not finish, so i have to switch on my old stuff, just choosing HD in the dropdown box then save it, that’s it.

  8. One quick note: Camtasia 6 has fixed the original MP4 problem that it once had (essentially, it could not render MP4 in 30 frames per second…now it can). So the new version you don’t have to go through as many hoops. Still, you do need to take caution on the recording settings that you choose. If you don’t record it in hi-definition, nothing will be able to render it in the HD quality…cheers…matt

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  11. Thanks Matthew
    You explained that very well. I love Camtasia and your tutorial ironed out some bugs for me.

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